Chapter 2: Rollin' Plains and a Mild Climate

As a state, Tennessee has a temperate climate, with the seasons never really becoming extreme in temperature. The state is prone to the occasional storms, and from what my relatives have told me, tornados. However, I haven't heard of a tornado visit from my family in Nashville in many years. If the tornados do visit, they bring along storms to. They like to visit around spring and fall if they do make it down. 

The summers in Nashville are humid, to be specific Nashville has a humid subtropical climate. When I was there in August it felt I could grab the air! I enjoyed it so it wasn't a problem but my aunt couldn't agree with it. The range in weather varies from 37 degrees fahrenheit in January to 80 degrees in August with the humidity ranging from 83% the the morning and 60% during the rest of the day. When it gets to the lower numbers in the winter, snowfall does occur, but it is usually not heavy. 

Nashville is one the of fastest growing cities in the upper south located in Davidson County. The Music city is full of tourist attractions, such as the previously mentioned Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and now under construction, the Music City Center. There is not much to the topography of Nashville, like the climate it is fairly mild. The Music City is blessed with rolling hills and plenty of vegitation. Dowtown Nashville is full of skyscrappers and buildings, making downtown the economic center of the city and the core. The city lies on the Cumberland River in the northwest part of the Nashville Basin, and according to the Census Bureau, it has an area of 526.1 square miles. 

http://www.tennesseediary.us/Climate.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee#Topography