Oak Ridge, TN: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 41.8°F in Oak Ridge, TN, the warmest winter since 2024, tied 24th warmest of 78 (with 2008 and 1991).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 41.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 24th warmest of 78
Precipitation: 12.07 in; Driest since 2021; 15th driest of 79

A normal winter in Oak Ridge, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41.7°F, between 37.7°F and 44.3°F in eight years of ten and 15.22 in of precipitation, between 11.76 in and 23.62 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Oak Ridge, TN since 1949: 41.8°F in 2026; the highest is 47.1°F, in 1957.

Normal range, 37.7 to 44.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Oak Ridge, TN from 1948 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	41.8	24	51.9	19	31.7	26	12.07	65	0
2025	39.8	41	49.3	38	30.5	38	15.80	34	2
2024	42.8	13	52.7	11	32.9	15	17.79	22	1
2023	45.4	3	54.3	3	36.4	3	20.10	14	0
2022	44	9	54.2	6	33.7	13	20.43	13	0
2021	40.5	33	49.2	40	31.8	24	11.75	68	0
2020	45.3	4	54.3	3	36.4	3	25.14	3	2
2019	44.3	7	52.3	15	36.3	5	29.40	1	0
2018	41.5	27	50.5	32	32.5	19	17.30	26	0
2017	45.9	2	55.1	2	36.7	2	14.66	43	0
2016	43.9	10	52.7	11	35.1	7	19.52	16	0
2015	38.3	51	47.1	61	29.5	46	13.65	50	0
2014	38.2	53	48	52	28.3	59	15.97	32	0
2013	43.5	11	52	17	35	8	19.41	17	0
2012	44.4	6	54.3	3	34.6	9	15.30	37	0
2011	37.6	62	46.5	67	28.6	56	11.88	67	0
2010	35.9	71	43.4	75	28.3	59	19.61	15	0
2009	40.1	36	49.9	37	30.2	39	17.40	25	0
2008	41.8	24	51.3	23	32.4	21	13.24	55	0
2007	40.9	30	51.2	25	30.6	37	6.74	79	0
2006	41	29	50.3	34	31.6	27	10.63	70	0
2005	41.9	23	51.2	25	32.7	17	14.35	44	0
2004	39	46	48.4	48	29.6	45	12.61	60	0
2003	37.7	60	46.3	69	29.3	49	21.24	10	2
2002	42.3	17	52.4	14	32.2	23	15.13	39	0
2001	37.8	58	46.8	63	28.8	53	15.07	40	0
2000	42	19	52.3	15	31.6	27	9.99	72	0
1999	44.1	8	54	8	34.1	10	20.94	11	0
1998	42.6	15	51.2	25	34	11	14.30	45	0
1997	42.6	15	52.8	10	32.5	19	15.64	35	0
1996	37.4	64	47.5	55	27.3	66	14.94	41	0
1995	40.7	32	50.3	34	31.1	32	12.86	56	0
1994	37.7	60	47.4	58	28.1	61	24.20	6	0
1993	39.9	39	48.8	46	31.1	32	13.90	49	0
1992	42	19	52.7	11	31.2	30	17.54	23	0
1991	41.8	24	51.8	20	31.8	24	23.55	8	2
1990	40	37	50.4	33	29.7	43	16.33	30	0
1989	40.4	35	51.1	28	29.7	43	17.54	23	0
1988	38	54	49.2	40	26.9	68	12.30	63	0
1987	38	54	46.7	65	29.4	47	15.85	33	0
1986	36.2	69	47.4	58	25	75	8.42	77	0
1985	36.4	68	46.6	66	26.2	69	9.20	74	0
1984	36.1	70	46.8	63	25.5	73	13.49	51	0
1983	39	46	48.6	47	29.4	47	13.35	53	0
1982	35.5	72	44.8	72	26.1	70	16.24	31	0
1981	36.7	67	48.3	50	25.1	74	7.64	78	0
1980	37.5	63	47.1	61	28	62	9.99	72	0
1979	35.3	73	45.1	70	25.6	72	18.55	20	0
1978	31.5	78	40.3	78	22.6	77	11.94	66	0
1977	31.8	77	43.4	75	20.3	79	9.09	75	0
1976	39.1	45	50.8	31	27.3	66	12.43	62	0
1975	41.1	28	51.1	28	31.2	30	16.75	29	0
1974	42.7	14	51.5	21	33.9	12	23.24	9	0
1973	39.9	39	48.9	45	31	34	16.83	28	0
1972	42	19	51.3	23	32.7	17	19.05	19	0
1971	39.5	44	49	43	29.9	42	14.03	47	0
1970	34.6	74	43.5	74	25.8	71	15.24	38	0
1969	36.9	66	45	71	28.7	55	13.42	52	0
1968	38	54	47.2	60	28.8	53	13.25	54	0
1967	38.4	50	47.5	55	29.3	49	11.27	69	0
1966	37.9	57	47.5	55	28.4	57	10.12	71	0
1965	39.7	42	49.3	38	30.1	41	12.68	58	0
1964	34.2	75	44	73	24.4	76	12.13	64	0
1963	32.7	76	43.2	77	22.2	78	9.00	76	0
1962	40.5	33	50.1	36	30.9	35	24.80	4	0
1961	37.8	58	48	52	27.6	64	14.30	45	0
1960	39.6	43	47.9	54	31.3	29	12.71	57	0
1959	38.3	51	48.2	51	28.4	57	12.63	59	0
1958	37.3	65	46.5	67	28	62	12.49	61	0
1957	47.1	1	55.3	1	38.9	1	28.99	2	0
1956	40	37	49.1	42	30.8	36	20.53	12	1
1955	38.8	49	48.4	48	29.2	51	19.21	18	0
1954	40.8	31	51.5	21	30.2	39	24.57	5	0
1953	42.2	18	52	17	32.3	22	15.40	36	1
1952	43.3	12	53	9	33.6	14	14.81	42	0
1951	39	46	49	43	29	52	17.28	27	0
1950	42	19	51	30	32.9	15	23.92	7	0
1949	45.3	4	54.1	7	36.3	5	18.01	21	3
1948					27.5	65	13.94	48	18

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1957	47.1
2017	45.9
2023	45.4
2020	45.3
1949	45.3
2012	44.4
2019	44.3
1999	44.1
2022	44
2016	43.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	31.5
1977	31.8
1963	32.7
1964	34.2
1970	34.6
1979	35.3
1982	35.5
2010	35.9
1984	36.1
1986	36.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	29.40
1957	28.99
2020	25.14
1962	24.80
1954	24.57
1994	24.20
1950	23.92
1991	23.55
1974	23.24
2003	21.24

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	6.74
1981	7.64
1986	8.42
1963	9.00
1977	9.09
1985	9.20
2000	9.99
1980	9.99
1966	10.12
2006	10.63

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 75°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.93 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 12.07 in of precipitation in Oak Ridge, TN, the driest winter since 2021, 15th driest of 79.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Oak Ridge, TN: 75°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Oak Ridge, TN: a low of 8°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Oak Ridge, TN: 1.93 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.