Is this weather normal in Carter County?

Tennessee · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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Carter County just had its 7th-warmest September in 132 years, +4° against the usual. Carter County has warmed about 0.5° per decade since 1970.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 61°, lows near 38°

That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Carter County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

Oct: -0.4°OctNov: +0.3°NovDec: -0.1°DecJan 2026: -1.9°JanFeb: -2.3°FebMar: +6.7°MarApr: +5.0°AprMay: -0.8°MayJun: -0.4°JunJul: +1.5°JulAug: +1.0°AugSep: +4.2°Sepwarmercooler

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.

Every year since 1895

18952025

Rain and drought

Oct: -1.1 inOctNov: -0.8 inNovDec: -1.6 inDecJan 2026: -1.2 inJanFeb: -0.2 inFebMar: -1.4 inMarApr: -1.6 inAprMay: -1.2 inMayJun: +0.1 inJunJul: +0.7 inJulAug: +0.4 inAugSep: -1.1 inSepwetterdrier

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Carter County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January45° / 25°4.2 in47.2° 193720.2° 1977
February48° / 28°3.8 in47.0° 201824.7° 1895
March56° / 34°4.2 in54.5° 201229.0° 1960
April66° / 41°4.4 in58.7° 202645.3° 1907
May73° / 49°4.8 in66.9° 196254.9° 1997
June80° / 57°4.7 in73.6° 195262.9° 1955
July82° / 61°5.5 in75.1° 199366.8° 1918
August82° / 60°4.3 in75.7° 200766.8° 1967
September77° / 54°3.5 in71.1° 192558.9° 1918
October67° / 43°3.3 in62.6° 191946.7° 1988
November56° / 33°3.5 in53.0° 198536.6° 1976
December47° / 28°4.2 in49.0° 201525.7° 1963

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

Towns in Carter County

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