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Knoxville, TN 35.818°N, 83.986°W · station TYSthr · 156 years of record
91°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2025
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Knoxville.
83° MON 7/13 86° TUE 7/14 88° WED 7/15 91° THU 7/16 91° FRI 7/17 90° SAT 7/18 89° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #52 / 155
warmest Jul 16 in 155 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 98°F
set in 1980
Coolest Jul 16 ever 70°F
set in 1917
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Knoxville. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
70 84 98 1871: 90°F 1872: 80°F 1873: 88°F 1874: 89°F 1875: 84°F 1876: 89°F 1877: 84°F 1878: 96°F 1879: 96°F 1880: 86°F 1881: 90°F 1882: 88°F 1883: 89°F 1884: 84°F 1885: 92°F 1886: 79°F 1887: 95°F 1888: 84°F 1889: 83°F 1890: 89°F 1891: 83°F 1892: 87°F 1893: 90°F 1894: 84°F 1895: 87°F 1896: 86°F 1897: 80°F 1898: 94°F 1899: 94°F 1900: 93°F 1901: 94°F 1902: 90°F 1903: 83°F 1904: 94°F 1905: 91°F 1906: 88°F 1907: 90°F 1908: 83°F 1909: 85°F 1910: 86°F 1911: 84°F 1912: 90°F 1913: 94°F 1914: 80°F 1915: 92°F 1916: 82°F 1917: 70°F 1918: 91°F 1919: 86°F 1920: 87°F 1921: 85°F 1922: 84°F 1923: 83°F 1924: 86°F 1925: 95°F 1926: 83°F 1927: 90°F 1928: 86°F 1929: 90°F 1930: 85°F 1931: 96°F 1932: 96°F 1933: 93°F 1934: 91°F 1935: 92°F 1936: 96°F 1937: 94°F 1938: 92°F 1939: 85°F 1940: 80°F 1941: 83°F 1942: 92°F 1943: 97°F 1944: 94°F 1945: 80°F 1946: 93°F 1947: 83°F 1948: 89°F 1949: 87°F 1950: 84°F 1951: 95°F 1952: 95°F 1953: 85°F 1954: 93°F 1955: 86°F 1956: 87°F 1957: 94°F 1958: 86°F 1959: 91°F 1960: 88°F 1961: 82°F 1962: 91°F 1963: 76°F 1964: 84°F 1965: 86°F 1966: 87°F 1967: 80°F 1968: 91°F 1969: 90°F 1970: 87°F 1971: 84°F 1972: 85°F 1973: 79°F 1974: 88°F 1975: 88°F 1976: 91°F 1977: 96°F 1978: 83°F 1979: 86°F 1980: 98°F 1981: 91°F 1982: 85°F 1983: 94°F 1984: 86°F 1985: 89°F 1986: 93°F 1987: 86°F 1988: 97°F 1989: 75°F 1990: 84°F 1991: 90°F 1992: 82°F 1993: 92°F 1994: 86°F 1995: 96°F 1996: 82°F 1997: 90°F 1998: 87°F 1999: 88°F 2000: 86°F 2001: 88°F 2002: 89°F 2003: 86°F 2004: 82°F 2005: 85°F 2006: 92°F 2007: 89°F 2008: 86°F 2009: 84°F 2010: 96°F 2011: 82°F 2012: 88°F 2013: 91°F 2014: 80°F 2015: 88°F 2016: 88°F 2017: 89°F 2018: 90°F 2019: 93°F 2020: 95°F 2021: 92°F 2022: 92°F 2023: 86°F 2024: 97°F 2025: 95°F 91° forecast 1871 2025 1980 Forecast high · Jul 16 91°F Hottest this date since 2025 This-date record 98°F This-date rank #52 of 155
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 105°F (2012) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1871–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Knoxville in each calendar month, and for the whole 1871–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 77°F 1950 -24°F 1985 Feb 83°F 1977 -10°F 1899 Mar 88°F 1929 1°F 1980 Apr 93°F 1925 22°F 1987 May 96°F 1941 32°F 1986 Jun 105°F 2012 42°F 1903 Jul 105°F 2012 49°F 1988 Aug 102°F 1948 49°F 1946 Sep 103°F 1954 35°F 1888 Oct 96°F 2019 24°F 1910 Nov 85°F 2016 5°F 1950 Dec 80°F 1982 -6°F 1983 All-time 105°F 2012 -24°F 1985
Records set or tied at Knoxville so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 1 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 30 days
record run, ended Jul 29 1993
So far in 2026 18 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Knoxville's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 88°F · forecast is +2° vs normal .
Jan: 48°F Jan: 30°F Feb: 53°F Feb: 33°F Mar: 61°F Mar: 40°F Apr: 71°F Apr: 48°F May: 79°F May: 57°F Jun: 86°F Jun: 65°F Jul: 88°F Jul: 69°F Aug: 88°F Aug: 68°F Sep: 82°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 6:53 PM Solar noon 11:42 AM Daylight 14h 24m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 35.82°N, 83.99°W Knoxville'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 Knoxville'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 Knoxville, coloured by temperature — 156 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 Knoxville — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
18 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 37th most in 156 years. Normal for this point: 13 . Record: 39 in 1936.
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