Is it true winter is non-existant in the South?

Question

Is it true in states like Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, etc. there is no winter?

Answer 1

No. The winter is just mild, with weather similar to what more northerly states would experience in spring or even summer.

Winter is defined as the portion of the year between the winter solstice (when the axis of the Earth faces maximally away from the Sun for the hemisphere of a given location--resulting in winter occurring during opposite parts of the year in the two hemispheres) and the following equinox (when the sun passes directly overhead as seen from a point on the equator). This definition applies to any planet orbiting any star, and has nothing at all to do with climate. The Earth happens to have an orbit such that axial tilt is a dominant factor in climate, resulting in climatalogical seasons that closely match the astronomical ones.

Answer 2

Um... no. The entire northern hemisphere experiences winter at the same time. The closer you get to the equator, though, the less the seasonal variation, and thus the less severe the winter weather. The southeast United States experiences much higher temperatures than the northern part of the country, due to not only lower latitude, but also the influence of the Gulf Stream, which is a warm current that flows northward from the tropics along the East Coast.

Answer 3

I have lived in North Carolina and South Carolina all my life and it seems to have
changed drastically just the past 3 or 4 years.
I hav'nt seen any snow in three years. We
used to get at least SOME snow every year.
All winter long all I wear for a coat is a light
windbreaker.

Answer 4

Oh...I would'nt say that. I live in the deep south. New Orleans, La. We have a winter, I can even remember a few times when it snowed. The trees (mostly) loose their leaves, and the lawn turns brown,(Yeeea...No Mowing for a few months).
We never get the colorful fall season, fall only lasts about an hour and a half. Then it's time to rake leaves.

Answer 5

not true. Although their wintes in the "inhabited" parts are relatively mild....there is the little known region called the "Roaring 40's" There are some severe storms in that area.

Now lets look a little further south....Antarctica...The largest desert in the world... Temperatures are usually freezing or colder there year round.

The ice around antarctica melts because the currents are warmer than the air...currents can reach temperatures in the low 30's.

Answer 6

Not at all. Here on the Gulf Coast, I always say we have summer, fall and kinda winter. But when you get a little further north, like the places you mention, they tend to have four well-defined seasons. Their winters are usually mild compared to most places, but I have experienced my share of ice storms in north MS, TN, and AR. You really have to get down into southern FL to have no real winter at all.

Answer 7

well, i live in kentucky and we have some pretty harsh winters but i think they just dont last as long.

Answer 8

No. It snows a little in those states.