Just like the laid back style of its people, East Tennessee also has a reputation for having a laid back climate — not too hot, and not too cold.
In fact, NOAA meteorologist Stephen Parker of Morristown said he’d be hard pressed to find a better place to live than East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia weather-wise.
“We don’t have the tornadoes of the plains or Gulf Coast. We don’t have the hurricanes of the Coast. We don’t have the bitter cold and heavy snows that we find north of here. It really is a very livable climate without the extremes that you would find traveling any direction from here,’’ Parker said. More...
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Weather Watch*
Average Days with fog
169
Average Days with rain
134
Average Days with thunderstorms
42
Average days with temperature above 90 degrees F
17
Average Annual Snowfall
18"
Average Annual Precipitation
40.7"
January's normal low
22.1°
January's normal high
50.1°
July's normal low
69.8°
July's normal high
79.6°
Record-high temperature (July 29, 1952)
102°
Record-low temperature (Jan. 21, 1985)
-21°
Average rain in July (Tri-Cities wettest month)
4.32"
Average rain in October (Tri-Cities driest month)
2.59"
Relative humidity in August (afternoon)
61%
Relative humidity in February (afternoon)
58%
Best months to get out and enjoy?
September & October
* Sources: NOAA and meteorologist Dave Dierks- WCYB-TV
