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Rochester is about the size of Dayton OH and has a similar feel. City limits has smaller population than Lexington's merged county but greater metro of Lex is smaller. I don't like the US census definition of Lex's metro, it should include Madison, Franklin, Anderson, and Boyle counties IMO. It's still a good bit smaller but does put it more in the 700k rather than 450k range. Dayton / Roch are right at 1 million.
Weather wise... Granite's comments are accurate specifically for the Louisville area heat island. Get on top the plateau to either the west, east, or 30 miles south at Etown and climate is more moderate. Most garden magazines have Louisville in a growing zone much further south. In heart of city in summer many morning lows don't break below 80F. I did flower gardening for apartment house near downtown and only begonias could survive without daily watering. In winter though it sometimes reduces amount of snowfall.
His OP was in March 2021, so he is probably already here...or not!
Even so, weather is an interesting topic which I believe people thinking about moving to KY are interested in and it's always a good thing to get varied perspectives.
Rochester is about the size of Dayton OH and has a similar feel. City limits has smaller population than Lexington's merged county but greater metro of Lex is smaller. I don't like the US census definition of Lex's metro, it should include Madison, Franklin, Anderson, and Boyle counties IMO. It's still a good bit smaller but does put it more in the 700k rather than 450k range. Dayton / Roch are right at 1 million.
Weather wise... Granite's comments are accurate specifically for the Louisville area heat island. Get on top the plateau to either the west, east, or 30 miles south at Etown and climate is more moderate. Most garden magazines have Louisville in a growing zone much further south. In heart of city in summer many morning lows don't break below 80F. I did flower gardening for apartment house near downtown and only begonias could survive without daily watering. In winter though it sometimes reduces amount of snowfall.
Very true, last night was a case in point as Louisville was a suffocating 92F at midnight. My weather station outside the city in western Floyd County was 80F at the same hour...
Even so, weather is an interesting topic which I believe people thinking about moving to KY are interested in and it's always a good thing to get varied perspectives.
Is southern KY pretty comparable to middle TN for climate?
Monticello, London, Corbin areas will have a bit milder summer high temperatures compared to western areas of southern KY and the Purchase region around Paducah. Both regions are more similar in the winter.
There was a portable laundry service that came here to Mayfield after the tornado and stayed until mid June. The couple running it were from Idaho and weren't used to our different "winters" in Kentucky. Weather would be getting warm, then a cold snap. Warm again, the cold snap. He to tell him about dogwood winter, blackberry winter, and a couple others.
Is southern KY pretty comparable to middle TN for climate?
Yes, overall, the respective climates of Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky are quite similar. However, relative to Southern Kentucky, I suspect Middle Tennessee experiences slightly more tornadic activity in the springtime and receives slightly less snowfall in the wintertime.
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