East Tennessee

==Climate==
{{#lst:Chattanooga, Tennessee|weather box}}
{{#lst:Knoxville, Tennessee|weather box}}
Most of East Tennessee has a [[humid subtropical climate]], with the exception of some of the higher elevations in the Blue Ridge and Cumberland Mountains, which are classified as a cooler [[oceanic climate|mountain temperate]] or [[humid continental climate]].<ref name=Climate>{{cite web |url=http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/pdf/kottek_et_al_2006_A1.pdf |title=World Map of Köppen−Geiger Climate Classification |access-date=December 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114202025/http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/pdf/kottek_et_al_2006_A1.pdf |archive-date=January 14, 2009}}</ref> As the highest-lying region in the state, East Tennessee averages slightly lower temperatures than the rest of the state and has the highest rate of snowfall, which averages more than {{convert|80|in|cm}} annually in the highest mountains, although many of the lower elevations often receive no snow.<ref name="Tennessee Agriculture">{{cite web |url=http://www.agclassroom.org/kids/stats/tennessee.pdf |title=A look at Tennessee Agriculture |publisher=Agclassroom.org |access-date=November 1, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614025708/http://www.agclassroom.org/kids/stats/tennessee.pdf |archive-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://weather.com/safety/winter/news/snowiest-places-most-snow |title=The Snowiest Places in Each State |publisher=The Weather Channel |first=Nick |last=Wiltgen |date=October 27, 2016 |access-date=July 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604025229/https://weather.com/safety/winter/news/snowiest-places-most-snow |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> The lowest recorded temperature in state history, at {{convert|-32|F|C}}, was recorded at [[Mountain City, Tennessee|Mountain City]] on December 30, 1917.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nashville Weather Records (1871–Present) |url=https://www.weather.gov/ohx/otherrecords |website=weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=May 27, 2021 |location=Nashville}}</ref> Fog is common, especially in the Ridge-and-Valley region, and often presents a significant hazard to motorists.<ref>{{cite book |last = Speaks |first = Dewaine A. |author-link = |date = August 5, 2019 |title = Historic Disasters of East Tennessee |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=j2ijDwAAQBAJ |location = Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |pages = 17–23 |isbn = 9781467141895 |via = Google Books}}</ref>