Crab Orchard, Tennessee Weather
Crab Orchard, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Crab Orchard, Cumberland County.
Full aviation weather for Crab Orchard is published on the Rockwood Municipal Airport (KRKW) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Crab Orchard 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 Crab Orchard: Crossville Memorial Airport Whitson Field (KCSV) 19 km · Mark Anton Airport (K2A0) 47 km
Conditions reported at KRKW describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crab Orchard specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crab Orchard.
About Crab Orchard, Tennessee
Crab Orchard lies cradled by the Cumberland Plateau’s rugged embrace, a landscape sculpted by millennia of wind and water. It lies 8.2 miles east of Cumberland, TN (from Cumberland, TN: bearing 85°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-south-east of Crossville. Rolling hills, cloaked in a dense tapestry of hardwood and pine, give way to steeper slopes that tumble into shadowed hollows. The air here often carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and the clean, sharp tang of pine needles, especially after a summer rain. Broadleaf trees, their branches reaching skyward in a silent, persistent struggle for light, create a verdant canopy that filters the sunlight into shifting patterns on the forest floor. Small, clear creeks, born from unseen springs, thread their way through the terrain, their waters cool and clear, murmuring secrets to the moss-covered stones that line their beds. The very character of Crab Orchard feels rooted in this enduring, untamed natural beauty. The history of Crab Orchard is deeply intertwined with the exploitation and subsequent resurgence of its natural resources. For generations, coal mining was the lifeblood of this community, the rhythmic clang of pickaxes and the rumble of mine carts echoing through the valleys, leaving behind scars on the land that are slowly being reclaimed by tenacious greenery. The local economy, while still bearing the imprint of its mining past, has diversified, with agriculture playing a significant role, particularly in the cultivation of timber and certain specialized crops suited to the plateau’s unique soil. The quiet hum of local businesses now forms the backbone of daily life, a testament to the resilience and adaptive spirit of Crab Orchard’s people. The twilight here is a spectacle of muted colors, where the fading light softens the sharp edges of the mountains and lends a poignant beauty to the familiar contours of the land.
Live animated radar for Crab Orchard 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 | Crab Orchard, Cumberland County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.909237°N, 84.878005°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37723 |
| Area Code | 865 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crab Orchard, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crab Orchard, 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 Crab Orchard includes coordinates 35.909237°N, 84.878005°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 37723. Telephone area code: 865. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
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.
