La Follette, Tennessee Weather
La Follette, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for La Follette, Campbell County.
Full aviation weather for La Follette is published on the Campbell County Airport - Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield (KJAU) page, 7 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 La Follette 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 La Follette: McCreary County Airport (K18I) 42 km · Scott Municipal Airport (KSCX) 42 km · Middlesboro-Bell County Airport (K1A6) 42 km · Williamsburg Whitley County Airport (KBYL) 46 km · New Tazewell Municipal Airport (K3A2) 50 km
Conditions reported at KJAU describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at La Follette specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About La Follette, Tennessee
La Follette, a town cradled by the Cumberlands, breathes the crisp air of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 27.1 miles north-north-east of Oak Ridge, TN (from Oak Ridge, TN: bearing 18°T). Rolling hills, cloaked in the deep green of oak and pine, rise and fall with a quiet persistence, their slopes often softened by a mist that clings to the hollows in the early morning light. The landscape here is one of enduring natural beauty, where clear streams, fed by mountain springs, carve their way through the terrain, their waters a cool, clear murmur against smooth, gray stones. The sky above La Follette can be a vast, ever-changing canvas, from the pale, washed-out blue of a summer afternoon to the bruised, dramatic purples and oranges of a coming storm, painting the horizon with an almost painterly intensity. The story of La Follette is intrinsically linked to the rich veins of coal that once pulsed beneath its soil, a history that shaped its founding and its early economy. For decades, the rhythmic clang of mining equipment echoed through the valleys, a testament to the hard work and grit of generations who toiled in the earth. While that era has largely passed, the echoes linger, imbuing the local character with a resilience and a deep sense of community. Today, La Follette navigates a different economic path, yet the spirit of enterprise remains, evident in the local businesses that line its streets and the quiet hum of daily life that unfolds with a steady, unhurried cadence. The nearby Norris Lake, a sprawling expanse of sapphire blue, offers a different kind of resource, a place for recreation and reflection, a gentle counterpoint to the rugged history that defines La Follette.
Live animated radar for La Follette 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 | La Follette, Campbell County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.382885°N, 84.119947°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37766 |
| Area Code | 865 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This La Follette, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for La Follette, 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 La Follette includes coordinates 36.382885°N, 84.119947°W, situated in Campbell County. ZIP code 37766. Telephone area code: 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.
