Hi Jan
For the climate, it depends how warm you like it - all of our departures for 2015 are during "summer" months - for a rough idea of the highs and lows I'd recommend that you visit this website which gives you the averages for Tennessee for the year.
http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USTN0357
In terms of flights - our team are in the process of getting these in place (a problem with airline schedules coming out after brochures have been printed) but I've given approximate details below.... All flight details would be confirmed in your final information.
Outbound
If you fly via Chicago you'd be looking at about 11hrs in the air + connection time
If you fly via Dallas you'd be looking at about 12hrs in the air + connection time.
Inbound
If you fly via Chicago you'd be looking at about 10hrs in the air + connection time
If you fly via Dallas you'd be looking at about 11hrs in the air + connection time.
Kindest regards,
Julia