Annual Tennessee rainfall

Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Bristol, northeastern Tennessee, 41.33"

Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Mount Leconte, eastern Tennessee 81.28"

Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Tazewell, northeastern Tennessee, 16.7"

State precipitation record for 24 hours - McMinnville, central Tennessee, 3/28/1902, 11.00"

State precipitation record for 1 year - Haw Knob, southeastern Tennessee, 1957, 114.88"

State snowfall record for 24 hours - Morristown, northeastern Tennessee 3/9-1960, 22.0"

State snow record for 1 season - Mountain City, northeastern Tennessee, 1959-1960, 75.5

While Tennessee is far enough from the Gulf Coast to avoid any direct impact from a hurricane, the location 
of the state makes it likely to be affected from the remnants of tropical cyclones which weaken over land and 
can cause significant rainfall

One of Tennessee's costliest tornadoes was the F3 twister which struck downtown Nashville during the afternoon of 
April, 16 1998. Total damages for this tornado totaled $100+ million dollars

Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Data Climatic Center

City	Avg Annual Precip	Avg Snow Annual	Avg # days of Precip	Avg # thunderstorm days	Avg # hail days
Bristol - Kingsport	41.33	15.4	133	42	1
Chattanooga	54.52	4.3	120	55	1
Knoxville	48.22	11.5	126	47	1
Memphis	54.65	5.1	107	59	1
Nashville	48.11	10.0	119	54	2
Oak Ridge	55.05	9.9	128	48	1
State Average - 54.22", 6th wettest in the U.S.