#1Monterey
Putnam County · 2,827 people6 days a year with an inch or more·Monterey station, 0 km
Monterey, #1 on this list · Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Tennessee rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in Tennessee
Monterey gets the most snow of Tennessee’s 170 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 16 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Henderson gets the least, about 1 inches; 0 of the 170 average 60 inches or more.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at each town’s nearest station with a snow record (named in each row). A described list: no letters. How grades work
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#T2Crossville
Cumberland County · 13,113 people5 days a year with an inch or more·Crossville Ed & Research station, 12 km
#T2Lake Tansi
unincorporated, Cumberland County · 4,437 people5 days a year with an inch or more·Crossville Ed & Research station, 17 km
All 170 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 136 towns here share a station).
170 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
A station’s normal can differ from the town’s own when the station sits higher or lower; each town’s Climate page names its station and checks it.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Tennessee town gets the most snow?
Monterey (Putnam County), about 16 inches in a normal winter at the Monterey station.
What part of Tennessee gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Henderson (Chester County, about 1 in), Savannah (Hardin County, about 1 in), Selmer (McNairy County, about 1 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station. See the towns with the least snow.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (177 in Tennessee) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 7 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
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