Some Thanksgiving weather trivia for you, courtesy of the Nashville NWS:

THE FORECAST FOR THANKSGIVING DAY IS FOR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER 40S ALONG THE PLATEAU…TO LOWER 50S ELSEWHERE. IT WILL BE BREEZY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

LAST YEAR…THE HIGH ON THANKSGIVING DAY IN NASHVILLE WAS 48 DEGREES…AND THE LOW WAS 32 DEGREES. A TRACE OF RAIN FELL. THE LAST TIME SNOW FELL ON THANKSGIVING IN NASHVILLE WAS IN 1972 WHEN A TRACE OCCURRED. THE SNOWIEST THANKSGIVING IN NASHVILLE OCCURRED IN 1950 WHEN 2.0 INCHES FELL THANKSGIVING DAY…AND ANOTHER 7.2 INCHES FELL THE FOLLOWING DAY. 1950 IS ALSO THE LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON THANKSGIVING IN NASHVILLE. MEASURABLE SNOW ALSO OCCURRED ON THANKSGIVING IN 1938 WHEN 1.5 INCHES FELL…AND IN 1936 WHEN 1.0 INCHES FELL.

THE WARMEST THANKSGIVING IN NASHVILLE WAS IN 1896 WHEN THE HIGH WAS 72 DEGREES AND THE LOW WAS 60 DEGREES. THE COLDEST THANKSGIVING IN NASHVILLE WAS IN 1930 WHEN THE HIGH WAS ONLY 32 DEGREES AND THE LOW WAS 18 DEGREES. THE WETTEST THANKSGIVING WAS IN 1925 WHEN 1.19 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THANKSGIVING IS 56 DEGREES AND THE NORMAL LOW IS 37 DEGREES.

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