Here’s when 90-degree weather returns to the Mid State

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - So far, 2024 has not been overly warm in Middle Tennessee, but summer heat will be here before we know it.

The first hot day could be on Tuesday, May 21 as the forecasted high is 90 degrees. So far, the warmest temperature recorded in 2024 has been 87 degrees.

On average, Nashville’s first 90-degree date is May 27. However, that doesn’t mean the hot weather can’t hit us sooner or later. The earliest we’ve ever seen a 90-degree date in the calendar year was on April 9, 2011, and the latest we’ve seen a 90-degree date for the summer season was July 5, 1893.

As far as how many 90-degree days we have in a year, it’s 49 days on average. The most 90-degree days we’ve ever experienced in Nashville was in 2019. That year we had 99 days with temperatures reading 90 degrees or higher.

Nashville's average first 90° day is May 27.(NWS)

Middle Tennessee may be in for another hotter-than-normal summer again this year, according to new research and forecast data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its seasonal temperature outlook recently that shows Tennessee could be in for another year of above-average temperatures.

According to NOAA, the warmest summers on record in the U.S. occurred in 2021 and 1936, when the average temperatures were 2.60°F above typical values.