Iron City, Tennessee Weather
Iron City, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Iron City, Lawrence County.
Full aviation weather for Iron City is published on the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (KMSL) page, 31 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. 5 airfields within reach of Iron 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 Iron City: Lawrenceburg Lawrence County Airport (K2M2) 38 km · Abernathy Field (KGZS) 50 km · Paul Bridges Field (K0M3) 58 km · Savannah Hardin County Airport (KSNH) 60 km
Conditions reported at KMSL describe the airfield itself. Weather 31 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Iron City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Iron City.
About Iron City, Tennessee
Iron City rests in a quiet pocket of Lawrence County, where the land begins its slow surrender to the rolling hills of the Tennessee landscape. It lies 16.4 miles north-north-east of Florence, AL (from Florence, AL: bearing 19°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-south-west of Loretto. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of sun-baked soil and the distant, sweet breath of ripening corn. Fields of soybeans and cotton stretch out like rumpled blankets under a sky that often blushes with the soft, bruised hues of twilight, the horizon a hazy promise of coming darkness. The terrain itself is a study in gentle slopes, the kind that invite a leisurely walk rather than a strenuous climb, and the roads wind with a comfortable, unhurried grace, following the contours of the land as if they, too, had grown there organically. The history of Iron City is deeply entwined with the mineral wealth that once pulsed beneath its soil, a legacy hinted at by its very name, though the echoes of those mining days have long since faded into the quiet hum of agricultural life. Today, the economy of Iron City is largely sustained by the patient labor of its farms, the fields yielding their bounty with a dependable, seasonal rhythm. While grand historical landmarks might be absent, there's a certain quiet dignity in the weathered barns and the sturdy, unpretentious homes, each one a small testament to generations who have called this place home. The community moves at its own measured pace, a gentle ebb and flow dictated by the sun and the seasons, a place where the simple act of a neighborly wave carries a weight of shared understanding.
Live animated radar for Iron 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 | Iron City, Lawrence County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.023972°N, 87.581413°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38463 |
| Area Code | 901 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Iron City, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Iron 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 Iron City includes coordinates 35.023972°N, 87.581413°W, situated in Lawrence County. ZIP code 38463. Telephone area code: 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.
