August 2011 in Nashville was the 25th hottest on record with 24 days of 90-degree or higher temperatures and one day of triple digit heat.

The summer months of June, July and August were the 10th hottest in the past 141 years of recording keeping in Nashville. Three of the 10 hottest summers in Nashville have occurred in the last five years.

On average Nashville has 13 days of 90 degrees and above during the month of August.

Murfreesboro recorded 19 90-degree days and, on Aug. 4, one triple digit reading in August.  

The average temperature for the month was 1.8 degrees above normal in Nashville.

The average high was 92.0 degrees and the average low was 68.9 degrees.

Nashville’s hottest temperature during August was 102 degrees on Aug. 3, which broke the record for the date of 100 degrees set back in 1952. The lowest temperature during the month was 62 degrees Aug. 30.

Rainfall for August in Murfreesboro totaled only 2.83 inches, which is 0.8 inches below normal. Normal rainfall for August is 3.83 inches.