2010 Metro Mitigation Plan

EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES-2
No.
Location
Historical
Event
Time
Record
Highs /
Lows
Type
Death
(#)
Injury
(#)
Property
Damage
(in $1000)
27 Nashville 19-Oct-48 29 Low Cold 0 0 0 0
Crop
Damage
(in $1000)
Comment
A Cold snap brought the 3rd consecutive day of sub-freezing temperatures to
Nashville, with a morning low of 29 degrees. Clarksville got down to 26
degrees for the 2nd day in a row.
28 Nashville 30-Sep-49 36 Low Cold 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville dropped to 36, setting a record low for the month.
29 Nashville 13-Apr-50 42 / 27 Cold 0 0 0 0
30 Nashville 25-Nov-50 -1 Low Cold 0 0 0 0
31 Nashville 28-Jan-51 1:00 PM Cold 0 0 0 0
A cold outbreak produced the lowest high, low, and mean temperatures ever
observed on this date at Nashville. The high was 42, with a low of 27,
producing a mean temperature of 35 degrees.
Temperature at Clarksville plummets to -2 degrees, setting a record low for
the month. Nashville's -1 also established a monthly record.
A strong cold front moved through Nashville shortly after 1:00 p.m., causing
temperatures to fall during the afternoon and evening, and ushered in one of
the most remarkable weather events in Nashville's history.
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32 Nashville 2-Feb-51 -13 Cold 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville dropped to -13, tying the record low for the month.
33 Nashville 30-Oct-52 26 Low Cold 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville dropped to 26, tying the record low for the month.
34 Nashville 1-Oct-53 94 High Cold 0 0 0 0
35 Nashville 16-Nov-55 73 / 30 Cold 0 0 0 0
36 Nashville 28-Oct-57 28 Low Cold 0 0 0 0
37 Nashville 21-Jan-59 74 / 15 Cold
Temperature at Clarksville reached 97 degrees, setting a record high for the
month, as did Nashville, with a reading of 94 degrees.
A strong cold front produced a 44-degree temperature drop at Crossville, from
a daytime high of 69 degrees to 25. A 43-degree drop occured at Nashville, as
the temperature fell to 30 degrees by midnight, following a daytime high of 73.
A cold wave brought record low temperatures to the mid state. Nashville
observed a reading of 28 degrees. Crossville dropped to 20.
A cold front dropped the temperature at Nashville a remarkable 59 degrees --
from a high of 74, to 15 degrees the next morning
38 Nashville 11-Nov-60 20 Low Cold 0 0 0 0
An unusually strong cold outbreak produced a low of 19 degrees at Crossville,
20 at Nashville
39 Nashville 1-May-63 34 Low Cold 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville dropped to 34, setting a record low for the month
40 Nashville 2-May-63 34 Low Cold 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville dropped to 34 for the 2nd consecutive day
41 Nashville 24-Dec-63 32 / 5 Cold 0 0 0 0
The high temperature at Nashville reached just 32 degrees. This was the 7th
consecutive day in which temperatures remained below freezing, tying a
record. During this stretch, the temperature never rose above 32 degrees, nor
fell below 5 degrees
National Weather Service Forecast Office; Nashville, TN;
Calendar of Significant Weather Events in Middle TN
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ohx/climate/calendar.htm
42 Nashville 6-Jun-66 42 Low Cold 0 0 0 0
43 Nashville 24-Feb-67 10 Low Cold 0 0 0 0
Temperatures at Nashville and Clarksville drop to 42 degrees, setting record
lows for the month.
Record lows for this date are set at both Nashville (10 degrees) and Crossville
(2 degrees).
44 Nashville 4-May-76 34 Low Cold 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville dropped to 34, tying the record low for the month
45 Nashville 1-Jan-78 31 / 7 Cold
The high temperature at Nashville reached just 28 degrees. This was the 7th
consecutive day in which temperatures fell below freezing, tying a record.
During this stretch, the temperature never rose above 31 degrees, nor fell
below 7 degrees
46 Nashville 3-Mar-80 2 Low Cold 0 0 0 0 Temperature for Nashville dropped to 2, setting a record low for the month
47 Nashville 24-Oct-81 28 Low Cold 0 0 0 0 Nashville broke its daily record with 28 degrees.
48 Nashville 7-Apr-82 23 Low Cold 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville dropped to 23, setting a record low for the month.
49 Nashville 22-Sep-83 36 Low Cold 0 0 0 0
Temperature at Nashville dropped to 36, tying the record low for the month.
Crossville's low of 33 tied the record low for the month.
50 Nashville 24-Sep-83 36 Low Cold 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville dropped to 36 for the 2nd time in three days.
51 Nashville 2-Oct-84 32 Low Cold 0 0 0 0 Temperature at Nashville dropped to 32 -- the earliest freeze ever.