Oak Ridge, TN: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 79.1°F in Oak Ridge, TN, the warmest summer since 2016, 4th warmest of 79.

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 79.1°F; Warmest since 2016; 4th warmest of 79
Precipitation: 15.32 in; Wettest since 2023; 27th wettest of 80

A normal summer in Oak Ridge, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.6°F, between 75.7°F and 79°F in eight years of ten and 13.49 in of precipitation, between 9.37 in and 18.31 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Oak Ridge, TN since 1948: 79.1°F in 2026; the highest is 80.7°F, in 2016.

Normal range, 75.7 to 79°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	79.1	4	89.7	11	68.6	6	15.32	27	0
2025	78.6	12	88.4	23	68.7	5	12.24	48	0
2024	79	5	89.5	13	68.4	8	10.34	58	0
2023	76.4	36	85.9	52	66.8	22	16.44	18	0
2022	78.9	6	88.9	19	69	3	15.84	22	0
2021	77.7	22	87.5	33	67.9	13	17.55	11	0
2020	78.4	15	88.3	25	68.4	8	11.57	52	0
2019	78	17	88	30	68	11	16.93	13	0
2018	78.7	9	88.5	21	68.9	4	12.84	42	0
2017	76.7	33	86.6	45	66.7	25	18.18	10	0
2016	80.7	1	91.4	2	70	2	11.47	53	0
2015	78.1	16	88.2	28	68	11	17.41	12	0
2014	76.4	36	86.3	47	66.5	27	19.44	7	0
2013	76.2	39	85.2	63	67.1	18	20.57	5	0
2012	78	17	89	16	66.9	21	10.13	59	0
2011	79.4	3	90.3	6	68.5	7	13.01	40	0
2010	80.3	2	90.2	9	70.5	1	11.61	51	0
2009	76	47	86	51	66	34	15.47	26	0
2008	76.9	29	88.4	23	65.5	39	9.72	68	0
2007	78.9	6	90.2	9	67.7	14	6.49	78	0
2006	77.8	19	88.3	25	67.3	17	10.64	55	0
2005	77.7	22	86.9	39	68.4	8	13.01	40	0
2004	75.5	53	84.8	66	66.2	29	15.60	24	0
2003	75.7	52	85.2	63	66.2	29	15.20	30	0
2002	78.6	12	89.6	12	67.6	15	10.40	57	0
2001	75.9	48	85.6	58	66.1	31	13.97	36	0
2000	76.9	29	87	38	66.8	22	9.65	69	0
1999	77.5	24	87.7	31	67.4	16	15.98	21	0
1998	78.7	9	90.3	6	67.1	18	14.89	32	0
1997	76.2	39	87.7	31	64.8	51	16.24	19	0
1996	76.2	39	87.1	37	65.2	45	21.99	3	0
1995	78.9	6	91.8	1	66	34	6.50	77	0
1994	75.4	54	85.7	54	65.2	45	16.53	17	0
1993	78.5	14	90.5	5	66.5	27	6.84	76	0
1992	74.1	71	83.8	73	64.3	58	12.48	46	0
1991	76.9	29	86.8	40	67.1	18	15.73	23	0
1990	76.7	33	88.1	29	65.4	41	11.68	50	0
1989	75.4	54	84.7	68	66	34	18.66	8	0
1988	76.8	32	89.2	14	64.5	55	10.52	56	0
1987	77.1	27	89	16	65.2	45	10.12	60	0
1986	77.2	26	89.1	15	65.3	42	7.13	75	0
1985	73	75	83.6	74	62.3	76	20.01	6	0
1984	74.2	68	85.6	58	62.8	73	15.29	28	0
1983	76.2	39	88.5	21	63.9	63	6.22	79	0
1982	74.3	66	85.5	60	63.1	69	13.77	37	0
1981	75.8	49	86.8	40	64.7	53	10.03	62	0
1980	77.4	25	90.9	3	63.9	63	5.31	80	0
1979	73.4	74	83.9	72	62.9	72	22.14	2	0
1978	74.6	65	86.8	40	62.5	74	14.61	34	0
1977	74.9	63	86.2	49	63.5	68	15.19	31	0
1976	72.2	79	83.6	74	60.8	79	13.72	38	0
1975	74.3	66	85.4	61	63.1	69	11.15	54	0
1974	72.5	77	83.6	74	61.4	78	8.30	72	0
1973	75.3	56	84.8	66	65.8	38	14.73	33	0
1972	73.5	72	84	71	63	71	12.55	44	0
1971	75.1	59	85.3	62	65	48	13.04	39	0
1970	75.1	59	85.7	54	64.5	55	16.55	16	0
1969	76.2	39	87.3	36	65	48	15.51	25	0
1968	76.5	35	87.5	33	65.5	39	7.61	74	0
1967	72.3	78	82.1	79	62.5	74	27.89	1	0
1966	75.3	56	86.3	47	64.3	58	9.95	63	0
1965	74.2	68	84.4	70	64.1	61	16.05	20	0
1964	74.8	64	85.7	54	63.9	63	9.32	71	0
1963	74.2	68	84.6	69	63.7	66	14.30	35	0
1962	75.1	59	85.8	53	64.4	57	15.24	29	0
1961	73.5	72	83.4	78	63.6	67	18.24	9	0
1960	75.8	49	85.7	54	65.9	37	21.22	4	0
1959	76.1	44	86.1	50	66.1	31	12.71	43	0
1958	76.4	36	86.8	40	66.1	31	9.83	66	0
1957	77.8	19	89	16	66.7	25	9.34	70	0
1956	75.8	49	86.7	44	64.9	50	12.26	47	0
1955	75.3	56	86.5	46	64.2	60	12.49	45	0
1954	77.8	19	90.3	6	65.3	42	10.08	61	0
1953	77.1	27	88.9	19	65.3	42	7.70	73	0
1952	78.7	9	90.6	4	66.8	22	9.79	67	0
1951	76.1	44	87.5	33	64.7	53	9.95	63	0
1950	72.6	76	83.6	74	61.5	77	16.73	15	0
1949	75	62	85.1	65	64.8	51	16.77	14	0
1948	76.1	44	88.3	25	64	62	9.92	65	6
1947							11.95	49	30

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	80.7
2010	80.3
2011	79.4
2026	79.1
2024	79
2022	78.9
2007	78.9
1995	78.9
2018	78.7
1998	78.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1976	72.2
1967	72.3
1974	72.5
1950	72.6
1985	73
1979	73.4
1972	73.5
1961	73.5
1992	74.1
1984	74.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1967	27.89
1979	22.14
1996	21.99
1960	21.22
2013	20.57
1985	20.01
2014	19.44
1989	18.66
1961	18.24
2017	18.18

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1980	5.31
1983	6.22
2007	6.49
1995	6.50
1993	6.84
1986	7.13
1968	7.61
1953	7.70
1974	8.30
1964	9.32

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 99°F; 2 July 2026
Coldest night: 55°F; 3 June 2026
Wettest day: 3.15 in; 28 June 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 15.32 in of precipitation in Oak Ridge, TN, the wettest summer since 2023, 27th wettest of 80.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: 99°F on Thursday 2 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: a low of 55°F on Wednesday 3 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: 3.15 in on Sunday 28 June 2026.