Tennessee snow day predictor
Off season - the 7 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Crossville averages 14 in a year, Elizabethton 6 in
Tennessee towns, ranked
- Crossvilleaverages 14 inches a year · occasional snow
- Bristolaverages 9 inches a year · occasional snow
- Morristownaverages 9 inches a year · occasional snow
- Greenevilleaverages 8 inches a year · occasional snow
- Cookevilleaverages 6 inches a year · occasional snow
- Johnson Cityaverages 6 inches a year · occasional snow
- Elizabethtonaverages 6 inches a year · occasional snow
How snow days work in Tennessee
There is no single Tennessee snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Crossville averages 14 inches of snow a year against Elizabethton’s 6, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.