Humid subtropical
Fairfield Glade, Tennessee
Cumberland County, Tennessee · Population 9.1k · 2,087 ft elevation
Living in Fairfield Glade
Fairfield Glade has a humid subtropical climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 26°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 58″ a year, and it gets light snow (14″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 46 muggy days a year.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 29 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Fairfield Glade: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
Fairfield Glade at a glance
- Population
- 9.1k
- Elevation
- 2,087 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 58″93th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 14″50th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,657 hrs33th percentile
- Median AQI
- 295th percentile
- Median home value
- $321k61th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,191/mo50th percentile
- Median household income
- $74k48th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.31%2th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.58th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 50%58th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 38%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6721th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 29%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,247 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44°F | 26°F | 5.0″ | 3.5″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 47°F | 29°F | 5.1″ | 4.4″ | 136 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 35°F | 5.4″ | 2.7″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 44°F | 5.5″ | 0.2″ | 238 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 52°F | 5.2″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 60°F | 4.9″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 64°F | 5.5″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 3.6″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 56°F | 4.1″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 45°F | 3.1″ | — | 219 hrs |
| Nov | 56°F | 35°F | 4.7″ | 0.2″ | 188 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 30°F | 5.3″ | 3.1″ | 142 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology