Oak Ridge, TN: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 80.2°F in Oak Ridge, TN, the warmest August since 2016, 5th warmest of 80.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 80.2°F; Warmest since 2016; 5th warmest of 80
Precipitation: 3.96 in; Wettest since 2025; 33rd wettest of 80

A normal August in Oak Ridge, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.6°F, between 75.9°F and 80.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.19 in of precipitation, between 1.40 in and 5.12 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Oak Ridge, TN since 1947: 80.2°F in 2026; the highest is 83.6°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 75.9 to 80.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Oak Ridge, TN from 1947 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	80.2	5	91.1	8	69.3	7	3.96	33
2025	76	50	85.5	62	66.4	36	5.24	12
2024	78.4	19	89.9	17	67	29	3.03	47
2023	77.8	28	86.9	43	68.7	12	4.65	19
2022	78.1	24	87.7	32	68.5	14	2.30	60
2021	78.7	15	88.3	28	69.2	9	9.03	3
2020	78.4	19	87.4	36	69.3	7	4.33	27
2019	79.1	12	89.6	20	68.5	14	3.12	43
2018	78.1	24	87.1	41	69.1	10	2.97	48
2017	76.5	43	86	55	67.1	25	8.16	5
2016	81.5	3	91.5	4	71.4	2	3.91	34
2015	76.4	45	86.5	47	66.3	37	5.97	6
2014	77.4	32	87.2	39	67.5	21	5.89	8
2013	76.6	42	85.5	62	67.7	19	4.61	21
2012	76.4	45	87	42	65.8	42	2.89	50
2011	79.5	7	91.5	4	67.5	21	0.91	78
2010	80.8	4	90.6	11	71	3	2.80	53
2009	76.4	45	86	55	66.8	31	4.57	23
2008	76.7	41	88.2	30	65.3	51	3.08	45
2007	83.6	1	95.6	1	71.7	1	0.71	79
2006	79.9	6	89.4	23	70.5	4	5.03	15
2005	79.4	8	89.1	25	69.6	5	1.40	73
2004	74.2	71	83.8	75	64.5	63	2.91	49
2003	78.3	21	87.9	31	68.7	12	3.86	36
2002	79.4	8	90.9	9	67.9	17	2.53	58
2001	77.4	32	86.6	45	68.1	16	3.04	46
2000	77.3	34	87.5	34	67.2	24	1.77	70
1999	77.8	28	89.5	21	66.2	38	1.74	72
1998	79.2	10	91.3	7	67.1	25	1.35	75
1997	76	50	88.5	26	63.6	72	4.02	31
1996	76.9	38	87.6	33	66.2	38	3.35	40
1995	82.1	2	94.5	2	69.6	5	2.25	61
1994	75	64	85.5	62	64.5	63	3.85	37
1993	78.6	18	90.2	13	67.1	25	3.25	41
1992	73.2	75	83.1	77	63.4	74	3.38	39
1991	76.8	39	87.4	36	66.2	38	4.62	20
1990	77.6	30	88.4	27	66.8	31	5.09	13
1989	75.8	54	86	55	65.6	44	3.90	35
1988	78.7	15	89.7	19	67.7	19	2.39	59
1987	78	27	90.4	12	65.7	43	1.92	67
1986	75.5	57	86.3	50	64.8	57	2.84	52
1985	73	76	82.1	79	64	69	8.50	4
1984	75	64	85.3	65	64.8	57	1.87	68
1983	79.1	12	91.5	4	66.8	31	1.28	76
1982	73.8	74	84.7	70	62.8	78	4.61	21
1981	74	73	84.8	68	63.3	76	3.11	44
1980	78.8	14	92.2	3	65.5	48	2.07	66
1979	74.9	67	85.9	58	63.8	70	5.49	11
1978	75.6	56	86.6	45	64.6	60	5.75	9
1977	75.3	60	86.1	54	64.5	63	4.40	26
1976	72.3	79	84	73	60.6	80	4.89	17
1975	76.1	49	86.9	43	65.4	49	2.67	56
1974	74.2	71	83.9	74	64.5	63	4.31	28
1973	75.2	62	84.9	67	65.6	44	2.25	61
1972	75.5	57	85.6	61	65.3	51	1.77	70
1971	74.8	68	85	66	64.6	60	2.57	57
1970	76.5	43	86.2	53	66.7	34	9.10	2
1969	74.8	68	85.9	58	63.7	71	4.17	30
1968	78.3	21	89.5	21	67	29	1.25	77
1967	72.8	77	82.1	79	63.5	73	2.22	63
1966	75	64	84.4	71	65.6	44	4.73	18
1965	75.8	54	86.3	50	65.3	51	2.76	54
1964	74.3	70	84.3	72	64.3	68	5.05	14
1963	75.4	59	86.3	50	64.4	67	3.17	42
1962	76	50	87.3	38	64.6	60	2.87	51
1961	75.1	63	84.8	68	65.4	49	4.02	31
1960	77.1	36	86.4	49	67.8	18	10.46	1
1959	78.2	23	87.5	34	68.9	11	5.63	10
1958	75.3	60	85.7	60	64.9	56	3.46	38
1957	77.6	30	90.1	16	65.1	55	1.82	69
1956	77	37	88.3	28	65.6	44	2.08	65
1955	78.7	15	90.2	13	67.1	25	4.54	24
1954	78.1	24	89.8	18	66.5	35	2.73	55
1953	76.8	39	90.2	13	63.4	74	0.54	80
1952	76.3	48	86.5	47	66	41	4.48	25
1951	77.3	34	89.4	23	65.3	51	1.38	74
1950	72.3	79	83.2	76	61.4	79	5.94	7
1949	72.8	77	82.5	78	63.1	77	4.96	16
1948	75.9	53	87.2	39	64.7	59	2.17	64
1947	79.2	10	90.9	9	67.5	21	4.23	29

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	83.6
1995	82.1
2016	81.5
2010	80.8
2026	80.2
2006	79.9
2011	79.5
2005	79.4
2002	79.4
1998	79.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1976	72.3
1950	72.3
1967	72.8
1949	72.8
1985	73
1992	73.2
1982	73.8
1981	74
2004	74.2
1974	74.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1960	10.46
1970	9.10
2021	9.03
1985	8.50
2017	8.16
2015	5.97
1950	5.94
2014	5.89
1978	5.75
1959	5.63

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	0.54
2007	0.71
2011	0.91
1968	1.25
1983	1.28
1998	1.35
1951	1.38
2005	1.40
1999	1.74
2000	1.77
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 17 August 2026
Coldest night: 61°F; 24 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.52 in; 17 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 3.96 in of precipitation in Oak Ridge, TN, the wettest August since 2025, 33rd wettest of 80.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: 98°F on Monday 17 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: a low of 61°F on Monday 24 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: 1.52 in on Monday 17 August 2026.