<p>Why is it that Spring in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the peak season for forest fires both man made and lightning caused when it rains so much in the spring and it is so wet there in the Spring so how can forest fires possibly form and even be the peak season for fires there?</p>

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2019-10-31T10:41:48.510Z
Possibly because all of the park may not be wet at the same time.
Fred
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2019-10-31T13:26:22.303Z
Do they have a dry winter? If so, it could be like California: the fires are at the beginning of a wetter season due to lots of dry/dead vegetation + stronger winds & lightening.
winwaed
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2019-11-08T14:19:16.500Z
No they don’t have a dry winter. It rains there a lot in the spring and summer a little more so in the spring than the summer but winters aren’t dry even though it rains less there than in the spring and summer. Fall is the driest season there with the least amount of rain. But even then it still rains a good amount in the Fall there
Ryan Amalfitano
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# Great Smoky Mountains National Park

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-10-30)

Why is it that Spring in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the peak season for forest fires both man made and lightning caused when it rains so much in the spring and it is so wet there in the Spring so how can forest fires possibly form and even be the peak season for fires there?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Possibly because all of the park may not be wet at the same time.  
> **username_2**: Do they have a dry winter? If so, it could be like California: the fires are at the beginning of a wetter season due to lots of dry/dead vegetation + stronger winds & lightening.  
> **username_0**: No they don’t have a dry winter. It rains there a lot in the spring and summer a little more so in the spring than the summer but winters aren’t dry even though it rains less there than in the spring and summer. Fall is the driest season there with the least amount of rain. But even then it still rains a good amount in the Fall there  

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