Rainiest Cities in Tennessee

Average annual precipitation, ranked
1991–2020 NOAA normals · 8 cities

Chattanooga is the rainiest city in Tennessee, with 58.6 in of precipitation in an average year. Every Tennessee city with a reporting NOAA station, ranked.

#CityAverage annual precipitation
1Chattanooga58.6 inwettest February
2Murfreesboro55.9 inwettest June
3Knoxville55.8 inwettest December
4East Chattanooga55.0 inwettest March
5Memphis54.9 inwettest April
6New South Memphis54.9 inwettest April
7Clarksville53.5 inwettest May
8Nashville53.2 inwettest March

Thirty-year normals and records from each city's NOAA GHCN-Daily station, computed 2026-08-30. Cities with a population of 100,000 or more and a reporting station. Each city name opens its climate page.

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Normals and records: NOAA GHCN-Daily stations. Sunshine from ERA5 reanalysis. City locations: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).