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Oak Ridge, TN 36.023°N, 84.234°W · station OQTthr · 80 years of record
68°F
COLDEST JUL 14 SINCE 2022
forecast low · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Oak Ridge.
68° TUE 7/14 69° WED 7/15 71° THU 7/16 73° FRI 7/17 73° SAT 7/18 73° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks #33 / 79
coldest Jul 14 in 79 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 14 ever 57°F
set in 1953
Mildest Jul 14 ever 77°F
set in 1954
Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 14 at Oak Ridge. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
57 67 77 1947: 65°F 1948: 68°F 1949: 69°F 1950: 64°F 1951: 67°F 1952: 63°F 1953: 57°F 1954: 77°F 1955: 71°F 1956: 65°F 1957: 71°F 1958: 69°F 1959: 63°F 1960: 64°F 1961: 67°F 1962: 68°F 1963: 64°F 1964: 60°F 1965: 70°F 1966: 69°F 1967: 60°F 1968: 66°F 1969: 71°F 1970: 69°F 1971: 69°F 1972: 64°F 1973: 69°F 1974: 58°F 1975: 57°F 1976: 65°F 1977: 69°F 1978: 67°F 1979: 67°F 1980: 70°F 1981: 70°F 1982: 62°F 1983: 67°F 1984: 69°F 1985: 66°F 1986: 66°F 1987: 63°F 1988: 72°F 1989: 64°F 1990: 68°F 1991: 68°F 1992: 70°F 1993: 70°F 1994: 70°F 1995: 71°F 1996: 68°F 1997: 67°F 1998: 70°F 1999: 68°F 2000: 71°F 2001: 57°F 2002: 69°F 2003: 64°F 2004: 71°F 2005: 70°F 2006: 71°F 2007: 62°F 2008: 71°F 2009: 62°F 2010: 73°F 2011: 73°F 2012: 69°F 2013: 68°F 2014: 73°F 2015: 68°F 2016: 68°F 2017: 73°F 2018: 74°F 2019: 72°F 2020: 66°F 2021: 71°F 2022: 64°F 2023: 76°F 2024: 70°F 2025: 71°F 68° forecast 1947 2025 1953 Forecast low · Jul 14 68°F Coldest this date since 2022 This-date record 57°F This-date rank #33 of 79
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -17°F (1985) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1947–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Oak Ridge in each calendar month, and for the whole 1947–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 76°F 1999 -17°F 1985 Feb 82°F 2023 -13°F 1996 Mar 87°F 2026 1°F 1980 Apr 92°F 1986 20°F 1987 May 96°F 1948 30°F 1976 Jun 105°F 2012 39°F 1977 Jul 105°F 1952 49°F 1947 Aug 103°F 1983 50°F 1989 Sep 102°F 1954 33°F 1967 Oct 98°F 2019 21°F 1952 Nov 85°F 2016 0°F 1950 Dec 78°F 1982 -7°F 1983 All-time 105°F 1952 -17°F 1985
Records set or tied at Oak Ridge so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 6 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (87°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 49 days
record run, ended Feb 21 1985
So far in 2026 43 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Oak Ridge's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 69°F · forecast is -1° vs normal .
Jan: 48°F Jan: 30°F Feb: 53°F Feb: 33°F Mar: 62°F Mar: 39°F Apr: 72°F Apr: 47°F May: 80°F May: 57°F Jun: 86°F Jun: 65°F Jul: 89°F Jul: 69°F Aug: 88°F Aug: 68°F Sep: 83°F Sep: 61°F Oct: 72°F Oct: 49°F Nov: 60°F Nov: 38°F Dec: 51°F Dec: 33°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:30 AM Sunset 6:55 PM Solar noon 11:42 AM Daylight 14h 25m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 36.02°N, 84.23°W Oak Ridge's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Oak Ridge's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Oak Ridge, coloured by temperature — 80 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Oak Ridge — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
43 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 57th most in 80 years. Normal for this point: 48 . Record: 72 in 1985.
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