Nashville's 4th warmest October and 10th driest on record

October has not been this warm in Nashville in nearly 70 years.

1. 1919 Warmest October on record
2. 1947
3. 1941
4. 2016
5. 1882

The temperature for October averaged 7.4 degrees above normal. The
average high was 80.5 degrees and the average low was 54.9
degrees. The warmest temperature was 91 degrees on the 19th and
the coolest was 40 degrees on the 23rd.

The 91 degrees on October 19th is the latest in the year that a
90 degree temperature has been recorded in Nashville. Previously
the latest was October 10th 1980.

There has been 87 days this year in which the temperature reached
or exceeded 90 degrees in Nashville. This is the second most ever,
surpassed only by 96 in 1954.

A daily record was broken on the 19th when the temperature reached
91 degrees breaking the old record of 89 set in 2005.

A daily record was broken on the 29th when the temperature reached
86 degrees breaking the old record of 83 set in 1950.

A daily record was tied on the 31st when the temperature reached
85 degrees tying the record for the date set in 1950.

Rainfall totaled 0.43 inch which is 2.61 inches below normal. The
greatest rainfall during a 24 hour period was 0.36 inch on 20th
and 21st. No rainfall records were set or tied in October.

Rainfall since January 1st has totaled 33.92 inches which is 4.78
inches below normal through October.

The average wind speed was 6.0 miles an hour. The fastest gust was
31 miles an hour from the north on the 8th and 31 miles an hour
from the northwest on 20th.

There was one day with a thunderstorm.

There were 8 days with fog; no days with dense fog.