Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 38 min5:25 am – 8:02 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 42 min6:49 am – 4:31 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 87°F, lows 66°FColdest month January: highs 47°F, lows 27°F60 in of rain a year, on about 91 dayswettest month December6 in of snow a year, on about 5 days29 days above 90°F, 97 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Cookeville station, 8 mi away
Nearby landmarksCummins Falls State Park Cummins Falls Trailheadpark · 2.6 miCummins Falls State Park Visitor Centervisitor center · 2.6 miCummins Fallswaterfall · 2.7 miBuck Mountainpeak · 5.9 miTennessee Technological Universitycollege · 3.9 miDry Creek Fallswaterfall · 3.0 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsCummins Fallsstate park · 2.2 mi · 211 acresUpper Cumberland Soccer Complexrecreation area · 3.1 mi · 86 acresCane Creek Sportsplex, Ballfields & Recreation Ctrrecreation area · 3.9 mi · 93 acresBlackburn Fork Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 6.1 mi · 562 acresThe Boils Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 8.6 mi · 118 acresBurgess Fallsstate park · 12.0 mi · 255 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes1 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.5 on 19 Jun 200732 mi away, near Spencer, TennesseeMost recent: magnitude 3.5 on 19 Jun 200732 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowPutnam County, TN, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsLightning Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality90% of days had good air in 2025323 of 359 days measured36 moderate daysMedian index 30, worst day 66main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, Putnam County monitors, TN
Drinking waterCookeville Water Deptserves 49,711 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 20211 monitoring or reporting violation since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation1,036 ft316 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalCookeville Regional Medical Center4.2 miPost officeBroad Street Station Post Office4.6 miTown hallCookeville City Hall4.6 miPolicePutnam County Sheriff's Office4.9 miFire stationDodson Branch Volunteer Fire Department3.6 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportNashville International Airport BNA64 miInterstateI-406.4 miUS highwayUS 70N3.6 miCoachCookeville (Marathon)Greyhound6.3 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 38502 ZIP area.
