Weather in Nashville in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Nashville;
Average weather
Average temperature in Nashville in January
Going from a maximum of +75°F during the day to a minimum of +12°F during the night, the temperature in January averages around +48°F.
The average maximum temperature goes down 37% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +75°F to +52°F.
Is Nashville warm or cold in January?
Nashville is typically chill in January.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +52°F to +48°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +36°F to +32°F.
Pack a jumper and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
January is the coldest month in Nashville, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Nashville in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +52°F | +48°F | +52°F | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -8°F | -11°F | -6°F | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +75°F | +75°F | +81°F | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 118 mm | 91 mm | 119 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 2 m/s | 2 m/s | 2 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 70% | 68% | 66% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1019 HPa | 1019 HPa | 1018 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 16 | 19 | 15 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 8 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
January weather is still as ok as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +52°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +48°F. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 118 mm to 91 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 70% to 68%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 2 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 6 sunny days in December to 5 in January.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 4 m/s getting up to 6 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Nashville is gradually decreasing during January, going from 6 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Nashville.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Nashville?
Climate Change Over the Years
The climate in Nashville in January has changed quite a lot over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1985 (+39°F) and the highest in 2006 (+59°F). The driest year was 1986 with only 10 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1999 with 486 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Nashville, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.