Friendship, Tennessee Weather
Friendship, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Friendship, Hawkins County.
Full aviation weather for Friendship is published on the Lee County Airport (K0VG) page, 24 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 Friendship 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 Friendship: Hawkins County Airport (KRVN) 26 km · New Tazewell Municipal Airport (K3A2) 35 km · Morristown Regional Airport (KMOR) 35 km · Greeneville Municipal Airport (KGCY) 43 km · Tucker Guthrie Memorial Airport (KI35) 49 km
Conditions reported at K0VG describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Friendship specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Friendship.
About Friendship, Tennessee
Friendship, Tennessee, unfolds across a landscape where the Appalachian foothills begin their gentle descent, a place where verdant pastures meet the encroaching embrace of mature hardwood forests. It lies 12.3 miles west of Hawkins, TN (from Hawkins, TN: bearing 271°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-north-west of Rogersville. The air here, particularly in the early morning, carries the clean, damp scent of dew-kissed earth and pine needles, a subtle perfume that clings to the rolling terrain. Creeks, often no more than a whisper of water over smooth stones, thread their way through the hollows, their banks lined with ferns and the occasional wild rhododendron, promising a cool respite in the warmer months. The sky above Friendship, vast and often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of sunset, seems to hold a particular stillness, a testament to the quietude of this corner of Hawkins County. The history of Friendship is deeply rooted in the agricultural endeavors of generations, a legacy visible in the enduring stone fences and the weathered barns that dot the countryside, each a silent witness to seasons of planting and harvest. This land, once cleared by hardy settlers seeking fertile ground, now sustains a local economy that primarily revolves around farming, with cattle grazing on the slopes and the occasional small operation dedicated to tobacco or timber. While no grand monuments mark its past, the spirit of resilience and neighborly accord, the very essence of its namesake, continues to define Friendship, fostering a distinct cultural character where the pace of life is measured by the turning of the seasons and the quiet hum of rural existence.
Live animated radar for Friendship 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 | Friendship, Hawkins County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.445924°N, 83.171838°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37881, 37620, 38034 |
| Area Code | 731, 901 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Friendship, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Friendship, 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 Friendship includes coordinates 36.445924°N, 83.171838°W, situated in Hawkins County. ZIP code 37881, 37620, 38034. Telephone area code: 731, 901. 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.
