Every day it feels like it's getting hotter and hotter as the summer passes, but Tennessee hasn't seen its hottest summer in a while.
According to data from the National Weather Service, Tennessee's major cities haven't hit any of their record numbers over the past 100 years. Across the state, some of the hottest years include 1952, 1980 and 2012.
Of the four largest Tennessee cities, Nashville has the highest recorded temperature at 109 degrees. This does not include heat index.
Here are the numbers for Tennessee's major cities.
Hottest temperatures in Chattanooga
Chattanooga's hottest recorded temperature hit 107 degrees in 2012. Two days tied for this record: June 30 and July 1, 2012. Here are the rest of the record-setting dates:
106 degrees
- July 28, 1928
- June 29, 2012
105 degrees
- Aug. 4, 1947
- July 23, 1952
- July 29, 1952
- July 13, 1980
- July 16, 1980
- Aug. 23, 2007
104 degrees
- Sept. 5, 1925
- Sept. 7, 1925
- July 12, 1930
- Aug. 7, 1935
- June 28, 1952
- July 27, 1952
- July 8, 1977
- Aug. 10, 1980
- Aug. 16, 2007
103 degrees
- Sept. 6, 1925
- Aug. 18, 1936
- Aug. 19, 1936
- July 22, 1952
- July 14, 1954
- July 15, 1977
- July 17, 1980
- Aug. 9, 1980
- Aug. 21, 1980
- July 26, 1993
- Aug. 15, 2007
- Aug. 22, 2007
- Sept. 13, 2019
Hottest temperatures in Knoxville
105 degrees is the hottest recorded temperature in Knoxville. Much like Chattanooga, it happened on June 30 and July 1, 2012. Here are the rest of the record-setting dates:
104 degrees
103 degrees
- July 27, 1952
- July 28, 1952
- Sept. 5, 1954
102 degrees
- Sept. 7, 1925
- June 17, 1944
- Aug. 23, 1948
- June 23, 1988
- July 9, 1988
- Aug. 29, 2007
- June 29, 2012
101 degrees
- Aug. 5, 1930
- Aug. 8, 1930
- July 24, 1934
- July 25, 1934
- Aug. 7, 1935
- July 10, 1936
- Aug. 27, 1943
- June 27, 1952
- July 23, 1952
- Sept. 4, 1954
- Sept. 6, 1954
- July 14, 1954
- July 17, 1980
- Aug. 21, 1983
- June 26, 1988
- July 8, 1988
- Aug. 17, 1988
- Aug. 18, 1988
- Aug. 16, 2007
- June 28, 2012
- July 29, 2012
Hottest temperatures in Memphis
The highest recorded temperature in Memphis was 108 degrees. The only time this temperature was recorded was on July 13, 1980.
107 degrees
- July 14, 1980
- Aug. 30, 2000
106 degrees
- July 12, 1930
- July 28, 1952
- Aug. 29, 2000
- Aug. 3, 2011
105 degrees
- Aug. 8, 1934
- Aug. 27, 1943
- July 27, 1952
- July 15, 1980
- July 16, 1980
- Aug. 13, 2007
- Aug, 16, 2007
104 degrees
- July 23, 1934
- June 28, 1954
- July 5, 1954
- July 17, 1980
- July 18, 1980
- July 20, 1986
- July 29, 1986
- July 30, 1986
- July 31, 1986
- Aug. 28, 2000
- Aug. 14, 2007
- Aug. 4, 2010
Hottest temperatures in Nashville
The hottest recorded temperature in Nashville was 109 degrees. The only time this temperature was recorded was on June 29, 2012.
107 degrees
- July 27, 1952
- July 28, 1952
- June 30, 2012
106 degrees
105 degrees
- July 12, 1930
- Aug. 9, 1930
- July 29, 1952
- July 13, 1954
- Sept. 5, 1954
- July 8, 1988
- June 28, 2012
- July 1, 2012
- July 6, 2012
104 degrees
- Aug. 11, 1874
- Sept. 7, 1925
- Aug. 8, 1930
- July 24, 1934
- Aug. 27, 1943
- July 14, 1954
- Sept. 4, 1954
- July 16, 1980
- Aug. 15, 2007
- July 5, 2012
- July 7, 2012
- Aug. 7, 2012
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