Lake City, Tennessee Weather
Lake City, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lake City, Anderson County.
Full aviation weather for Lake City is published on the Campbell County Airport - Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield (KJAU) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Lake City 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 Lake City: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (KDKX) 38 km · Scott Municipal Airport (KSCX) 47 km · McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) 48 km · McCreary County Airport (K18I) 57 km · Middlesboro-Bell County Airport (K1A6) 58 km
Conditions reported at KJAU describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lake City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lake City.
About Lake City, Tennessee
Lake City unfolds along the Cumberland River, its presence a constant murmur beneath the rolling hills of Anderson County. It lies 15.6 miles north-north-east of Oak Ridge, TN (from Oak Ridge, TN: bearing 23°T), and is situated 8.1 miles north of Clinton. The landscape here is a study in verdant resilience, where the breath of the Appalachian foothills meets the broad sweep of the water. Mature oaks and maples cast dappled shadows across winding roads, their branches reaching like gnarled fingers towards a sky that often holds the bruised, dramatic hues of an approaching storm. The air itself carries a subtle, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil, pine needles, and the distant, sweet scent of honeysuckle in the warmer months, a fragrance that speaks of the land's enduring, unhurried life. This place, Lake City, carries the echoes of a past shaped by industry and a tenacious spirit. Once a vital hub for coal mining, the scars of that era are softened by time and the persistent reclaiming hand of nature, the land breathing anew. The economy has since diversified, finding new life in manufacturing and the quiet hum of local businesses, yet the memory of the mines lingers, a foundational layer beneath the present. The Norris Dam, a monumental feat of engineering, stands as a silent sentinel nearby, its creation having profoundly altered the river's course and the very character of the region, bringing with it opportunities and a new relationship with the water that defines so much of Lake City's identity.
Live animated radar for Lake City 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Lake City, Anderson County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.218°N, 84.158°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37769 |
| Area Code | 865 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lake City, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lake City, 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 Lake City includes coordinates 36.218000°N, 84.158000°W, situated in Anderson County. ZIP code 37769. 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.
