Climate and average weather in La Vergne

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

Best: mid September to early November

Over the course of the year, the temperature in La Vergne typically varies from 32°F to 88°F, and is rarely below 16°F or above 95°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 La Vergne for warm-weather activities are from early April to late May and mid September to early November.

Hottest
Jul
88°
Coldest
Jan
32°
Wettest
Dec
5.1 in
Driest
Aug
3.3 in
Rain / yr
51.1 in
129 wet days
Daylight
9.6–14.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
581 ft
36.0°N
Clearest
Oct
47% cloud

La Vergne is city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States.

Density
531/km²
people per km²
Founded
1852

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

La Vergne 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 mid September to early November.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in La Vergne, 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 La Vergne is July, with an average high of 88°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 La Vergne is January, with an average low of 32°F and high of 47°F.

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

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan4732
Feb5234
Mar6041
Apr7050
May7860
Jun8568
Jul8871
Aug8869
Sep8262
Oct7151
Nov5941
Dec5135

How hot and cold La Vergne 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, La Vergne feels like about 93°F (around July 19). About 65 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 24°F (around January 21), with roughly 92 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)
Jan47472532
Feb52522834
Mar60603741
Apr70704950
May78786060
Jun87856868
Jul93887171
Aug91887069
Sep83826262
Oct71715051
Nov59593641
Dec50512935

Average hourly temperature in La Vergne

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 88°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 32°F.

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

La Vergne 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° / 32°4.310.51.49.81.6
Feb52° / 34°4.710.51.610.62.6
Mar60° / 41°5.111.40.811.74.8
Apr70° / 50°5.011012.96.3
May78° / 60°4.812.3013.96.4
Jun85° / 68°4.113014.44.8
Jul88° / 71°4.313.2014.24.1
Aug88° / 69°3.310.5013.44.5
Sep82° / 62°3.38.3012.26.3
Oct71° / 51°3.480.111.17.1
Nov59° / 41°3.990.210.14.9
Dec51° / 35°5.110.80.79.62.3

Chance of rain

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

La Vergne gets about 51.1 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 5.0 months, from around Mar 19 to Aug 16, peaking in June at about 44% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 1.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 5.1 in over about 11 wet days; August is the driest, with 3.3 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 30 · 44%Oct 1 · 25%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3411
Feb3711
Mar3611
Apr3811
May4012
Jun4213
Jul4213
Aug3511
Sep278
Oct278
Nov299
Dec3511

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, La Vergne collects about 51.1 in of rain across 129 wet days — roughly 4.3 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 5.1 in, while August is the driest at just 3.3 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec4.34.75.15.04.84.14.33.33.33.43.95.1
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4.3111
Feb4.7112
Mar5.1111
Apr5.0110
May4.8120
Jun4.1130
Jul4.3130
Aug3.3110
Sep3.380
Oct3.480
Nov3.990
Dec5.1111

Snow in La Vergne

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.

La Vergne averages about 5 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Dec 4 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 9 in of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 9
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan13
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 La Vergne, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 4 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around November 23. 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 24 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around June 3. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 64% 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 3 · 64%Feb 14 · 34%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3862
Feb3664
Mar4159
Apr4456
May4555
Jun5248
Jul5248
Aug5545
Sep6040
Oct6040
Nov5050
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 8, brings about 14 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 36 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:014:50
Feb10.66:425:20
Mar11.76:045:47
Apr12.95:196:14
May13.94:466:40
Jun14.44:347:00
Jul14.24:456:59
Aug13.45:096:32
Sep12.25:345:47
Oct11.15:595:03
Nov10.16:304:33
Dec9.66:564:29

Sunny days

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

La Vergne 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 3.5 months, from around Aug 17 to Dec 2. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is February, down near 8 sunny days — about 45% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightOct 315 daysFeb 177 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb7Gloomy
Mar9Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul10Mixed
Aug10Mixed
Sep13Mixed
Oct14Mixed
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 La Vergne, 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 94% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 1 to May 6, and February 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 26 · 100%Jul 27 · 5%oppressivemuggycomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9631000
Feb9730000
Mar9171000
Apr721612100
May3319242220
Jun8111839250
Jul151131501
Aug181736362
Sep22172525100
Oct641812510
Nov9073000
Dec9451000

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 La Vergne 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 20 to May 13. The windiest month is February, averaging about 7 mph (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 14 to Oct 19, with July the calmest month at about 4 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 27 · 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 La Vergne

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late October, La Vergne is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 La Vergne 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 4 · 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
Jan1.6poor
Feb2.6poor
Mar4.8fair
Apr6.3good
May6.3good
Jun4.8fair
Jul4.1fair
Aug4.5fair
Sep6.3good
Oct7.1good
Nov4.8fair
Dec2.3poor

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 La Vergne 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 10 · 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 La Vergne, 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 88°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, La Vergne sees daytime highs around 88°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 La Vergne 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 La Vergne peaks around July 13 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 13UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in La Vergne

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 8.5 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
Feb40
Mar61
Apr6.53
May7.54.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.53
Oct4.50
Nov30
Dec00

Air quality in La Vergne 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 La Vergne is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1518 µg/m³Dec 176 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May13Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct7Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in La Vergne typically lasts about 341 days, from around February 4 to January 10 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 29 to October 31.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 450%Mar 2990%Oct 3190%Jan 1050%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4931
Feb5928
Mar8125
Apr970
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct970
Nov8028
Dec6131

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. La Vergne banks about 4,593 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
Mar53
Apr303
May582
Jun800
Jul920
Aug885
Sep672
Oct344
Nov35
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.

La Vergne receives about 4.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.0 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 28. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.0 kWh/m² — roughly 67% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 206.2 kWhDec 172.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.3Moderate
Feb3.0Moderate
Mar4.1Bright
Apr5.3Bright
May5.9Bright
Jun6.2Intense
Jul6.0Intense
Aug5.6Bright
Sep4.7Bright
Oct3.7Moderate
Nov2.6Moderate
Dec2.0Moderate

Where is La Vergne?

La Vergne sits at 36.0°N, 86.6°W, 581 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Smyrna, 4.3 mi away.

Topography around La Vergne

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around La Vergne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 ft around an average of 600 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 942 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,919 ft.

The land around La Vergne is covered by trees (41%), artificial surfaces (33%) and grassland (20%) within 2 miles, trees (59%) and grassland (21%) within 10 miles, and trees (61%) and grassland (27%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
253 ft
10 miles
942 ft
50 miles
1,919 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Smyrna 4.3 mi · Brentwood Estates 11 mi · Brentwood 11 mi · Hermitage 12 mi · Mount Juliet 13 mi · Nashville 16 mi · Murfreesboro 16 mi · Franklin 17 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 La Vergne (36.0156°, -86.5819°, elevation 581 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).