Rainfall Data

Please address all questions and comments to Charissa Oglesby
by email at coglesby@knoxvilletn.gov
or by telephone at (865) 215-4321

Note 1:Rainfall data is collected and maintained by the Stormwater Engineering Division, Suite 480 City County Building (215-2148), as part of the NPDES monitoring program; see the NPDES web page for additional information. The current monitoring station locations are shown in the Year 5 NPDES Annual Report (Appendix E) submitted to TDEC. See Notes 4 and 5 for new locations of two monitoring stations.

Note 2: Monthly rainfall data files contain the daily rainfall amounts at the five City monitoring stations and at the official NOAA station at McGhee-Tyson Airport.

Note 3: Temperature and precipitation records for the official NOAA station at McGhee-Tyson Airport can be viewed at the National Weather Service web page. The city monitoring stations show that there can be a large spatial variation for a particular rainfall event. Rainfall can occur in some parts of the city and not others due to prevailing winds, localized thunderstorms, alignment of ridges and valleys, etc.

Note 4: The monitoring station for First Creek has been relocated in April 2005. It is now located at the KAT station (maintenance yard) on Jessamine Street near Fifth Avenue.

Note 5: The monitoring station for Second Creek has been relocated in October 2005, and is now located on Williams Creek in east Knoxville near Dandridge Avenue.

Note 6: The table below displays the top ten wettest years for the City of Knoxville. Please keep in mind that rainfall measuring techniques have changed over the years.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1875	1882	1994	2013	1884	1957	1886	1917	1873	1974
73.87"	66.36"	63.27"	62.66"	62.53"	61.49"	61.45"	59.72"	59.37"	59.33"
Source for rainfall data: National Weather Service, Morristown TN

Rainfall Data

Engineering Director