Kenton, Tennessee Weather
Kenton, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kenton, Obion County.
Full aviation weather for Kenton is published on the Reelfoot Lake Airport (K0M2) page, 43 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. 2 airfields within reach of Kenton 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 Kenton: Caruthersville Memorial Airport (KM05) 60 km
Conditions reported at K0M2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 43 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kenton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kenton.
About Kenton, Tennessee
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.
Live animated radar for Kenton 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 | 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 | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kenton, Tennessee Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
