Lafayette, Tennessee Weather
Lafayette, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lafayette, Macon County.
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About Lafayette, Tennessee
Lafayette rests in a landscape of rolling hills, where the rich, dark soil yields to the persistent efforts of agriculture. It lies 25.1 miles east-north-east of Gallatin, TN (from Gallatin, TN: bearing 68°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west of Red Boiling Springs. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a scent of damp earth and mown hay, a quiet perfume that settles over the scattered farmsteads and the clusters of houses that make up Lafayette. The terrain is not dramatic, but it possesses a gentle persistence, a way of shaping the horizon into soft, rounded forms that invite the eye to linger. Trees, mostly oak and maple, punctuate the fields, their leaves rustling with a sound that feels like a collective sigh on a warm breeze. The history of Lafayette is tied to the land, an inheritance passed down through generations of families who worked these fields and built this community. The local economy has long been anchored in agriculture, with tobacco and corn often dominating the landscape, their rows stretching towards the distant tree lines. Yet, like many places in this part of Tennessee, Lafayette also feels the subtle hum of broader economic currents, with small businesses and a growing service sector providing a living for its residents. There's a sense of enduring resilience here, a quiet determination born from the long history of coaxing sustenance from this fertile ground, a character etched not in grand monuments, but in the steady rhythm of daily life.
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| Location | Lafayette, Macon County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.521162°N, 86.026373°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38544, 37083 |
| Area Code | 423, 615, 629 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lafayette, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lafayette, 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 Lafayette includes coordinates 36.521162°N, 86.026373°W, situated in Macon County. ZIP code 38544, 37083. Telephone area code: 423, 615, 629. 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.
