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Chattanooga, TN 35.034°N, 85.200°W · station CHAthr · 148 years of record
93°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 2025
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Chattanooga.
83° MON 7/13 84° TUE 7/14 88° WED 7/15 91° THU 7/16 93° FRI 7/17 93° SAT 7/18 92° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #39 / 147
warmest Jul 17 in 147 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 105°F
set in 1980
Coolest Jul 17 ever 76°F
set in 1891
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Chattanooga. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
76 90 105 1879: 96°F 1880: 89°F 1881: 96°F 1882: 88°F 1883: 92°F 1884: 86°F 1885: 91°F 1886: 83°F 1887: 93°F 1888: 86°F 1889: 88°F 1890: 89°F 1891: 76°F 1892: 89°F 1893: 92°F 1894: 80°F 1895: 88°F 1896: 86°F 1897: 81°F 1898: 91°F 1899: 93°F 1900: 93°F 1901: 87°F 1902: 98°F 1903: 90°F 1904: 89°F 1905: 90°F 1906: 78°F 1907: 92°F 1908: 88°F 1909: 87°F 1910: 86°F 1911: 82°F 1912: 84°F 1913: 95°F 1914: 89°F 1915: 92°F 1916: 86°F 1917: 76°F 1918: 90°F 1919: 89°F 1920: 88°F 1921: 91°F 1922: 88°F 1923: 83°F 1924: 90°F 1925: 85°F 1926: 87°F 1927: 91°F 1928: 87°F 1929: 84°F 1930: 87°F 1931: 96°F 1932: 97°F 1933: 87°F 1934: 97°F 1935: 95°F 1936: 81°F 1937: 94°F 1938: 93°F 1939: 92°F 1940: 85°F 1941: 90°F 1942: 95°F 1943: 94°F 1944: 98°F 1945: 85°F 1946: 86°F 1947: 90°F 1948: 92°F 1949: 83°F 1950: 86°F 1951: 95°F 1952: 93°F 1953: 85°F 1954: 97°F 1955: 92°F 1956: 92°F 1957: 92°F 1958: 93°F 1959: 86°F 1960: 91°F 1961: 88°F 1962: 93°F 1963: 87°F 1964: 85°F 1965: 89°F 1966: 83°F 1967: 81°F 1968: 91°F 1969: 92°F 1970: 91°F 1971: 87°F 1972: 81°F 1973: 85°F 1974: 90°F 1975: 88°F 1976: 89°F 1977: 100°F 1978: 90°F 1979: 89°F 1980: 105°F 1981: 91°F 1982: 88°F 1983: 93°F 1984: 85°F 1985: 92°F 1986: 96°F 1987: 92°F 1988: 97°F 1989: 85°F 1990: 91°F 1991: 81°F 1992: 85°F 1993: 96°F 1994: 89°F 1995: 96°F 1996: 89°F 1997: 91°F 1998: 93°F 1999: 89°F 2000: 90°F 2001: 89°F 2002: 93°F 2003: 90°F 2004: 85°F 2005: 88°F 2006: 94°F 2007: 85°F 2008: 91°F 2009: 89°F 2010: 88°F 2011: 88°F 2012: 96°F 2013: 94°F 2014: 83°F 2015: 93°F 2016: 92°F 2017: 90°F 2018: 89°F 2019: 87°F 2020: 96°F 2021: 88°F 2022: 94°F 2023: 92°F 2024: 94°F 2025: 95°F 93° forecast 1879 2025 1980 Forecast high · Jul 17 93°F Hottest this date since 2025 This-date record 105°F This-date rank #39 of 147
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 107°F (2012) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1879–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Chattanooga in each calendar month, and for the whole 1879–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 78°F 1949 -10°F 1966 Feb 82°F 2023 -10°F 1899 Mar 89°F 1907 2°F 1899 Apr 93°F 1942 25°F 1881 May 99°F 1941 34°F 1879 Jun 107°F 2012 39°F 1889 Jul 107°F 2012 51°F 1967 Aug 105°F 1947 50°F 1946 Sep 104°F 1925 36°F 1967 Oct 100°F 2019 22°F 1952 Nov 86°F 2016 4°F 1950 Dec 78°F 1951 -2°F 1962 All-time 107°F 2012 -10°F 1899
Records set or tied at Chattanooga so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 4 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 38 days
record run, ended Aug 2 1993
So far in 2026 21 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Chattanooga's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 91°F · forecast is +2° vs normal .
Jan: 51°F Jan: 32°F Feb: 56°F Feb: 35°F Mar: 64°F Mar: 42°F Apr: 74°F Apr: 50°F May: 81°F May: 59°F Jun: 88°F Jun: 67°F Jul: 90°F Jul: 71°F Aug: 90°F Aug: 70°F Sep: 84°F Sep: 63°F Oct: 74°F Oct: 51°F Nov: 62°F Nov: 40°F Dec: 54°F Dec: 35°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:37 AM Sunset 6:56 PM Solar noon 11:46 AM Daylight 14h 20m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 35.03°N, 85.20°W Chattanooga's observed daily high 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 Chattanooga's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Chattanooga, coloured by temperature — 148 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Chattanooga — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
21 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 59th most in 148 years. Normal for this point: 18 . Record: 41 in 1936.
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