Climate averages 1991–2020
Knoxville weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Knoxville: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Asheville (130 km away). In February its highs average 9.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Knoxville, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Knoxville ranks 272nd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 440th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Knoxville is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Knoxville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 111 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 10.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 110 | 10.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 123 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 109 | 10.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 94 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 93 | 13.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 119 | 14.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 86 | 11.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 90 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 74 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 96 | 8.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 117 | 10.6 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Asheville in FebruaryUnited States · 130 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -1.0°C · 84 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in FebruaryUnited States · 156 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Chattanooga in FebruaryUnited States · 162 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Johns Creek in FebruaryUnited States · 216 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Roswell in FebruaryUnited States · 219 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Murfreesboro in FebruaryUnited States · 223 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Athens, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 228 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Sandy Springs in FebruaryUnited States · 230 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 114 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Knoxville) is explained once on the Knoxville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.