Another Californian looking to relocate to TN

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by Igor Blevin

Coming from Sacramento, I just spent my first summer in Knoxville, TN. Only August felt "hot" to me. July and September had some warmish days. All 3 months, my shirt was always at least mildly damp to some extent and I used AC various days all 3 months. During August my shirt was wet sometimes and I used AC extensively. August is when my palms felt clammy from the humidity.

Overall, I found the summer "heat" in Knoxville to be better than what I experienced for decades in Sacramento. Either I am not very humidity sensitive, or Knoxville is not really that bad, or we had a mild summer and I'm in for it next year. Time will tell but loving it so far.

Now that is November, I feel like I could trade a bit more summer heat for the current Autum cold, which I assume it is going to get a lot colder. I may end up moving further south if that is the case, but again... we'll see. It is only 4 months of "cold". This isn't Albany.

We have grey Winters. Many days in a row without sunshine. We're also State Number 6 for the wettest states in the USA. Nobody ever asks about rain. I think the sunshine states people who move here never ask about sunshine (which they probably take for granted) and only ask about hot and cold and snow. I happen to like grey winters for photography reasons. Tennessee has 4 seasons but long summers and short Springs and Falls.

[Canadian2021]

Yes i have never seem so much rain in my life. We were there for 10 days and it was raining cats and dogs for 8 days straight

[Igor Blevin]

Originally Posted by LauraC

We have grey Winters. Many days in a row without sunshine. We're also State Number 6 for the wettest states in the USA. Nobody ever asks about rain. I think the sunshine states people who move here never ask about sunshine (which they probably take for granted) and only ask about hot and cold and snow. I happen to like grey winters for photography reasons. Tennessee has 4 seasons but long summers and short Springs and Falls.

I have only been in Knoxville for 6 months - 1/2 of Spring, all summer, 1/2 of Fall. I have yet to experience the gray winter. Frankly, I am more concerned by the cold than the gray but I won't know until I go through a full winter of both.

Regarding sunshine and rain, I found 7 unbroken months of dry sunshine in Sacramento to be a stupefying bore. So far, I enjoy the weekly and bi-weekly rains during summer in Knoxville. Most spring and summer rains were a single cloudburst that lasted 5-15 minutes. Toward the peak of summer, maybe a single 1/2 hour downburst. A refreshing change rather than an emotional damper.

Regarding 8 unbroken days of rain, so far during my 6 months in Knoxville, I have rarely experienced rain that lasted an entire day. I can recall a handful of rains that lasted most of a day, and 2 instances where it rained for 3 consecutive days -- the 2nd instance was hurricane Ida, and the previous one was an earlier hurricane. (Fred? not sure...) I just remember a LOT of cloudbursts that were very short in duration, and that was all for the day, even for several days.

I don't find the frequent rain to be problematic at all yet. We'll see how I feel as the years go by.

Pretty much anywhere east of the Mississippi is going to have a sharp reduction in "days of sunshine" vs. the Western USA. That is a given. For my part, I enjoy clear blue skies, blue skies with puffy clouds, dark looming storm clouds, and stormy rain. The only skies I hate are whitish overcast or solid whitish-grey cloud cover. I haven't seen much of that so far. Therefore, so far so good.

I am enjoying the Knoxville weather more so far than I enjoyed the weather in Sacramento, especially the boring endless dry summers, but then I am still in the "honeymoon" period, so only time will tell which I prefer long-term.

[CrosbyStills]

What isn't usually mentioned is that Knoxville, ON AVERAGE, gets more rainy days per year than Seattle. Something like 204 to 185.

HOWEVER, It'll rain decent or hard for a day or two here, then a few days of sunshine, then another day or two of rain, etc.
Seattle is just gray, misty, and drizzly the vast majority of the time.

[Greenclovers]

Wow, 200 days of rain! I think I could definitely deal with the couple of days rain, then sun, then rain and so on. I say that anyway. NY winters suck so I thought moving to south TX was a win win, however, I do get sick of the hot sun all year long. I'd like a happy medium! If that exists. Hmmm lots to think about. I'm sure there are pros and cons to any place.

[Canadian2021]

So far Tennessee seems like a mix of hot cold rain to me. It sounds perfect to leave behind crazy Canadian snow storms at least

[Igor Blevin]

Originally Posted by CrosbyStills

What isn't usually mentioned is that Knoxville, ON AVERAGE, gets more rainy days per year than Seattle. Something like 204 to 185.

HOWEVER, It'll rain decent or hard for a day or two here, then a few days of sunshine, then another day or two of rain, etc.
Seattle is just gray, misty, and drizzly the vast majority of the time.

Per City Data (such a thoroughly useful website we have access to here):


Seattle

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