Nashville Seasons?

[aballer1515]

Originally Posted by hml1976

While you may adjust to the summer, coming from San Diego the first one will be tough. Its very humid and hot. I know some people on this board who have been in Nashville for 20+ years don't think its so bad but when you're used to California weather your first June, July, August and let's not leave out 2/3rds of September, are going to be tough.

Im moving there in june, so i guess ill get first hand experience real fast. The worst humidity ive experienced was when i went to NYC in August. That was horrible, i walked around the city in a wife beater.

[hml1976]

I've lived in NYC and Nashville, the humidity is similar, it just lasts longer in TN. The one good thing about Nashville is that everything is air conditioned, not the case in NYC.

[MontanaGuy]

I've only been here a couple of months but the feeling I have is that the seasons are going to be very noticeable here (I've traveled through this area in different times of the year before I moved here) but as others have said summer will feel the most intense of the four seasons. You get the opposite effect if you're in the northern states. Winters in my home state of Montana were miserable and freezing but the other three seasons were very pleasant. San Diego as well as much of coastal California probably has the most pleasant climate in the country. I don't really mind hot weather and when I've been here in August it didn't even phase me, I just don't like being cold so I guess it's a matter of what feels comfortable to you. Overall I think Nashville has a generally mild climate when you compare it to the rest of the nation.

[wyldedixie]

For most of my life, I've lived in south central Kentucky. I'm getting ready to make a move to Nashville, and the weather is basically the same. So I think I can comment with some pretty good insight.

I've lived in Chicago the last couple of years, and I have to say that the weather here is VERY pleasant in the spring, fall, and summer. Not much humidity, mild temperatures with a few hot days, and a nice breeze. Now, in TN and KY, spring and fall are gorgeous. Winter is easy (but if there's an inch of snow on the ground, the whole place shuts down). Summer is hot, humid, and miserable in July and August (and maybe even part of September). It's a good thing us Southerners like air conditioning because you definitely need it. Here in Chicago, many apartment buildings don't even have central air. Down south, it's a must.

[sdbio]

Does the grass and all the trees go dormant during the winter? Meaning does everything go brown?

Thanks!

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by sdbio

Does the grass and all the trees go dormant during the winter? Meaning does everything go brown?

Thanks!

The hardwood loose their leaves, of course, so there's sort of a "gray look" to the countryside.

The typical grass here is fescue, so it doesn't turn brown. It looks a little spotty in winter (sometimes it can look a little spotty in summer).

[hml1976]

Alleycat is right, its actually still quite green and pretty in the winter. More so than many other places.

[MontanaGuy]

I was a little surprised by how green it was when I moved here in January. I've noticed that there's alot of really big trees including a half a dozen in my back yard that finally look like they're going to have leaves. I've lived in some different climates. I spent twenty years in Seattle and it's green all the time but depressing because of rain and constant overcast skies. I also lived in Denver which turns totally brown during the winter. So far Nashville seems pretty nice because it's not too extreme one way or the other. The one thing that I miss though is the predictable blue skies of Phoenix which is the last place I lived before I moved here. As far as climate is concerned I find that overcast days just make me feel kind of gloomy.