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Nashville, TN

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
27.8in
year to date · normal 32.76"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 155 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
2.63in
67th wettest of 156 yrs
113% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
12.61in
57th wettest of 156 yrs
110% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
27.8in
28th driest of 155 yrs
85% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

7.25in
on May 2, 2010 · in 156 years

Dry Streak

2days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 36 days (to Oct 16, 1923)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 15 days

Year to Date vs Normal

85%
27.8" of a normal 32.76" · wettest 53.4" (1882) · driest 16.26" (1986)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 154-year record (1872–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 47.65" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1197970.12in
2188067.32in
3201964.27in
4195064.26in
5188263.45in

Driest Years on Record

1198730.23in
2198530.92in
3198831.41in
4198631.6in
5194132.34in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Mar (~4.48") and driest in Oct (~2.28"). Wettest calendar month ever: May 2010, 16.43".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Nashville — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

2.65in
set in 1876

Rain on Aug 24

21%
of 155 years had measurable rain
1871: 0.00″1872: 0.00″1873: 0.00″1874: 0.00″1875: 0.00″1876: 2.65″1877: 0.00″1878: 0.00″1879: 0.36″1880: 0.46″1881: 0.00″1882: 0.00″1883: 0.00″1884: 0.01″1885: 0.00″1886: 1.16″1887: 0.00″1888: 0.00″1889: 0.00″1890: 0.00″1891: 0.00″1892: 0.08″1893: 0.00″1894: 0.19″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.08″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.01″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.00″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.00″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.00″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.03″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.19″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 1.97″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.01″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.01″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.06″1941: 0.02″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.03″1958: 1.94″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.04″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.06″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.97″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 1.15″1977: 0.25″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.23″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.47″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.21″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 1.03″2000: 0.44″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.30″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.01″2008: 0.01″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.41″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Nashville's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Nashville, TN — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Nashville's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Nashville, TN — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Nashville's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
Nashville, TN — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:12 AM
Sunset6:26 PM
Solar noon11:49 AM
Daylight13h 14m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

36.11°N, 86.69°W

Nearby Stations

Huntsville, AL101 mi SMuscle Shoals, AL107 mi SWChattanooga, TN111 mi SEPaducah, KY132 mi NWOak Ridge, TN137 mi EEvansville, IN141 mi NW

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