Weather in Nashville in December (2024)

Good to know:

• December is usually the wettest month of the year in Nashville;

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Going from a maximum of +68°F during the day to a minimum of +25°F during the night, the temperature in December averages around +57°F.

The average maximum temperature goes down 8% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +61°F to +57°F.

Nashville is typically chill in December.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +61°F to +52°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +43°F to +36°F.

Pack a jumper and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.

December is one of the coolest months in Nashville, here is the comparison with other months:

December typically has worse weather conditions compared to November. It’s getting colder in December. From +61°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +52°F. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 114 mm to 117 mm. Humidity rises from 67% to 71%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 2 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 8 sunny days in November to 5 in December.

January brings much the same weather, it remains ok.

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The average wind speed is 3 m/s getting up to 5 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.

The average wind speed in Nashville is gradually decreasing during December, going from 4 m/s to 3 m/s over the course of the month.

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Typically, there is a 29% chance of rain on an average day in December, with total rainfall of approximately 61 mm.

The maximum amount of rainfall per day is around 19 mm, which is considered light rain. On average, there are about 9 rainy days during December, so prepare to bring an umbrella.

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December is one of the snowiest months in Nashville.

Here’s how December is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:

The climate in Nashville in December has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1979 (+67°F) and the highest in 2007 (+74°F). The driest year was 2007 with only 738 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1979 with 2078 mm.

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.