Collegedale, Tennessee Weather
Collegedale, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Collegedale, Hamilton County.
Full aviation weather for Collegedale is published on the Collegedale Municipal Airport (KFGU) page, 3 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 Collegedale 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 Collegedale: Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (KCHA) 14 km · Cleveland Regional Jetport (KRZR) 29 km · Dalton Municipal Airport (KDNN) 40 km · Barwick Lafayette Airport (K9A5) 46 km · Marion County Airport - Brown Field (KAPT) 49 km
Conditions reported at KFGU describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Collegedale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Collegedale.
About Collegedale, Tennessee
Collegedale rests in a broad valley, where the rolling hills of Southeast Tennessee begin to soften into a gentler, more settled landscape. It lies 12.0 miles east-south-east of Hixson, TN (from Hixson, TN: bearing 120°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south-east of Harrison. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of pine and damp earth, a testament to the surrounding woodlands that climb the slopes, their canopies a deep, verdant hum against the sky. The terrain itself is a study in subtle shifts, a mosaic of open fields, punctuated by the orderly rows of residential streets and the more purposeful structures of commerce and education. It’s a place where the horizon feels both expansive and contained, a horizon often softened by the hazy, blue-tinged atmosphere characteristic of this region, lending a quiet grace to the everyday unfolding of Collegedale. The history of Collegedale is intrinsically linked to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a legacy that has shaped its unique cultural character and continues to inform its educational institutions, most notably Southern Adventist University. This influence has fostered a particular rhythm to life here, a sense of deliberate order and community focus that permeates the local economy, which, while diverse, still bears the imprint of its founding principles. The surrounding land, once primarily agricultural, now supports a blend of residential development, small businesses, and the university's own enterprises, creating a compact, self-contained ecosystem. Streams, born from the higher ground to the east, meander through the outskirts, their quiet journeys a constant, murmuring presence that reminds one of the deeper geological currents shaping this part of Hamilton County.
Live animated radar for Collegedale 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 | Collegedale, Hamilton County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.05313°N, 85.050228°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37363, 37315, 37302 |
| Area Code | 615 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Collegedale, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Collegedale, 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 Collegedale includes coordinates 35.053130°N, 85.050228°W, situated in Hamilton County. ZIP code 37363, 37315, 37302. Telephone area code: 615. 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.
