Climate averages 1991–2020
Nashville weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Nashville: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Franklin (28 km away). In October its highs average 21.6°C, about as warm as Nashville, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Nashville ranks joint 255th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 346th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Nashville is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Franklin in OctoberUnited States · 28 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Murfreesboro in OctoberUnited States · 50 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Clarksville in OctoberUnited States · 65 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Huntsville in OctoberUnited States · 161 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Chattanooga in OctoberUnited States · 182 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 84 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in OctoberUnited States · 185 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Evansville in OctoberUnited States · 212 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Louisville in OctoberUnited States · 249 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 85 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.