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 475 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 |
2019 |
1994
|
2013
|
1884
|
1957
|
1886
|
2018 |
1917
|
| 73.87" |
66.36" |
64.29" |
63.27" |
62.66" |
62.53" |
61.49" |
61.45" |
60.89" |
59.72" |
| Source for rainfall data: National Weather Service, Morristown TN |
CURRENT TOTALS
January 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
February 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
March 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
April 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
May 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
June 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
July 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
August 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
September 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
October 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
November 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
December 2020 Daily Rainfall Totals [PDF]
DAILY RAINFALL TOTALS
MONTHLY RAINFALL SUMMARIES