Climate and average weather in Goodlettsville

In Goodlettsville, the summers are humid, hot, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early April to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Goodlettsville typically varies from 31°F to 89°F, and is rarely below 15°F or above 96°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Goodlettsville for warm-weather activities are from early April to late May and mid September to early November.

Hottest
Jul
89°
Coldest
Jan
31°
Wettest
Apr
5.0 in
Driest
Sep
3.2 in
Rain / yr
50.6 in
128 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
476 ft
36.3°N
Clearest
Oct
48% cloud

Goodlettsville is city in Tennessee, United States of America.

Density
456/km²
people per km²
Founded
1958

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Goodlettsville weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early April to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Goodlettsville, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.4 months, from May 17 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 78°F. The hottest month of the year in Goodlettsville is July, with an average high of 89°F and low of 71°F.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from November 29 to February 26, with daily high temperatures below 55°F. The coldest month of the year in Goodlettsville is January, with an average low of 31°F and high of 47°F.

Days typically run about 18°F warmer than nights year-round.

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan4731
Feb5134
Mar6041
Apr7050
May7860
Jun8668
Jul8971
Aug8870
Sep8263
Oct7151
Nov5941
Dec5035

How hot and cold Goodlettsville really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Goodlettsville feels like about 93°F (around July 16). About 67 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 23°F (around January 21), with roughly 96 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F), worst in January.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan47472431
Feb51512834
Mar60603641
Apr70704850
May78786060
Jun88866868
Jul93897171
Aug91887070
Sep83826363
Oct71714951
Nov59593641
Dec50502935

Average hourly temperature in Goodlettsville

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 89°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 31°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Goodlettsville weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan47° / 31°4.110.41.79.81.4
Feb51° / 34°4.610.41.710.62.4
Mar60° / 41°5.011.50.711.74.6
Apr70° / 50°5.011.1012.96.2
May78° / 60°4.912.5013.96.3
Jun86° / 68°3.912.5014.44.8
Jul89° / 71°4.212.8014.24.0
Aug88° / 70°3.310.6013.44.5
Sep82° / 63°3.28.1012.26.4
Oct71° / 51°3.68011.17.1
Nov59° / 41°3.99.10.210.14.7
Dec50° / 35°4.910.70.89.62.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Goodlettsville gets about 50.6 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.2 months, from around Feb 9 to Aug 15, peaking in July at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 3.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 5.0 in over about 11 wet days; September is the driest, with 3.2 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 2 · 42%Oct 3 · 25%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3410
Feb3610
Mar3612
Apr3811
May4013
Jun4113
Jul4113
Aug3511
Sep278
Oct268
Nov309
Dec3511

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Goodlettsville collects about 50.6 in of rain across 128 wet days — roughly 4.2 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 5.0 in, while September is the driest at just 3.2 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec4.14.65.05.04.93.94.23.33.23.63.94.9
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4.1102
Feb4.6102
Mar5.0121
Apr5.0110
May4.9130
Jun3.9130
Jul4.2130
Aug3.3110
Sep3.280
Oct3.680
Nov3.990
Dec4.9111

Snow in Goodlettsville

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Goodlettsville averages about 5 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Dec 2 to Mar 21 — about 3.6 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.7 days of snow and an estimated 3 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 10 in of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 9
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan24
Feb23
Mar12
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov00
Dec11

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Goodlettsville, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 5 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around November 21. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 60% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 22 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around June 4. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 63% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 2 · 64%Feb 17 · 35%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3862
Feb3763
Mar4060
Apr4456
May4555
Jun5149
Jul5347
Aug5644
Sep6040
Oct5941
Nov4951
Dec3862

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 15, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 14, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:034:50
Feb10.66:435:20
Mar11.76:055:48
Apr12.95:196:15
May13.94:456:41
Jun14.44:337:01
Jul14.24:457:00
Aug13.45:096:33
Sep12.25:345:48
Oct11.16:005:04
Nov10.16:314:33
Dec9.66:574:29

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Goodlettsville averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 15 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.6 months, from around Aug 17 to Dec 3. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is February, down near 8 sunny days — about 46% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightOct 315 daysFeb 157 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb7Gloomy
Mar9Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep13Mixed
Oct15Mixed
Nov12Mixed
Dec9Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Goodlettsville, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.8 months, from around May 7 to September 30. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 93% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 1 to May 6, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 20 · 100%Jul 15 · 6%oppressivemuggycomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9730000
Feb9630000
Mar9271000
Apr721611100
May3418242220
Jun8111937250
Jul251231481
Aug291734362
Sep23172425110
Oct661711510
Nov9072000
Dec9541000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Goodlettsville is typically calm, near 6 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around Oct 19 to May 13. The windiest month is April, averaging about 7 mph (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 14 to Oct 18, with July the calmest month at about 4 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeApr 9 · 7 mphJul 29 · 4 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul4calm
Aug4calm
Sep5calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Goodlettsville

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Goodlettsville throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid April, Goodlettsville is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Goodlettsville for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to late May and again from mid September to early November, with a peak score in the first week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 5 · 7.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan1.4poor
Feb2.4poor
Mar4.6fair
Apr6.2good
May6.3good
Jun4.8fair
Jul4.0fair
Aug4.5fair
Sep6.4good
Oct7.0good
Nov4.7fair
Dec2.2poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Goodlettsville for hot-weather activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 11 · 7.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Goodlettsville, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 89°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 47°F), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Goodlettsville sees daytime highs around 89°F and nights near 71°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Goodlettsville by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Goodlettsville peaks around July 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 10UV 9Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Goodlettsville

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb3.50
Mar5.50
Apr6.52.5
May7.54.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul85.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.53
Oct4.50
Nov30
Dec00

Air quality in Goodlettsville by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Goodlettsville is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1518 µg/m³Dec 147 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar10Good
Apr10Good
May13Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct7Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Goodlettsville typically lasts about 334 days, from around February 7 to January 6 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 29 to November 1.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 750%Mar 2990%Nov 190%Jan 650%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4731
Feb5728
Mar8126
Apr970
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct970
Nov8027
Dec6031

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Goodlettsville banks about 4,592 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar46
Apr296
May581
Jun807
Jul930
Aug891
Sep671
Oct338
Nov31
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Goodlettsville receives about 4.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.9 and 6.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 29. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.0 kWh/m² — roughly 68% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 206.3 kWhDec 161.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.3Moderate
Feb3.0Moderate
Mar4.1Bright
Apr5.3Bright
May5.9Bright
Jun6.2Intense
Jul6.0Intense
Aug5.6Bright
Sep4.7Bright
Oct3.6Moderate
Nov2.6Moderate
Dec2.0Dim

Where is Goodlettsville?

Goodlettsville sits at 36.3°N, 86.7°W, 476 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Hendersonville, 5.6 mi away.

Topography around Goodlettsville

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Goodlettsville.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Goodlettsville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 515 ft around an average of 561 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 689 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,178 ft.

The land around Goodlettsville is covered by trees (59%) and grassland (21%) within 2 miles, trees (66%) and grassland (21%) within 10 miles, and trees (57%) and grassland (25%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
515 ft
10 miles
689 ft
50 miles
1,178 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Hendersonville 5.6 mi · Hermitage 9.9 mi · Nashville 12 mi · Mount Juliet 14 mi · Gallatin 16 mi · Springfield 16 mi · Brentwood 21 mi · Brentwood Estates 21 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Goodlettsville (36.3231°, -86.7133°, elevation 476 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).