Bristol Weather in 1948

Historical record of Bristol, Tennessee weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Bristol Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	July 5
Lowest temperature	1 °F	January 25
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	25 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	2.4 inches	November 28
Most daily snow	6.5 inches	January 27
Total annual precipitation	49.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	24.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Bristol in 1948?

The highest temperature recorded in Bristol, Tennessee in 1948 was 97 °F which happened on July 5.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Bristol in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Jul 5
2	95 °F	Aug 29
3	94 °F	Aug 28
4	93 °F	Aug 27
4	93 °F	Jul 4
4	93 °F	Jun 26
7	92 °F	Jun 28
7	92 °F	Jun 27
7	92 °F	Jun 24
7	92 °F	Jun 23

What was the coldest temperature in Bristol in 1948?

The lowest temperature recorded in Bristol, Tennessee in 1948 was 1 °F which happened on Jan 25.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Bristol in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	1 °F	January 25
2	5 °F	December 26
2	5 °F	January 15
4	7 °F	January 26
5	8 °F	December 27
5	8 °F	January 24
7	9 °F	January 28
8	10 °F	January 19
8	10 °F	January 14
10	12 °F	January 11

January 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	65	43	0.15	0.0
January 2	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	26	0.00	0.0
January 4	36	24	0.10	1.7
January 5	33	24	0.00	0.0
January 6	41	23	0.00	0.0
January 7	45	26	0.00	0.0
January 8	47	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	60	38	0.00	0.0
January 10	39	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	46	12	0.00	0.0
January 12	50	34	0.71	0.0
January 13	41	26	0.47	0.0
January 14	26	10	0.01	0.0
January 15	32	5	0.00	0.0
January 16	44	15	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	20	0.00	0.2
January 18	28	14	0.00	0.0
January 19	42	10	0.00	0.0
January 20	37	23	0.02	0.0
January 21	37	31	0.08	0.0
January 22	43	29	0.03	0.0
January 23	44	17	0.09	1.5
January 24	25	8	0.11	2.0
January 25	32	1	0.00	0.0
January 26	40	7	0.04	0.4
January 27	32	20	0.49	6.5
January 28	28	9	0.00	0.0
January 29	38	23	0.00	0.0
January 30	35	27	0.22	0.0
January 31	34	22	0.54	4.6

February 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	18	0.04	0.5
February 2	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 3	41	18	0.00	0.0
February 4	42	31	0.27	0.0
February 5	40	34	0.49	0.0
February 6	46	31	0.17	0.0
February 7	46	29	0.01	0.0
February 8	40	29	0.20	0.0
February 9	34	23	0.32	4.2
February 10	44	18	0.02	0.2
February 11	49	23	0.12	0.0
February 12	51	38	0.97	0.0
February 13	70	46	0.83	0.0
February 14	60	34	0.10	0.0
February 15	55	22	0.00	0.0
February 16	61	34	0.00	0.0
February 17	63	42	0.00	0.0
February 18	70	31	0.00	0.0
February 19	71	41	0.07	0.0
February 20	52	35	0.02	0.0
February 21	54	27	0.27	0.0
February 22	47	31	0.03	0.0
February 23	53	32	0.00	0.0
February 24	62	26	0.02	0.0
February 25	51	46	0.28	0.0
February 26	57	48	0.10	0.0
February 27	69	51	0.00	0.0
February 28	72	58	0.01	0.0
February 29	60	40	0.00	0.0

March 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	66	34	0.00
March 2	63	45	0.08
March 3	56	46	0.17
March 4	52	30	0.00
March 5	54	27	0.00
March 6	45	34	0.66
March 7	51	41	0.21
March 8	55	34	0.00
March 9	54	38	0.00
March 10	66	35	0.00
March 11	59	35	0.00
March 12	38	23	0.00
March 13	48	18	0.00
March 14	64	25	0.00
March 15	68	42	0.00
March 16	65	56	1.05
March 17	63	44	0.00
March 18	70	38	0.00
March 19	78	58	0.00
March 20	78	60	0.02
March 21	80	54	0.00
March 22	77	51	0.28
March 23	76	48	0.44
March 24	68	48	0.00
March 25	74	41	0.00
March 26	68	58	0.21
March 27	67	44	0.64
March 28	45	27	0.00
March 29	62	23	0.00
March 30	68	33	0.00
March 31	66	51	0.39

April 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	72	49	0.27
April 2	58	45	0.12
April 3	61	35	0.00
April 4	72	34	0.00
April 5	70	49	0.03
April 6	75	52	1.38
April 7	66	55	1.34
April 8	70	57	0.35
April 9	62	43	0.00
April 10	69	33	0.00
April 11	78	51	0.08
April 12	83	62	0.05
April 13	84	56	0.03
April 14	68	49	0.06
April 15	67	44	0.00
April 16	75	50	0.00
April 17	68	48	0.00
April 18	72	43	0.00
April 19	77	45	0.00
April 20	78	48	0.00
April 21	76	51	0.00
April 22	77	46	0.00
April 23	80	51	0.00
April 24	84	55	0.00
April 25	86	54	0.00
April 26	88	56	0.00
April 27	82	58	0.00
April 28	69	52	0.00
April 29	58	49	0.17
April 30	67	41	0.00

May 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	80	49	0.00
May 2	82	59	0.00
May 3	72	52	0.00
May 4	70	48	1.18
May 5	70	50	0.00
May 6	70	45	0.45
May 7	58	48	0.08
May 8	70	40	0.00
May 9	84	45	0.00
May 10	85	50	0.00
May 11	86	54	0.00
May 12	80	59	0.00
May 13	77	62	0.01
May 14	67	49	0.00
May 15	76	43	0.00
May 16	80	58	0.00
May 17	75	53	0.02
May 18	72	46	0.00
May 19	74	43	0.00
May 20	78	46	0.00
May 21	82	47	0.00
May 22	74	52	0.01
May 23	85	45	0.00
May 24	83	56	0.00
May 25	81	59	0.00
May 26	83	56	0.00
May 27	78	58	0.01
May 28	78	60	0.54
May 29	78	62	0.10
May 30	77	63	0.07
May 31	77	58	0.00

June 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	54	0.00
June 2	79	47	0.05
June 3	75	52	0.00
June 4	85	53	0.00
June 5	85	57	0.00
June 6	88	62	0.29
June 7	76	62	0.80
June 8	76	62	0.58
June 9	74	55	0.00
June 10	78	50	0.00
June 11	83	53	0.00
June 12	86	56	0.00
June 13	83	66	0.01
June 14	85	60	0.00
June 15	85	66	0.00
June 16	77	61	0.24
June 17	81	56	0.00
June 18	85	60	0.32
June 19	82	65	0.07
June 20	86	65	0.00
June 21	91	60	0.00
June 22	88	68	0.09
June 23	92	67	0.00
June 24	92	67	0.07
June 25	89	63	0.00
June 26	93	64	0.00
June 27	92	66	0.39
June 28	92	64	0.00
June 29	90	65	0.65
June 30	79	64	0.22

July 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	60	0.00
July 2	86	53	0.00
July 3	90	59	0.00
July 4	93	62	0.00
July 5	97	62	0.00
July 6	91	65	0.00
July 7	83	66	0.01
July 8	83	63	0.00
July 9	87	63	0.00
July 10	83	62	0.01
July 11	82	68	0.01
July 12	86	68	1.42
July 13	86	68	0.18
July 14	81	69	0.86
July 15	85	70	0.31
July 16	82	67	1.32
July 17	87	68	0.32
July 18	87	66	0.30
July 19	85	66	0.01
July 20	89	65	0.00
July 21	88	69	0.54
July 22	89	69	0.00
July 23	85	71	0.02
July 24	83	63	0.01
July 25	86	57	0.00
July 26	89	65	0.00
July 27	84	67	0.51
July 28	81	66	0.85
July 29	88	64	0.00
July 30	88	66	0.00
July 31	89	68	0.01

August 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	73	66	1.60
August 2	82	66	0.72
August 3	82	68	0.45
August 4	79	66	0.73
August 5	70	54	0.00
August 6	76	53	0.00
August 7	77	53	0.00
August 8	79	53	0.00
August 9	83	54	0.00
August 10	85	60	0.00
August 11	84	62	0.63
August 12	82	65	0.31
August 13	86	62	0.00
August 14	81	64	0.68
August 15	82	62	0.01
August 16	81	62	0.02
August 17	81	62	0.04
August 18	83	56	0.00
August 19	84	62	0.02
August 20	83	58	0.00
August 21	85	57	0.00
August 22	87	61	0.00
August 23	88	61	0.00
August 24	89	62	0.00
August 25	90	62	0.00
August 26	91	63	0.00
August 27	93	62	0.00
August 28	94	62	0.00
August 29	95	63	0.09
August 30	90	62	0.04
August 31	79	62	0.00

September 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	58	0.00
September 2	84	54	0.00
September 3	87	57	0.00
September 4	81	58	0.01
September 5	81	64	0.06
September 6	83	65	0.84
September 7	82	63	0.09
September 8	83	64	0.49
September 9	84	60	0.04
September 10	67	57	0.51
September 11	75	52	0.00
September 12	82	49	0.00
September 13	83	52	0.00
September 14	79	60	0.90
September 15	82	55	0.00
September 16	84	54	0.00
September 17	83	56	0.00
September 18	80	55	0.00
September 19	83	54	0.00
September 20	86	58	0.00
September 21	86	60	0.00
September 22	82	61	0.08
September 23	69	59	0.00
September 24	68	47	0.00
September 25	65	50	0.00
September 26	66	43	0.05
September 27	74	45	0.00
September 28	69	57	0.09
September 29	82	56	0.00
September 30	80	52	0.00

October 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	75	55	0.00
October 2	79	49	0.00
October 3	75	54	0.00
October 4	61	46	0.10
October 5	60	44	0.05
October 6	69	42	0.00
October 7	67	46	0.54
October 8	67	51	0.01
October 9	67	45	0.00
October 10	74	42	0.00
October 11	73	54	0.06
October 12	64	48	0.00
October 13	67	37	0.00
October 14	71	42	0.00
October 15	73	34	0.00
October 16	77	43	0.00
October 17	77	38	0.93
October 18	45	30	0.03
October 19	57	24	0.00
October 20	57	30	0.00
October 21	60	28	0.00
October 22	53	36	0.10
October 23	60	32	0.03
October 24	60	40	0.00
October 25	63	32	0.00
October 26	68	27	0.00
October 27	75	31	0.00
October 28	70	42	0.00
October 29	74	36	0.00
October 30	74	35	0.00
October 31	66	40	0.04

November 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	62	50	0.03
November 2	69	44	0.12
November 3	66	54	0.46
November 4	74	51	0.00
November 5	79	51	0.00
November 6	75	52	0.67
November 7	61	40	0.00
November 8	69	33	0.00
November 9	73	40	0.00
November 10	67	29	0.15
November 11	53	25	0.00
November 12	58	28	0.00
November 13	57	36	0.32
November 14	58	31	0.00
November 15	62	28	0.00
November 16	69	32	0.02
November 17	63	38	0.09
November 18	70	33	0.00
November 19	69	55	0.20
November 20	57	38	0.00
November 21	61	31	0.00
November 22	54	44	0.40
November 23	50	44	0.05
November 24	55	39	0.01
November 25	56	28	0.00
November 26	51	30	0.65
November 27	55	46	0.13
November 28	49	42	2.35
November 29	45	38	0.25
November 30	49	30	0.00

December 1948 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	53	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	56	27	0.01	0.0
December 3	49	46	1.42	0.0
December 4	55	34	0.00	0.0
December 5	56	33	0.16	0.0
December 6	53	32	0.16	0.0
December 7	54	29	0.00	0.0
December 8	50	38	0.00	0.0
December 9	49	32	0.00	0.0
December 10	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	46	19	0.00	0.0
December 12	49	35	0.03	0.0
December 13	63	48	0.00	0.0
December 14	63	53	0.00	0.0
December 15	66	55	0.32	0.0
December 16	63	56	0.79	0.0
December 17	56	30	0.00	0.0
December 18	47	26	0.16	0.0
December 19	44	32	0.21	0.0
December 20	41	30	0.00	0.0
December 21	54	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	49	35	0.05	0.0
December 23	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 24	38	29	0.54	3.1
December 25	34	14	0.22	0.0
December 26	29	5	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	8	0.00	0.0
December 28	n/a	18	0.00	0.0
December 29	60	n/a	0.90	0.0
December 30	47	29	0.20	0.0
December 31	35	24	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1937–2024	Bristol Tri City Airport	location
1893–1936	Johnson City	location