Central, Tennessee Weather
Central, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Central, Lauderdale County.
Full aviation weather for Central is published on the Arnold Field (KM31) page, 17 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 Central 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 Central: Dyersburg Regional Airport (KDYR) 25 km · Covington Municipal Airport (KM04) 25 km · Blytheville Municipal Airport (KHKA) 30 km · Arkansas International Airport (KBYH) 41 km · Millington-Memphis Airport (KNQA) 58 km
Conditions reported at KM31 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Central specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Central.
About Central, Tennessee
Central sits in a landscape of gentle slopes and rich, dark soil, the kind that holds moisture and promises a good harvest. It lies 7.2 miles east of Lauderdale, TN (from Lauderdale, TN: bearing 79°T), and is situated 4.1 miles north of Ripley. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out, their green stalks whispering secrets to the warm Tennessee air, broken only by the occasional stand of oak and hickory that offers a deeper, cooler shade. The roads here are mostly gravel, kicking up a soft, ochre dust that settles like a fine powder on the leaves of passing cars. It’s a place where the sky seems to press down, vast and blue, especially on a clear afternoon, and the silence is so profound you can almost hear the earth breathing. This corner of Lauderdale County has a history tied to the land and the rivers that snake their way through the region, shaping livelihoods and settlements. For generations, farming has been the backbone of Central, with families cultivating the fertile ground for sustenance and trade. While the agricultural rhythm persists, some residents find work in nearby towns or in the processing plants that handle the region's bounty, a quiet hum of economic activity that supplements the slower pace of rural life. There are no grand monuments or bustling tourist traps in Central, but there is a palpable sense of continuity, a quiet unfolding of days much like those that have come before, marked by the changing seasons and the enduring strength of the land.
Live animated radar for Central 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Central, Lauderdale County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.803687°N, 89.537298°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38063, 37601 |
| Area Code | 901, 731 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Central, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Central, 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 Central includes coordinates 35.803687°N, 89.537298°W, situated in Lauderdale County. ZIP code 38063, 37601. Telephone area code: 901, 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.
