Weather in Knoxville (Morristown: garden, moving to, office)

[loretta pedott]

I'm moving to Knoxville and would like to know what the weather is like. How cold does it get? I'm coming from the Houston, TX area and hope the weather in winter isn't extreme. If anyone can help please let me know. Thanks.
loretta pedott from Houston

[Beretta]

Originally Posted by loretta pedott

I'm moving to Knoxville and would like to know what the weather is like. How cold does it get? I'm coming from the Houston, TX area and hope the weather in winter isn't extreme. If anyone can help please let me know. Thanks.
loretta pedott from Houston

Weather.com has great info; both current and historical. Good luck with your move. My San Antonio TX native hubby loves it here. This past summer; however, we were hotter here than in San Antonio That wasn't the norm, thank goodness.

[Tennesseestorm]

Summers are hot and humid (very much like Houston) and winters are mostly mild, with occasional cold snaps. There are cold spells from time to time. It definitely gets colder that Houston, but its not extreme like the cold you get up north. Knoxville averages LESS than 10 inches of snow per year. There have only been seven "white Christmas'" on record since records have been kept since the late 1800s. The highest average high is 88° and the coldest average low is 28° - however, highs above 90° are very common. They average over 31 days over 90°, but this summer was a scorcher.... I think there were over 70 days @ 90° or higher. I will have to check the official report on that. In the summer, lows rarely drop below 70°. If you like more snow/colder, you could always head east of there into the mountains... into the Smokies or on over into western North Carolina, near Asheville. Much higher elevations = more snow and more cold, but again, nothing all that bad when compared to the northern states.

Here are some very informative links from the local NWS for Knoxville....

Knoxville climate normals and records

Here are the January averages....
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mrx/tys/tys01nml.txt (broken link)
Here are the July averages....
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mrx/tys/tys07nml.txt (broken link)

Knoxvilles highs/lows since 1996...
Knoxville monthly climate data since 1996 (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mrx/tys/clitys.php - broken link)

Here is the main link to where all of those other links are located...
National Weather Service Forecast Office - Morristown, TN
Hope this helps!

[elhigh]

Not extreme in any direction. I don't know what Houston is like, though, so I don't know what you might consider extreme.

This past summer we hit 100+ a couple of times. Those were recordbreaker days. Usually the highs stay around the low 90s.

This was the driest summer I've ever experienced, while still being humid. Humidity is a way of life around here, 90+% is the norm in high summer. We're way behind on rain - usually you can expect 40+ inches of rain in a year, in wet years there's been as much as 60 inches, but those were pretty remarkable. You don't usually have to water a garden to have it flourish, but this year my tomatoes went toes-up.

Winters are mild. I try to heat with wood and usually do pretty well, but the furnace comes into play. The coldest I've ever seen was -10, which is pretty darn cold, even for me - I'm from Minnesota - but it was only overnight. Lows usally don't go below 20 at night, and up to around 40-45 during the coldest part of the winter. Snows are usually pretty mild.

All of that said, we have a saying around these parts: if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes. It'll change.

[housejunkie]

Last year there was not a week I didn't play golf. Granted I'll play golf with the temperature in the 40's as long as the sun is out, but that will give you an idea of the winters. 4 seasons, nothing too extreme, lakes, mountains, what more can you ask for?
You're going to love Knoxville!