Will it snow in Nashville?
Nashville, Tennessee · checked 2:51 pm CDT, Mon Oct 19
This week: the National Weather Service forecast
Snow is not in the National Weather Service forecast for Nashville for the next 7 days.
NWS forecast for central Nashville, issued 1:31 pm CDT, Mon Oct 19. It covers about 7 days and is updated several times a day.
The whole 7-day forecast
- This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
- Tonight: Patchy fog after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 48. North northeast wind around 0 mph.
- Tuesday: Patchy fog before 9am. Mostly sunny. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
- Tuesday Night: Patchy fog after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 47. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
- Wednesday: Patchy fog before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 77. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
- Wednesday Night: Patchy fog after 4am. Clear, with a low around 48. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
- Thursday: Areas of fog before 8am. Sunny, with a high near 76. North northeast wind 0 to 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 48. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 76. East northeast wind around 5 mph.
- Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 49.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 78.
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
NWS forecast for Nashville · Weather alerts in Tennessee · Winter storm outlook
How often it snows in Nashville
Nashville averages 4.7 inches of snow a year in NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals (from 20 years of snowfall records in 1991–2020).
Measurable snow (0.1 inch or more) fell in 28 of the 28 winters from 1991–92 to 2020–21 with complete records — about 100%.
In the winters that had any, the median date of the first measurable snow was January 1, and of the last February 22. The earliest first snow came on October 31, 1993.
The snowiest of those winters was 1995–96, with 18.0 inches.
The snowiest month on average is January, with 2.0 inches.
On average there are 5.5 days a year with at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
Average snowfall by month, 1991–2020
| Month | Snowfall |
|---|---|
| November | 0.1 inches |
| December | 0.4 inches |
| January | 2.0 inches |
| February | 1.5 inches |
| March | 0.7 inches |
Months with none on average are left out.
Will Nashville have a white Christmas?
NOAA's 1991–2020 daily normals give Nashville a 1.3% chance of at least 1 inch of snow on the ground on December 25 — the measure NOAA uses for its white Christmas maps.
The chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow falling that day is 2.9%.
These are long-run chances from past winters, smoothed across the days around Christmas — not a forecast for this year.
White Christmas in Nashville: every Christmas Day since 1991
Where these numbers come from
Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual, monthly and daily station normals) for Nashville International Airport, GHCN-Daily station USW00013897, 10 km from the city centre. First and last snow dates, the share of winters with snow and the snowiest winter were counted by this site from the same station's daily snowfall for the winters 1991–92 to 2020–21, read through the Regional Climate Centers' ACIS service; a winter with more than 10 missing days between October and April is left out. Forecast: the National Weather Service API, read at most once an hour. All US government data, public domain.
This site does not issue warnings or predict snow. It repeats the official forecast and the long-run record.
NOAA's winter outlook 2026–27 for Tennessee
Questions
Will it snow in Nashville this week?
Snow is not in the National Weather Service forecast for Nashville for the next 7 days. The National Weather Service updates its forecast several times a day.
Will it snow in Nashville this winter (2026–27)?
Nobody can say for a whole winter ahead. In the 28 winters from 1991–92 to 2020–21 with complete records, measurable snow fell in 28, and the 1991–2020 average is 4.7 inches a year. NOAA's seasonal outlook gives the chances of a colder or wetter winter than normal, not snow totals.
When does Nashville usually get its first snow?
In the 28 winters that had measurable snow, the median date of the first one was January 1; the earliest was October 31, 1993.
Will Nashville have a white Christmas?
NOAA's 1991–2020 daily normals give Nashville a 1.3% chance of at least 1 inch of snow on the ground on December 25 — the measure NOAA uses for its white Christmas maps. The chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow falling that day is 2.9%. These are long-run chances from past winters, smoothed across the days around Christmas — not a forecast for this year.
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