Hello Tennessee-ians (is that what you guys are called down there? 
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Originally Posted by luxurie4u
The Nashvegas daily newspaper is
The Tennesseean, for what it's worth. That's the form I use. But I'm pretty flexible; if you want to call us something else, that's cool by me. (Just don't call us late to dinner.
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As I am finishing up my midwest tours, I am looking to fly south for the winter, weather permitting (and only for a few days at a time lol). What are the winters like down there? No snow right?
I would love to come and visit the area sometime at the beginning of next year as long as you guys don't have nasty winters!
Educate me, please
Lux 
Originally Posted by luxurie4u
Well, Tennessee ain't Florida...
I can only speak to weather in Memphis over the last 9 years or so. The pattern seems to be that we only get a really "bad" snow every 4-5 years or so. Keeping in mind that what we consider "bad" here would qualify in, say, Chicago, as a heavy frost, and they wouldn't even notice it in Minneapolis. Because we don't get much in the way of bad winter weather, we don't keep the resources on hand to handle it; it's easier and cheaper to just shut the city down for a day or three until things clear up on their own. That being said, the worst snowfall I've seen in my time here has been about 4 inches or so in late December, and that was about 5-6(?) years ago or so.
The "good" news is that we had our most recent "major" snowfall (actually a couple) last February; barring a major disruption in the weather pattern here we should be clear of significant sightings of the cold, white stuff for at least 3 years or so.
Temps during the winter will get cold, but not unbearably so. According to my sources (a tourist guide that they give to visitors at my work here), the average temps in January are around 49 degrees F, and about 55 degrees F in February.
But Tennessee is a pretty big state (or at least a pretty wide one), and what holds here in West Tennessee may not hold in Middle or East Tennessee. I'll let the folks with more experience in those areas weigh in on things there.
GUYS: I've seen the reactions on boards in St. Louis when Lux visited there earlier this year. Take my word for this:
you want this woman to visit! Show her some love and make her know she'll be very, very welcome.
Cheers,
bcg
