Climate averages 1991–2020
Nashville 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 Nashville: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 Franklin (28 km away). In February its highs average 10.7°C, about as warm as Nashville, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Nashville ranks joint 275th of 498 for the warmest February highs and 461st of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Nashville is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 126 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
Nashville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 104 | 10.4 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 116 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 126 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 128 | 11.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 123 | 12.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 99 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 106 | 12.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 84 | 10.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 83 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 91 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 99 | 9.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 124 | 10.7 | 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
- Franklin in FebruaryUnited States · 28 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Murfreesboro in FebruaryUnited States · 50 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Clarksville in FebruaryUnited States · 65 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Huntsville in FebruaryUnited States · 161 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Chattanooga in FebruaryUnited States · 182 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 113 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in FebruaryUnited States · 185 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Evansville in FebruaryUnited States · 212 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Louisville in FebruaryUnited States · 249 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 84 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 Nashville) is explained once on the Nashville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.