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Oak Ridge, TN

36.023°N, 84.234°W · station OQTthr · 1947–2026 · 80 years of record

The Almanac Ribbon

Every day of the year at Oak Ridge: the record high and record low ever set (outer lines), the everyday normal range (shaded band), and the full record envelope behind it.
-20020406080100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoldestsince.com · hottestsince.com
Record high Record low Normal high–low band (1991–2020) hottest ever 105°F · coldest ever -17°F

Records by Month

MonthRecord highRecord low
Jan76°Jan 22, 1999-17°Jan 21, 1985
Feb82°Feb 23, 2023-13°Feb 5, 1996
Mar87°Mar 21, 20261°Mar 3, 1980
Apr92°Apr 26, 198620°Apr 1, 1987
May96°May 12, 194830°May 4, 1976
Jun105°Jun 30, 201239°Jun 8, 1977
Jul105°Jul 28, 195249°Jul 23, 1947
Aug103°Aug 22, 198350°Aug 8, 1989
Sep102°Sep 5, 195433°Sep 30, 1967
Oct98°Oct 3, 201921°Oct 30, 1952
Nov85°Nov 1, 20160°Nov 25, 1950
Dec78°Dec 4, 1982-7°Dec 25, 1983
All-time105°Jul 28, 1952-17°Jan 21, 1985

Longest-Standing Records

The daily records that have held the longest — set in the earliest years and never beaten since. Highs power Oak Ridge on hottestsince.com; lows on coldestsince.com.

Oldest-standing record highs

DateRecordSetStanding
Oct 1187°194779yrs
Oct 2183°194779yrs
Feb 1873°194878yrs
Feb 2877°194878yrs
Apr 1287°194878yrs
Apr 2789°194878yrs
May 188°194878yrs
May 1193°194878yrs
May 1296°194878yrs
May 2194°194878yrs
May 2692°194878yrs
Jun 593°194878yrs

Oldest-standing record lows

DateRecordSetStanding
Jul 2152°194779yrs
Jul 2249°194779yrs
Jul 2353°194779yrs
Sep 2741°194779yrs
Sep 2839°194779yrs
Jan 251°194878yrs
Jan 264°194878yrs
Jul 2554°194878yrs
Aug 653°194878yrs
Oct 1831°194878yrs
Oct 1926°194878yrs
Mar 1518°194977yrs

All-Time Extremes

Hottest ever

105°F
1952-07-28

Coldest ever

-17°F
1985-01-21

Longest heat streak

31 days
≥ 90°F · ended 2007-08-29

The Warming Trend

Oak Ridge's annual mean temperature, each year a stripe — blue below the 1991–2020 average, red above.
1948: 59.9°F (+0.2 vs 1991–2020)1949: 58.1°F (-1.6 vs 1991–2020)1950: 55.9°F (-3.8 vs 1991–2020)1951: 58.0°F (-1.7 vs 1991–2020)1952: 58.8°F (-0.9 vs 1991–2020)1953: 59.3°F (-0.4 vs 1991–2020)1954: 58.9°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)1955: 58.2°F (-1.5 vs 1991–2020)1956: 60.0°F (+0.3 vs 1991–2020)1957: 60.8°F (+1.1 vs 1991–2020)1958: 57.0°F (-2.7 vs 1991–2020)1959: 58.8°F (-0.9 vs 1991–2020)1960: 56.4°F (-3.3 vs 1991–2020)1961: 57.5°F (-2.2 vs 1991–2020)1962: 57.4°F (-2.3 vs 1991–2020)1963: 56.2°F (-3.5 vs 1991–2020)1964: 57.5°F (-2.2 vs 1991–2020)1965: 57.8°F (-1.9 vs 1991–2020)1966: 56.6°F (-3.1 vs 1991–2020)1967: 56.9°F (-2.8 vs 1991–2020)1968: 56.9°F (-2.8 vs 1991–2020)1969: 56.6°F (-3.1 vs 1991–2020)1970: 57.8°F (-1.9 vs 1991–2020)1971: 58.2°F (-1.5 vs 1991–2020)1972: 57.3°F (-2.4 vs 1991–2020)1973: 58.3°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1974: 57.5°F (-2.2 vs 1991–2020)1975: 57.3°F (-2.4 vs 1991–2020)1976: 54.4°F (-5.3 vs 1991–2020)1977: 56.1°F (-3.6 vs 1991–2020)1978: 55.9°F (-3.8 vs 1991–2020)1979: 56.1°F (-3.6 vs 1991–2020)1980: 57.1°F (-2.6 vs 1991–2020)1981: 55.8°F (-3.9 vs 1991–2020)1982: 57.0°F (-2.7 vs 1991–2020)1983: 56.3°F (-3.4 vs 1991–2020)1984: 56.6°F (-3.1 vs 1991–2020)1985: 55.5°F (-4.2 vs 1991–2020)1986: 58.7°F (-1.0 vs 1991–2020)1987: 58.4°F (-1.3 vs 1991–2020)1988: 57.2°F (-2.5 vs 1991–2020)1989: 57.3°F (-2.4 vs 1991–2020)1990: 60.0°F (+0.3 vs 1991–2020)1991: 60.0°F (+0.3 vs 1991–2020)1992: 57.5°F (-2.2 vs 1991–2020)1993: 58.7°F (-1.0 vs 1991–2020)1994: 57.8°F (-1.9 vs 1991–2020)1995: 58.9°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)1996: 57.5°F (-2.2 vs 1991–2020)1997: 58.5°F (-1.2 vs 1991–2020)1998: 61.6°F (+1.9 vs 1991–2020)1999: 60.1°F (+0.4 vs 1991–2020)2000: 58.9°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)2001: 58.9°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)2002: 59.8°F (+0.1 vs 1991–2020)2003: 58.8°F (-0.9 vs 1991–2020)2004: 59.8°F (+0.1 vs 1991–2020)2005: 59.5°F (-0.2 vs 1991–2020)2006: 59.6°F (-0.1 vs 1991–2020)2007: 61.1°F (+1.4 vs 1991–2020)2008: 58.7°F (-1.0 vs 1991–2020)2009: 58.6°F (-1.1 vs 1991–2020)2010: 58.9°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)2011: 60.5°F (+0.8 vs 1991–2020)2012: 61.5°F (+1.8 vs 1991–2020)2013: 58.7°F (-1.0 vs 1991–2020)2014: 58.6°F (-1.1 vs 1991–2020)2015: 61.1°F (+1.4 vs 1991–2020)2016: 62.0°F (+2.3 vs 1991–2020)2017: 61.4°F (+1.7 vs 1991–2020)2018: 60.8°F (+1.1 vs 1991–2020)2019: 62.0°F (+2.3 vs 1991–2020)2020: 60.9°F (+1.2 vs 1991–2020)2021: 60.4°F (+0.7 vs 1991–2020)2022: 60.1°F (+0.4 vs 1991–2020)2023: 61.2°F (+1.5 vs 1991–2020)2024: 61.8°F (+2.1 vs 1991–2020)2025: 59.9°F (+0.2 vs 1991–2020)19482025annual mean temperature · warmer ▲ redder

Days Above / Below the Mark

53 days ≥90°F in 2026 · normal 38 · record 91 in 1998
43 days ≤32°F in 2026 · normal 79 · record 123 in 1976

The Full Record

Every day of the year, record and normal high & low with the year each record was set. Type to filter, click a column to sort.
Show me the data — the full daily record
DateRec HighYrNorm HiNorm LoRec LowYr
Jan 175°195248°31°6°1977
Jan 270°195248°31°8°2018
Jan 372°200048°31°7°1979
Jan 471°200448°31°10°1979
Jan 570°200448°31°3°1959
Jan 665°199848°31°5°2014
Jan 769°201948°31°2°2014
Jan 871°199848°31°3°1970
Jan 967°200648°31°0°1970
Jan 1069°197548°30°-3°1982
Jan 1173°202048°30°-8°1982
Jan 1270°194947°30°3°1981
Jan 1372°199547°30°5°1962
Jan 1471°200747°30°6°1963
Jan 1568°195247°29°2°1994
Jan 1669°195247°30°-2°1972
Jan 1769°197447°30°-10°1982
Jan 1871°199647°29°-1°1994
Jan 1972°194947°29°-5°1994
Jan 2069°201747°29°-15°1985
Jan 2172°195947°28°-17°1985
Jan 2276°199947°29°3°1961
Jan 2372°199948°29°-2°1963
Jan 2471°197248°29°-8°1963
Jan 2572°195048°29°1°1948
Jan 2669°196248°29°4°1948
Jan 2772°199949°29°1°1986
Jan 2871°197549°29°-2°1986
Jan 2974°200249°29°1°2014
Jan 3073°200249°30°-9°1966
Jan 3173°200250°30°-7°1966
Feb 172°198850°30°7°1971
Feb 274°198950°30°3°1965
Feb 371°198650°30°1°1965
Feb 473°202551°30°-8°1996
Feb 571°198650°31°-13°1996
Feb 672°202550°31°1°1996
Feb 776°201950°31°4°1984
Feb 871°200950°31°8°1977
Feb 973°200151°31°6°1995
Feb 1071°195451°31°4°1979
Feb 1173°199951°31°8°1979
Feb 1277°201751°32°4°1981
Feb 1374°196252°32°5°1955
Feb 1474°194952°32°8°1971
Feb 1576°198952°33°7°1960
Feb 1671°200053°33°5°1991
Feb 1771°197653°34°1°1958
Feb 1873°194854°34°3°1958
Feb 1975°199454°34°4°2015
Feb 2077°201854°34°4°2015
Feb 2181°201855°34°7°1963
Feb 2279°201855°35°2°1963
Feb 2382°202356°35°5°1963
Feb 2478°201756°35°10°1967
Feb 2575°200056°35°3°1967
Feb 2679°197756°35°8°1967
Feb 2773°199656°36°7°1963
Feb 2877°194857°36°16°2002
Feb 2980°199757°35°16°1986
Mar 175°195158°35°14°1984
Mar 277°197658°35°9°1980
Mar 379°198358°35°1°1980
Mar 480°197658°36°12°1978
Mar 584°202658°36°8°1960
Mar 681°195659°36°12°1960
Mar 780°195659°36°20°1959
Mar 880°197460°37°15°1996
Mar 979°200960°37°12°1996
Mar 1081°201660°37°18°1996
Mar 1183°199061°38°18°1969
Mar 1283°196762°38°17°1998
Mar 1384°199062°39°13°1993
Mar 1480°201262°39°5°1993
Mar 1583°201262°39°18°1949
Mar 1679°196362°40°20°1981
Mar 1782°198263°40°20°1967
Mar 1885°198263°40°19°1985
Mar 1983°201263°40°21°2023
Mar 2087°202664°41°16°1965
Mar 2187°202664°41°18°1986
Mar 2283°199564°42°22°1977
Mar 2383°200765°42°22°1960
Mar 2486°200765°42°23°1983
Mar 2584°200765°42°17°1955
Mar 2683°200766°42°13°1955
Mar 2784°198966°42°21°1955
Mar 2885°199866°43°21°1966
Mar 2986°199867°43°25°1950
Mar 3085°196367°43°21°1950
Mar 3184°196367°44°20°1987
Apr 186°201068°44°26°1985
Apr 287°196368°44°26°1962
Apr 388°202569°44°21°1992
Apr 488°202369°45°27°1975
Apr 587°198869°45°28°1992
Apr 683°198670°45°25°1982
Apr 785°200170°46°24°1990
Apr 888°201171°46°22°1985
Apr 991°199571°46°21°1985
Apr 1085°200171°46°25°1989
Apr 1187°202672°47°25°1960
Apr 1287°194872°47°27°1975
Apr 1388°200672°47°24°1950
Apr 1487°202673°48°30°1950
Apr 1588°200273°48°26°1950
Apr 1688°195573°48°28°1949
Apr 1789°195573°48°28°1983
Apr 1890°200273°48°22°1983
Apr 1988°200273°49°22°1983
Apr 2089°198773°49°24°1983
Apr 2189°198773°49°31°2021
Apr 2290°196574°49°25°1986
Apr 2389°198074°50°28°1986
Apr 2488°200974°50°31°1983
Apr 2592°198674°50°34°1983
Apr 2692°198674°50°34°1972
Apr 2789°194874°50°31°1976
Apr 2891°201774°51°33°1967
Apr 2991°197075°51°32°1992
Apr 3089°195175°51°35°1980
May 188°194876°52°31°1963
May 289°195976°52°35°1961
May 390°195976°53°33°1971
May 492°195977°53°30°1976
May 590°195277°53°35°1954
May 692°195277°54°36°1989
May 790°196377°54°32°1989
May 892°196378°54°37°1984
May 989°196378°55°35°1954
May 1090°201578°55°35°1980
May 1193°194878°55°38°1989
May 1296°194879°56°36°1989
May 1392°201879°56°40°2013
May 1493°199879°56°39°1952
May 1592°196279°56°36°1997
May 1691°195780°56°37°1984
May 1793°196280°57°35°1973
May 1893°196280°57°38°2002
May 1992°196280°57°34°1976
May 2092°196280°58°37°1954
May 2194°194881°58°38°2002
May 2291°195681°59°41°1963
May 2393°201982°59°41°1951
May 2493°195382°60°40°1979
May 2592°201982°60°35°1979
May 2692°194882°60°37°1961
May 2792°201283°61°40°1961
May 2895°201983°61°46°1994
May 2993°201183°61°39°1984
May 3095°201183°62°36°1984
May 3194°201184°62°35°1984
Jun 195°195184°62°40°1972
Jun 294°195184°62°45°1972
Jun 395°200284°63°43°1956
Jun 495°201184°63°46°1950
Jun 593°194884°63°48°1954
Jun 694°200885°63°44°1976
Jun 796°201185°63°39°1977
Jun 894°195385°64°48°1977
Jun 995°195385°64°42°1977
Jun 1096°201186°64°46°1977
Jun 1195°202686°64°46°1972
Jun 1295°195886°64°43°1985
Jun 1396°202286°65°43°1985
Jun 1496°202286°65°49°1978
Jun 1597°202287°65°50°1974
Jun 1696°199687°66°46°1974
Jun 1796°201887°66°45°1974
Jun 1895°201887°66°49°1965
Jun 1995°195287°66°49°1985
Jun 2098°194887°66°51°1985
Jun 21100°194887°66°54°1985
Jun 2298°198887°66°48°1992
Jun 23100°198887°66°52°1961
Jun 24101°198887°66°48°1974
Jun 2599°195488°66°44°1974
Jun 26101°195488°67°52°1974
Jun 27100°195288°67°52°1970
Jun 28102°201288°67°54°1970
Jun 29104°201288°67°52°1974
Jun 30105°201288°67°51°1950
Jul 1104°201288°67°53°1980
Jul 298°197088°68°49°1988
Jul 396°199388°68°54°1967
Jul 499°200288°68°51°1967
Jul 5100°201289°68°54°1970
Jul 697°195489°68°54°1972
Jul 799°199389°68°52°1972
Jul 8101°198889°68°54°1972
Jul 9102°198889°68°51°1961
Jul 1097°198889°69°51°1952
Jul 1199°198089°69°53°1963
Jul 12100°195489°69°56°1956
Jul 13101°195489°69°57°1953
Jul 14100°202489°69°50°1967
Jul 15100°198089°69°53°1967
Jul 16103°198089°69°56°2014
Jul 17103°198089°69°55°1967
Jul 18101°199889°69°53°1976
Jul 1999°198089°69°54°1976
Jul 2099°199890°69°59°1971
Jul 2198°195289°69°52°1947
Jul 22100°195289°69°49°1947
Jul 23101°195289°69°53°1947
Jul 2497°198689°69°59°2008
Jul 25100°199389°69°54°1948
Jul 26100°199389°69°54°1962
Jul 27102°195289°69°56°1962
Jul 28105°195289°69°57°2013
Jul 29103°195289°68°54°2014
Jul 30100°199589°68°56°1974
Jul 31100°198089°68°57°1974
Aug 196°195789°68°58°1997
Aug 298°195789°68°59°1976
Aug 396°195589°68°53°1950
Aug 498°195489°68°54°1976
Aug 596°198689°68°55°1950
Aug 697°195188°68°53°1948
Aug 799°198088°68°50°1989
Aug 8100°198089°68°54°1989
Aug 999°198088°68°55°1953
Aug 1099°198088°68°52°1989
Aug 1197°199588°68°57°1976
Aug 1299°199588°68°54°1979
Aug 13100°199588°68°52°1964
Aug 14100°199588°68°54°1963
Aug 15103°200788°68°52°1979
Aug 1699°199588°68°51°1979
Aug 17100°199588°67°54°1958
Aug 1899°199588°67°54°1977
Aug 1998°198388°67°55°1977
Aug 20102°198388°67°53°1976
Aug 21103°198388°67°52°1982
Aug 22102°200788°67°51°1956
Aug 23101°200788°67°51°1956
Aug 2499°199588°67°56°1984
Aug 2594°194888°67°55°1982
Aug 2697°200788°67°52°2025
Aug 2798°199588°67°54°1952
Aug 2898°199588°66°53°1965
Aug 2999°194888°66°51°1965
Aug 30100°199588°66°54°1963
Aug 31101°195387°66°51°1954
Sep 199°195387°66°48°1987
Sep 299°201187°65°50°1987
Sep 3100°195487°65°51°1952
Sep 4102°195487°65°49°1952
Sep 5102°195486°64°50°1950
Sep 699°195486°64°47°2017
Sep 795°199986°64°49°1984
Sep 897°195485°63°47°1958
Sep 996°200285°63°47°1949
Sep 1094°201985°63°45°1949
Sep 1196°201984°62°42°1976
Sep 12101°199884°62°45°1976
Sep 1398°199884°62°42°1953
Sep 1495°201984°62°42°1985
Sep 1596°201983°61°42°1964
Sep 1694°195683°61°42°1964
Sep 1795°195482°61°39°1981
Sep 1897°195482°60°39°1981
Sep 1994°199882°60°40°1981
Sep 2095°195581°60°42°1983
Sep 2195°195581°59°36°1983
Sep 2293°200780°59°37°1982
Sep 2392°200780°58°37°1983
Sep 2492°201680°57°40°1963
Sep 2594°201679°57°37°2001
Sep 2695°199879°57°40°1964
Sep 2792°201979°56°41°1947
Sep 2894°201978°56°39°1947
Sep 2996°201978°55°33°1967
Sep 3096°201978°55°36°1974
Oct 197°201978°54°34°1974
Oct 298°201977°54°29°1974
Oct 389°195477°54°30°1974
Oct 490°195476°53°34°1952
Oct 590°195176°53°33°1985
Oct 690°200776°53°32°1991
Oct 788°200775°52°33°1978
Oct 887°201775°52°31°2000
Oct 985°201874°52°33°2000
Oct 1086°201774°51°30°2000
Oct 1187°194774°50°33°2000
Oct 1284°195473°50°31°2006
Oct 1385°195473°49°29°1979
Oct 1484°198472°49°28°1988
Oct 1583°195372°48°33°1986
Oct 1684°195371°48°29°1977
Oct 1783°195371°47°32°1969
Oct 1887°201671°47°31°1948
Oct 1989°201670°46°26°1948
Oct 2088°201670°46°28°1974
Oct 2183°194770°46°26°1974
Oct 2282°195369°46°24°1952
Oct 2383°199169°45°30°1962
Oct 2483°199169°45°27°1965
Oct 2584°199169°45°25°1962
Oct 2682°199168°45°24°1962
Oct 2786°199168°44°27°2001
Oct 2882°200068°44°27°1976
Oct 2984°201667°44°24°1976
Oct 3084°201666°44°21°1952
Oct 3183°201666°43°28°1993
Nov 185°201666°43°22°1954
Nov 282°196165°42°17°1954
Nov 380°195665°42°21°1966
Nov 477°199464°41°17°1991
Nov 582°202464°41°20°1982
Nov 682°194863°40°21°1953
Nov 780°202262°40°20°1953
Nov 882°200562°39°20°1953
Nov 980°202061°39°22°1976
Nov 1080°202061°39°24°1987
Nov 1178°198961°38°20°1987
Nov 1276°197860°38°21°2019
Nov 1378°199960°38°20°1984
Nov 1474°196460°38°17°1969
Nov 1575°202360°37°20°1982
Nov 1680°195859°37°19°1997
Nov 1777°195859°37°20°2014
Nov 1880°198559°37°17°2014
Nov 1974°197958°36°17°1951
Nov 2074°199258°36°19°1951
Nov 2175°202558°36°18°1981
Nov 2274°199958°36°17°2008
Nov 2374°195858°36°10°1950
Nov 2475°195858°36°0°1950
Nov 2571°200157°36°16°1950
Nov 2679°199057°36°21°1974
Nov 2775°200156°36°18°1955
Nov 2876°200156°35°15°1955
Nov 2973°199855°35°14°1955
Nov 3070°200654°35°10°1976
Dec 175°198254°35°14°1976
Dec 277°198254°34°17°1979
Dec 378°198253°34°14°1989
Dec 472°201353°34°18°1991
Dec 574°199853°34°14°1977
Dec 675°199852°34°7°1977
Dec 772°197852°34°8°1984
Dec 873°196652°34°14°1984
Dec 973°200752°34°6°1995
Dec 1075°200751°34°7°1962
Dec 1170°201551°33°0°1962
Dec 1270°201551°33°-3°1962
Dec 1371°201551°33°10°2010
Dec 1472°198451°33°12°1951
Dec 1570°198451°33°3°1989
Dec 1667°198450°33°12°1963
Dec 1769°199050°33°7°1953
Dec 1872°198450°32°4°1963
Dec 1970°197850°32°2°1981
Dec 2072°201350°32°7°1985
Dec 2167°199850°32°-2°1989
Dec 2268°195750°32°-1°1989
Dec 2375°201549°32°-2°1983
Dec 2474°198249°32°-7°1983
Dec 2574°201549°31°1°1983
Dec 2676°201549°32°12°1977
Dec 2772°202149°32°9°1977
Dec 2870°198449°32°10°1961
Dec 2970°201949°31°6°1983
Dec 3070°201848°31°5°1983
Dec 3170°198448°31°11°1976
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