Kenton, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kenton, Obion County.
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Kenton rests in a landscape shaped by the patient hand of water and wind, where the broad, fertile plains of West Tennessee gently swell and recede. It lies 6.8 miles south-south-east of Crockett, TN (from Crockett, TN: bearing 166°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-east of Polk. The air here, particularly in the humid embrace of summer evenings, carries a palpable sweetness, a blend of ripening corn and the distant, damp breath of the Obion River. Fields of soybeans and cotton stretch towards horizons often softened by a hazy, golden light, their uniform green and white a quiet testament to the land's bounty. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like the knuckles of old storytellers, punctuate the fields, offering shade and a sense of enduring presence. The character of Kenton is deeply entwined with the agricultural pulse of its surroundings, a legacy that has sustained it through generations. Its economy has long been tethered to the soil, with farming providing a steady, if sometimes challenging, livelihood. The town itself, a collection of modest homes and businesses along a central thoroughfare, feels like a place where time moves with a considered grace, unhurried by the clamor of larger cities. One might imagine the echoes of early settlers, their hopes and labors etched not in grand monuments, but in the very patterns of the cultivated land and the quiet resilience of its people, who have learned to read the sky for rain and the earth for sustenance.
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| Location | Kenton, Obion County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.202289°N, 89.012288°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38233 |
| Area Code | 901 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kenton, Tennessee, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Kenton includes coordinates 36.202289°N, 89.012288°W, situated in Obion County. ZIP code 38233. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.