A dry cold front is moving across Middle TN and winds are starting to pick up across the region. Nashville has had some gusts to 25 mph from the northwest. Make sure the outdoor fur babies are in out of the cold and wind. It’s one thing to be in the 20s overnight, but that wind will add a whole different level of chill! The first cold blast of air of the season seems to always be a shock.
Winds should be subsiding by sunrise.
The weather of Halloween can be interesting! The change of seasons often brings a variety of weather to the plateau and, with Halloween falling on the cusp of fall’s transition into winter, it can mean anything can happen on Halloween!
Records for this date begin with 1954, which just so happened to be a very cold Halloween! We even recorded a bit of snow. Still, other Halloweens have been quite warm, with 1984 having the warmest high temperature of 80 degrees. The wettest Halloween appears to 1961, when 1.34 inches of rain fell at the airport.
As with any data, there appears to be at least one fluke. If you notice the years 1964-1966 having identical highs and lows. It’s very unlikely that data is correct. It is interesting how so many years have such similar data.
Weather forecast issued Tuesday, October 31, 2023
The season’s first hard freeze will occur tonight. Breezy winds will make it feel even colder. Make sure the outdoor fur babies have a dry shelter out from the wind. Make sure outside spigots are bundled up, too.
1846 – Eighty-seven pioneers were trapped by early snows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains that piled five feet deep, with 30 to 40 foot drifts. Just 47 persons survived the “Donner Pass Tragedy”.
2014- A rare early season snowfall brings over 2″ of snow to the Upper Cumberland. The highest reported snowfall is 2.2″ south of Crossville.
This map moves in 6-hr increments, beginning at 7:00 a.m. this morning. The brighter the reds, the stronger the winds at 30,000 feet.
The Drought Monitor is updated each Thursday. The map below was updated on Thursday, October 26. Drought continues to intensify across the state.
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Weather forecast issued Monday, October 30, 2023
The season’s first hard freeze will occur Tuesday night. Breezy winds will make it feel even colder.
This map moves in 6-hr increments, beginning at 7:00 a.m. this morning. The brighter the reds, the stronger the winds at 30,000 feet.
The Drought Monitor is updated each Thursday. The map below was updated on Thursday, October 26. Drought continues to intensify across the state.
1925 – Nashville, TN, was blanketed with an inch of snow, their earliest measurable snow of record.
1947 – The Donora, Pennsylvania, smog disaster finally came to an end. For five days an inversion trapped impurities in the lower atmosphere over the Monongahela Valley killing 20 persons, and leaving more than 2,000 others sick.
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