NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - With the hot summer months looming, Nashville has yet to see temperatures soaring into the 90s, but that could change soon.
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. On the flip side, 1889 saw the fewest number of 90-degree days — only 11 that year.
The most consecutive 90-degree days we’ve ever had was in 2007 when Nashville saw 34 days in a row of the hot temperatures. That was from July 26 to Aug. 28, 2007. That summer was even hotter for folks in Clarksville. They had 43 days in a row of 90-degree temperatures from July 25 to Sept. 5, 2007.
There are many spots in the Cumberland Plateau, higher elevated spots, that have not reached 90 degrees in an entire year many years in a row. In fact, Crossville only sees about 8 90-degree days on average each year.
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