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Heavy rains, flooding, and a few heat waves defined the month of July across Tennessee. The rainfall continued to improve drought conditions across the state but flooding impacted many areas, including parts of East Tennessee on July 12th with Cocke County reporting six landslides and infrastructure damage in many locations. A strong heatwave impacted the state during the first week of July and another heatwave impacted western TN in late July.

Mean temperatures for July 2026 were above the NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals for the month across Tennessee, with most areas of West and Middle Tennessee averaging 1-2°F above normal and most of East Tennessee averaging 2-4°F above normal for the month. Several rounds of stormy weather over the month meant that most areas of Tennessee had above normal precipitation for July 2026. Some of the highest rainfall totals and largest departures from normal occurred in northern sections of West and Middle Tennessee, where a few locations recorded over double their normal July rainfall totals.

Check out the attached snapshot and full report for more info!

Andrew & Wil

Tennessee Climate Office

East Tennessee State University

Department of Geosciences

310 Ross Hall

Johnson City, TN 37614

www.etsu.edu/tn-climate

[email protected]

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instagram: @tn_climate

Publication Date

7-2026

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