Murfreesboro climate

Name: Murfreesboro
Address: US

Murfreesboro is warmest in July, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.6 °C. March is the wettest month (134 mm) and October the driest (85 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Murfreesboro averages 1,335 mm of rain, 147 days above 25 °C and 46 days below freezing.

United States · 186 m elevation · population 165,430 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 31 °C
Coldest month January 0.6 °C
Driest month October 85 mm
Wettest month March 134 mm
Least cloud October 46 % cloud
Hottest on record June 42 °C
Coldest on record February -24 °C

What to expectMurfreesboro through the year

Murfreesboro has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.0 °C in January to 31 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 147 days a year reach 25 °C, 67 of them reach 30 °C, 46 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 85 mm in October to 134 mm in March. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.0 °C	111 mm	63 %
February	11.4 °C	120 mm	66 %
March	16.0 °C	134 mm	62 %
April	21.1 °C	124 mm	57 %
May	25.5 °C	123 mm	58 %
June	29.6 °C	111 mm	55 %
July	31.2 °C	119 mm	55 %
August	30.9 °C	90 mm	51 %
September	27.9 °C	87 mm	47 %
October	22.1 °C	85 mm	46 %
November	15.3 °C	98 mm	53 %
December	10.4 °C	133 mm	64 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	9.0 °C	0.6 °C	4.0 °C	22.4 °C	-22.5 °C	0	0	15
February	11.4 °C	2.2 °C	6.0 °C	24.4 °C	-24.3 °C	0	0	11
March	16.0 °C	5.9 °C	10.3 °C	28.9 °C	-13.7 °C	1	0	5
April	21.1 °C	10.7 °C	15.3 °C	31.2 °C	-2.8 °C	6	0	0
May	25.5 °C	15.5 °C	20.1 °C	34.4 °C	2.3 °C	18	3	0
June	29.6 °C	19.8 °C	24.3 °C	41.6 °C	10.4 °C	28	14	0
July	31.2 °C	21.7 °C	26.0 °C	39.1 °C	14.6 °C	30	22	0
August	30.9 °C	21.3 °C	25.6 °C	41.0 °C	12.9 °C	30	19	0
September	27.9 °C	18.1 °C	22.5 °C	37.6 °C	5.9 °C	23	9	0
October	22.1 °C	12.2 °C	16.5 °C	35.8 °C	-0.1 °C	9	1	0
November	15.3 °C	6.4 °C	10.1 °C	29.5 °C	-7.2 °C	1	0	4
December	10.4 °C	2.5 °C	5.8 °C	23.3 °C	-11.0 °C	0	0	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	111 mm	10	10 h/day	63 %	71 %	16 km/h
February	120 mm	11	11 h/day	66 %	71 %	17 km/h
March	134 mm	12	12 h/day	62 %	70 %	17 km/h
April	124 mm	11	13 h/day	57 %	69 %	17 km/h
May	123 mm	12	14 h/day	58 %	73 %	14 km/h
June	111 mm	13	15 h/day	55 %	73 %	12 km/h
July	119 mm	13	14 h/day	55 %	75 %	11 km/h
August	90 mm	11	14 h/day	51 %	73 %	11 km/h
September	87 mm	8	12 h/day	47 %	70 %	12 km/h
October	85 mm	8	11 h/day	46 %	69 %	14 km/h
November	98 mm	9	10 h/day	53 %	71 %	15 km/h
December	133 mm	11	9.7 h/day	64 %	75 %	16 km/h

How Murfreesboro compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Murfreesboro	31 °C	0.6 °C	1,335 mm	147
Nashville · United States	31 °C	0.08 °C	1,327 mm	146
Clarksville · United States	32 °C	-0.1 °C	1,241 mm	146
Huntsville · United States	31 °C	1.6 °C	1,354 mm	151
Chattanooga · United States	31 °C	1.0 °C	1,311 mm	145
Knoxville · United States	30 °C	-0.10 °C	1,219 mm	132
Birmingham · United States	32 °C	2.9 °C	1,342 mm	164

Where Murfreesboro ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in October	42ndof 50	92/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Murfreesboro’s climate

When is the best time to visit Murfreesboro?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and October the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Murfreesboro get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 67 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 46 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Murfreesboro?

March, averaging 134 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is October with 85 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,335 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Murfreesboro rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.