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Hi All,

Attached is the October monthly climate summary. It was both warmer and drier than normal across most of the state. Without some rainfall on Halloween, it likely would have been the driest October on record for many locations. Farmers, especially in southern Middle Tennessee, continued to suffer from severe and extreme drought conditions that started back in June. The weather station at the Nashville International Airport, with data from 1940 through today, had its 4th longest dry streak, with 26 days in a row without precipitation from September 30 – October 25, 2024. Daily high temperature records were set between October 6 and 14, followed by a strong cold front that sent temperatures tumbling, producing frosts around the state and even snow for the highest mountains in East Tennessee. The cold air set daily low temperature records and record cool high temperatures from October 15 to 17. A few days later warm sunny skies and southerly winds brought record heat back to the state from October 23 to 31. After devastating impacts from Helene in late September, it was a very quiet month as far as severe storms go. Dry and warm conditions have continued into November but it seems we are now moving into a cooler pattern and hopefully we'll start seeing more rain soon. Happy early Thanksgiving everyone!

Andrew & Wil

Tennessee Climate Office

East Tennessee State University

Department of Geosciences

310 Ross Hall Johnson City, TN 37614

www.etsu.edu/tn-climate facebook.com/TN.Climate

Publication Date

10-2024

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