Jefferson, Tennessee Weather
Jefferson, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Jefferson, DeKalb County.
Full aviation weather for Jefferson is published on the Smithville Municipal Airport (K0A3) page, 13 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson: Upper Cumberland Regional Airport (KSRB) 24 km · Warren County Memorial Airport (KRNC) 25 km · Jackson County Airport (K1A7) 56 km · Crossville Memorial Airport Whitson Field (KCSV) 57 km
Conditions reported at K0A3 describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jefferson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Jefferson, Tennessee
Jefferson sprawls across a gentle, rolling landscape where the Cumberland Plateau begins to dip its shoulders. It lies 10.8 miles west of White, TN (from White, TN: bearing 261°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-east of DeKalb. The air here, especially after a soft rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and pine needles, a fragrance that clings to the broad, open fields and the fringes of the dense woodlands. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-cloudy skies, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the weathered clapboard houses and the stoic, enduring oaks that stand sentinel along the county roads. The terrain itself, a tapestry of green in summer and a stark, skeletal beauty in winter, offers a quiet, persistent invitation to explore its hidden hollows and sun-dappled creeks, each bend promising a new, familiar vista. This corner of DeKalb County, Tennessee, whispers tales of a past deeply rooted in agriculture and a tenacious spirit of self-reliance. For generations, the fertile bottomlands and the sloping hillsides have yielded crops, sustaining families and shaping the very character of Jefferson. The local economy, though diversified, still bears the imprint of its agrarian heritage, with a quiet hum of small businesses and workshops catering to the needs of the surrounding countryside. The Cumberland River, a lifeblood for the region, flows nearby, its presence felt not in grand beaches, but in the subtle shaping of the land and the enduring connection to water that defines so much of this place. Jefferson, in its unpretentious way, is a testament to enduring community and the quiet strength found in the rhythm of the land.
Live animated radar for Jefferson 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 | Jefferson, DeKalb County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.89451°N, 85.711093°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37166, 37760 |
| Area Code | 615, 865 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jefferson, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jefferson, 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 Jefferson includes coordinates 35.894510°N, 85.711093°W, situated in DeKalb County. ZIP code 37166, 37760. Telephone area code: 615, 865. 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.
