Area of Coolest year round temps ? (Knoxville, Bristol: university, allergies, club)

[Muffinpuncher]

Northern boy looking at TN for retirement- but not big fan of humidity! Or high temperatures what’s the most temperate area ?

[DubbleT]

This topic comes up periodically, hope you like small towns!

If you aren't familiar with how dew points work you might want to look into that and then enter it into the forum search box on the top of the page, you'll get a lot of results. Higher elevations are typically cooler and have lower dew points, so generally speaking places in east TN and on the plateau will be more temperate.

Check this old thread>
https://www.city-data.com/forum/tenn...tennessee.html

[shinestx]

Crossville, TN is not tiny, and growing fairly fast. It's on the Cumberland Plateau. The daytime temps can get a bit sticky in July, but things start cooling off at night in August. It's a popular retirement community. Also JC is similar.

[jabogitlu]

The areas around Mountain City, Shady Valley, and Laurel Bloomery are going to be the coolest parts of the state.

[Serious Conversation]

Originally Posted by jabogitlu

The areas around Mountain City, Shady Valley, and Laurel Bloomery are going to be the coolest parts of the state.

This - maybe areas near the town of Roan Mountain.

The thing about TN is that most of the higher elevation land is parkland or is otherwise protected, and is not available for building. NC, and even parts of VA, have more available relatively higher elevation (2,000'+) land.

[elizaloo]

Originally Posted by shinestx

Crossville, TN is not tiny, and growing fairly fast. It's on the Cumberland Plateau. The daytime temps can get a bit sticky in July, but things start cooling off at night in August. It's a popular retirement community. Also JC is similar.

I will second this. We moved to the Upper Cumberland/Crossville area two years ago and the 2k' elevation makes a HUGE difference in temperature. During late August/September our temp might be, say 68, and when we go to Cookeville it's 74 and then down to Nashville to the airport where it's 96 and sweltering.

You'd get more use out of a backyard pool during the summer in Nashville obviously, but the UCP is very temperate. I don't think we ran our AC more than a handful of days this summer.

Allergies would be the issue there; we don't suffer but our neighbors all turn the AC on once it gets to May? simply because they can't breathe otherwise.

[Serious Conversation]

Originally Posted by elizaloo

I will second this. We moved to the Upper Cumberland/Crossville area two years ago and the 2k' elevation makes a HUGE difference in temperature. During late August/September our temp might be, say 68, and when we go to Cookeville it's 74 and then down to Nashville to the airport where it's 96 and sweltering.

You'd get more use out of a backyard pool during the summer in Nashville obviously, but the UCP is very temperate. I don't think we ran our AC more than a handful of days this summer.

Allergies would be the issue there; we don't suffer but our neighbors all turn the AC on once it gets to May? simply because they can't breathe otherwise.

I'm at about 1800' and daytime temperatures in the mid-upper 80s are quite common. Yes, 2000' will cut down on the heat/humidity compared to Nashville, but even the town of Roan Mountain is frequently in the 80s in the summer. Unless the property is shaded, and you have good ventilation/fans, I think AC is basically going to be a requirement in TN for most people.

[y8tiger]

Went from open jacket weather in Huntsville, AL to bundled up with hood on weather in Sewanee, TN this weekend. We did a day trip to visit The University Of The South and the difference in Temperature was very noticeable.

[ReaperG1rl]

My husband and I have been talking about different areas on where to move to. We were looking at Mountain City and Greeneville. But now we are leaning more towards Cumberland County. Outskirts of Crossville more country like but has good internet, amities etc.

[JoeJunior]

Crossville, TN is a higher elevation and is the coolest place in the middle of Tennessee. The area has a bunch of retirement communities with the country club life--and great golf courses. It's 125 miles to Nashville and an hour from Knoxville.

Mountain City is the other cold spot, however it's in the far northeast with North Carolina to the south of it. Mountain City is just a little difficult to get to. The road from there to Bristol, TN/VA was built by Daniel Boone, and it's so crooked you can barely drive 30 mph.