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    When is the first snow in Tennessee?

    In Tennessee, Nashville’s first measurable snow usually lands around January 3.

    Tennessee’s first snow is so late it usually counts toward next year, which feels about right.
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    That makes Tennessee the latest of the 36 states we track.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    • No. There’s no snow in the Nashville forecast for the next 5 days.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    First snow, city by city

    CityUsually around8 winters in 10Snow a winter
    NashvilleJanuary 3November 23 to February 7about 5 in

    Usually around is the middle date across 30 winters. In 8 winters out of 10, the first snow lands inside the range.

    States on the same snow schedule

    • Virginia: from around December 29 in Richmond
    • Oklahoma: from around December 16 in Oklahoma City
    • Maryland: from around December 11 in Baltimore

    Every state’s first snow, earliest first

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for each city’s official station, winters 1991 to 2020, via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.