Climate and average weather in Tullahoma

In Tullahoma, 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 Tullahoma typically varies from 33°F to 87°F, and is rarely below 16°F or above 94°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 Tullahoma for warm-weather activities are from early April to late May and early September to early November.

Hottest
Jul
87°
Coldest
Jan
33°
Wettest
Mar
5.6 in
Driest
Aug
3.3 in
Rain / yr
52.9 in
129 wet days
Daylight
9.6–14.4 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,070 ft
35.4°N
Clearest
Oct
47% cloud

Tullahoma is city in Coffee and Franklin counties in Tennessee, United States.

Density
313/km²
people per km²
Founded
1852

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

Tullahoma 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 Tullahoma, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.5 months, from May 16 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 77°F. The hottest month of the year in Tullahoma is July, with an average high of 87°F and low of 71°F.

The cool season lasts 3.0 months, from November 28 to February 25, with daily high temperatures below 56°F. The coldest month of the year in Tullahoma is January, with an average low of 33°F and high of 48°F.

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

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan4833
Feb5335
Mar6142
Apr7050
May7760
Jun8467
Jul8771
Aug8669
Sep8163
Oct7151
Nov5941
Dec5136

How hot and cold Tullahoma 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, Tullahoma feels like about 91°F (around July 21). About 44 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 25°F (around January 20), with roughly 85 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)
Jan48482633
Feb52532935
Mar61613742
Apr70704950
May77776060
Jun86846867
Jul91877171
Aug89866969
Sep82816363
Oct71715051
Nov59593741
Dec51513036

Average hourly temperature in Tullahoma

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 87°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 33°F.

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

Tullahoma 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
Jan48° / 33°4.710.51.49.91.8
Feb53° / 35°4.710.91.310.72.7
Mar61° / 42°5.611.60.811.74.9
Apr70° / 50°4.910.50.112.96.4
May77° / 60°4.511.8013.86.5
Jun84° / 67°4.313.2014.35.1
Jul87° / 71°4.713.8014.14.4
Aug86° / 69°3.311013.34.8
Sep81° / 63°3.67.9012.26.6
Oct71° / 51°3.48011.17.1
Nov59° / 41°4.09.20.110.14.9
Dec51° / 36°5.110.70.79.72.5

Chance of rain

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

Tullahoma gets about 52.9 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 3.9 months, from around Apr 21 to Aug 16, peaking in July at about 46% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 30.

March is the wettest month by volume, with 5.6 in over about 12 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%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 5 · 46%Sep 30 · 25%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3411
Feb3811
Mar3712
Apr3611
May3912
Jun4313
Jul4514
Aug3611
Sep278
Oct268
Nov309
Dec3511

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Tullahoma collects about 52.9 in of rain across 129 wet days — roughly 4.4 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 5.6 in, while August is the driest at just 3.3 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec4.74.75.64.94.54.34.73.33.63.44.05.1
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan4.7111
Feb4.7111
Mar5.6121
Apr4.9110
May4.5120
Jun4.3130
Jul4.7140
Aug3.3110
Sep3.680
Oct3.480
Nov4.090
Dec5.1111

Snow in Tullahoma

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.

Tullahoma averages about 4 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Dec 1 to Mar 20 — about 3.6 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 1.4 day of snow and an estimated 2 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 8 in of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonJan 17
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan12
Feb13
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 Tullahoma, 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 7 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around November 25. 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 26 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around May 7. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 61% 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 16 · 36%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4159
Feb3961
Mar4258
Apr4555
May4951
Jun5050
Jul5149
Aug5446
Sep6040
Oct5941
Nov5149
Dec4060

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 13, brings about 14 h 24 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, 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)
Jan9.96:584:50
Feb10.76:395:20
Mar11.76:035:46
Apr12.95:186:12
May13.84:456:37
Jun14.34:346:56
Jul14.14:456:56
Aug13.35:096:29
Sep12.25:335:46
Oct11.15:575:03
Nov10.16:274:33
Dec9.76:524:30

Sunny days

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

Tullahoma averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 15 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.4 months, from around Aug 23 to Dec 3. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is February, down near 9 sunny days — about 40% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightOct 415 daysFeb 198 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb8Mixed
Mar10Mixed
Apr10Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun9Mixed
Jul9Mixed
Aug10Mixed
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 Tullahoma, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.8 months, from around May 9 to October 1. 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 2 to May 8, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 25 · 100%Jul 28 · 4%oppressivemuggyhumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan963100
Feb963100
Mar908200
Apr71171110
May332125201
Jun611204419
Jul1593747
Aug16164135
Sep182025307
Oct62181361
Nov906310
Dec945100

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 Tullahoma is typically calm, near 6 mph, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around Oct 20 to May 12. The windiest month is March, averaging about 7 mph (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 13 to Oct 19, with July the calmest month at about 4 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 4 · 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 Tullahoma

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid April, Tullahoma 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 Tullahoma for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to late May and again from early September to early November, with a peak score in the first week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 3 · 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
Jan1.8poor
Feb2.8poor
Mar4.9fair
Apr6.3good
May6.4good
Jun5.1fair
Jul4.4fair
Aug4.8fair
Sep6.6good
Oct7.0good
Nov4.9fair
Dec2.5poor

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 Tullahoma for hot-weather activities is from mid May to early October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 8 · 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 Tullahoma, 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 87°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 48°F), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Tullahoma sees daytime highs around 87°F and nights near 71°F. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Tullahoma 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 Tullahoma peaks around July 12 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 10Dec 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Tullahoma

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 6 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)
Jan20
Feb40
Mar61
Apr73.5
May7.54.5
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug7.54.5
Sep6.53
Oct50
Nov3.50
Dec00

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

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1618 µg/m³Jan 16 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May13Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct7Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Tullahoma typically lasts about 355 days, from around January 27 to January 16 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 24 to November 2.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonJan 2750%Mar 2490%Nov 290%Jan 1650%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan5231
Feb6328
Mar8422
Apr970
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct980
Nov8226
Dec6431

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. Tullahoma banks about 4,498 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
Mar62
Apr302
May570
Jun776
Jul888
Aug859
Sep660
Oct344
Nov37
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.

Tullahoma receives about 4.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.1 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 19 to Sep 27. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.1 kWh/m² — roughly 65% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 206.2 kWhDec 202.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.4Moderate
Feb3.1Moderate
Mar4.2Bright
Apr5.4Bright
May5.9Bright
Jun6.1Intense
Jul6.0Bright
Aug5.5Bright
Sep4.7Bright
Oct3.8Moderate
Nov2.7Moderate
Dec2.1Moderate

Where is Tullahoma?

Tullahoma sits at 35.4°N, 86.2°W, 1,070 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Shelbyville, 16 mi away.

Topography around Tullahoma

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Tullahoma has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 ft around an average of 1,070 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,906 ft.

The land around Tullahoma is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (33%) within 2 miles, trees (63%) and grassland (24%) within 10 miles, and trees (65%) and grassland (25%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
161 ft
10 miles
456 ft
50 miles
1,906 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Shelbyville 16 mi · Murfreesboro 35 mi · Smyrna 46 mi · Huntsville 48 mi · Spring Hill 48 mi · Columbia 50 mi · La Vergne 50 mi · Franklin 53 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 Tullahoma (35.362°, -86.2094°, elevation 1,070 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).