MURFREESBORO, TN (WGNS) – Murfreesboro may be one of the fastest‑growing cities in America — 16th in the nation among cities with more than 100,000 people — but some things here never change. Chief among them is our famously unpredictable weather. New residents often look around in disbelief when we swing from snow and ice to short‑sleeve sunshine in a matter of hours. But for those of us who grew up here, the old Tennessee saying still holds up: if you don’t like the weather today, just wait a day.
We saw it just a month ago when Middle Tennessee woke up to frozen roads and single‑digit wind chills, only to enjoy temperatures in the 60s the very next afternoon. And now that spring officially arrived last Friday, March 20, we’re right back on the roller coaster — 80 degrees one day, a brisk 47 the next.
So for all the new Tennessee transplants trying to make sense of it, WGNS is offering a little cultural orientation. Around here, we don’t just have spring. We have six “little winters,” each tied to what’s blooming outside your window. Print this out, keep it handy, and before long your neighbors will swear you’re a native…