Bluff City, Tennessee Weather
Bluff City, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Bluff City, Sullivan County.
Full aviation weather for Bluff City is published on the Johnson City Airport (K0A4) page, 13 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Bluff City have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Bluff City: Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (KTRI) 13 km · Elizabethton Municipal Airport (K0A9) 14 km · Virginia Highlands Airport (KVJI) 31 km · Johnson County Airport (K6A4) 40 km · Hawkins County Airport (KRVN) 56 km
Conditions reported at K0A4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bluff City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Bluff City, Tennessee
Bluff City rises from the rolling hills of Sullivan County, a place where the verdant embrace of the Appalachian foothills meets the broader sweep of the Holston River. It lies 1.7 miles south of Hamilton, TN (from Hamilton, TN: bearing 179°T), and is situated 4.9 miles east-south-east of Sullivan. The landscape here is a study in gentle slopes and broad, open skies, punctuated by the sinuous curves of the river that serves as a constant, murmuring presence. Mature trees, their branches often draped with the soft gray of Spanish moss in the humid air, stand sentinel over fields that seem to breathe with the slow, steady pulse of the land. The light, especially as dusk gathers, often washes over the terrain in hues of honey and rose, softening the edges of the world and lending a quiet grace to the ordinary. The story of Bluff City is deeply intertwined with the agricultural heritage of the region, a legacy that still whispers in the quiet hum of tractors on distant farms and the scent of freshly cut hay that can drift on the breeze. For generations, the fertile bottomlands along the Holston have sustained a way of life centered on the earth. Later, the inexorable march of industry, particularly the burgeoning railroads and the associated need for resources, brought new energy and a different kind of dynamism to Bluff City. The echoes of that past can still be found in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture that lines Main Street, testament to the hardworking hands that built and sustained this community. Today, the pace of life retains a certain unhurried quality, a reflection of the enduring connection to the land and the river that have shaped Bluff City.
Live animated radar for Bluff City and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Bluff City, Sullivan County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.47427°N, 82.260968°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37618 |
| Area Code | 731 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bluff City, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bluff City, Tennessee, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bluff City includes coordinates 36.474270°N, 82.260968°W, situated in Sullivan County. ZIP code 37618. Telephone area code: 731. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
