Oak Ridge, TN: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 70.2°F in Oak Ridge, TN, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2021, 6th warmest of 79.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 70.2°F; Warmest since 2021; 6th warmest of 79
Precipitation: 1.19 in; Wettest since 2021; 28th wettest of 80

A normal 1 to 9 October in Oak Ridge, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.9°F, between 59.2°F and 70.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.40 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 1.77 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Oak Ridge, TN since 1947: 70.2°F in 2026; the highest is 76.8°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 59.2 to 70.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	Days missing
2026	70.2	6	82.1	5	58.2	15	1.19	28	0
2025	69.6	10	80.1	12	59	12	0.44	45	0
2024	69.8	8	81	7	58.7	14	0.02	67	0
2023	65.1	29	76.1	34	54.1	28	0.14	61	0
2022	59.1	64	70.9	63	47.2	64	0.00	73	0
2021	70.9	5	78	25	63.8	3	2.79	1	0
2020	61.6	47	73.4	48	49.7	50	trace	70	0
2019	74.8	2	85.6	2	64	2	0.93	31	0
2018	76.8	1	86.4	1	67.1	1	0.02	67	0
2017	68.9	12	81.6	6	56.2	21	2.09	9	0
2016	67.8	19	80.7	9	54.9	25	0.00	73	0
2015	67.9	17	76.6	32	59.2	8	1.65	14	0
2014	62.9	43	74.2	44	51.6	39	2.22	7	0
2013	68.4	15	79.7	13	57.2	19	0.13	62	0
2012	59.8	59	67	78	52.7	32	0.89	34	0
2011	60.7	52	73.9	45	47.6	61	0.00	73	0
2010	59.2	61	73	49	45.3	70	0.00	73	0
2009	61.5	48	71.2	62	51.8	38	1.73	12	0
2008	62.8	45	75.9	38	49.8	49	1.21	25	0
2007	72.5	3	84.9	3	60.1	7	0.40	48	0
2006	65.1	29	77	30	53.1	31	0.40	48	0
2005	68.7	13	78.3	21	59	12	0.37	51	0
2004	64.3	36	76	37	52.7	32	0.13	62	0
2003	59.1	64	70.7	65	47.6	61	0.02	67	0
2002	70	7	79.2	16	60.8	6	0.41	47	0
2001	57.6	70	71.8	58	43.3	74	0.30	53	0
2000	60.1	56	72.2	53	47.9	59	0.00	73	0
1999	61.7	46	74.8	43	48.7	55	1.25	23	0
1998	68.1	16	78.7	19	57.4	17	1.61	15	0
1997	66.6	26	81	7	52.1	36	0.00	73	0
1996	62.9	43	73.9	45	51.9	37	0.40	48	0
1995	66.8	23	78.1	24	55.4	24	2.67	4	0
1994	63.5	38	75.4	40	51.6	39	1.36	21	0
1993	64.8	33	79.7	13	49.9	47	0.65	39	0
1992	58.9	67	69.8	68	48	57	1.54	16	0
1991	60.1	56	75.2	42	44.9	71	0.27	55	0
1990	66.8	23	80.4	10	53.2	30	2.14	8	0
1989					48.3	56	0.43	46	1
1988	56.9	71	69.2	70	44.7	73	0.68	38	0
1987	53.2	78	68.9	71	37.6	79	0.05	66	0
1986	67.6	20	78.3	21	56.9	20	0.29	54	0
1985	55.9	77	68.8	73	43.1	75	1.45	19	0
1984	60.5	54	72.2	53	48.8	54	1.14	29	0
1983	64.7	34	80.4	10	49	53	0.61	40	0
1982	68.7	13	78.2	23	59.2	8	0.58	42	0
1981	56	76	69.4	69	42.6	77	1.08	30	0
1980	56.9	71	71.3	61	42.4	78	0.09	65	0
1979	59.2	61	71.6	60	46.9	66	0.78	35	0
1978	56.7	74	70.7	65	42.7	76	0.17	60	0
1977	57.7	68	67.4	77	48	57	2.69	3	0
1976	60.3	55	70.4	67	50.2	45	1.39	20	0
1975	59.4	60	68.7	74	50.1	46	1.93	10	0
1974	51.6	79	68	76	35.1	80	0.00	73	0
1973	69.8	8	77.7	28	61.9	4	0.72	36	0
1972	59.9	58	72	55	47.8	60	1.52	17	0
1971	65.9	28	76.1	34	55.7	23	0.92	32	0
1970	63.3	39	76.8	31	49.9	47	trace	70	0
1969	64.1	37	73.8	47	54.4	27	0.57	43	0
1968	60.8	51	72	55	49.7	50	1.23	24	0
1967	64.9	31	77.4	29	52.4	34	1.20	27	0
1966	56.4	75	68.1	75	44.8	72	1.21	25	0
1965	57.7	68	68.9	71	46.6	67	0.70	37	0
1964	56.8	73	66.6	79	47	65	1.82	11	0
1963	63	41	78.6	20	47.4	63	0.00	73	0
1962	67.9	17	78	25	57.8	16	2.77	2	0
1961	59.2	61	72.3	51	46	68	1.71	13	0
1960	67.5	21	75.9	38	59.1	11	2.40	6	0
1959	71.8	4	82.4	4	61.2	5	1.26	22	0
1958	60.6	53	70.9	63	50.3	43	0.35	52	0
1957	63.2	40	71.8	58	54.7	26	2.59	5	0
1956	67.1	22	78	25	56.2	21	0.20	58	0
1955	66.8	23	76.1	34	57.4	17	1.46	18	0
1954	69.1	11	79	17	59.2	8	0.52	44	0
1953	64.9	31	79.4	15	50.4	42	trace	70	0
1952	59.1	64	72.4	50	45.8	69	0.92	32	0
1951	66.3	27	78.9	18	53.8	29	0.18	59	0
1950	61	50	72.3	51	49.7	50	0.59	41	0
1949	64.5	35	76.6	32	52.4	34	0.23	56	0
1948	61.2	49	72	55	50.3	43	0.21	57	0
1947	63	41	75.4	40	50.6	41	0.12	64	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	76.8
2019	74.8
2007	72.5
1959	71.8
2021	70.9
2026	70.2
2002	70
2024	69.8
1973	69.8
2025	69.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	51.6
1987	53.2
1985	55.9
1981	56
1966	56.4
1978	56.7
1964	56.8
1988	56.9
1980	56.9
2001	57.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2021	2.79
1962	2.77
1977	2.69
1995	2.67
1957	2.59
1960	2.40
2014	2.22
1990	2.14
2017	2.09
1975	1.93

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	0.00
2016	0.00
2011	0.00
2010	0.00
2000	0.00
1997	0.00
1974	0.00
1963	0.00
2020	trace
1970	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 52°F; 6 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.71 in; 2 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 1.19 in of precipitation in Oak Ridge, TN, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2021, 28th wettest of 80.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Oak Ridge, TN: 89°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Oak Ridge, TN: a low of 52°F on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Oak Ridge, TN: 0.71 in on Friday 2 October 2026.