Lawrence, Tennessee Weather
Lawrence, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Lawrence, Madison County.
Full aviation weather for Lawrence is published on the McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (KMKL) page, 12 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence: Humboldt Municipal Airport (KM53) 19 km · Gibson County Airport (KTGC) 32 km · William L. Whitehurst Field (KM08) 53 km · Beech River Regional Airport (KPVE) 54 km · Robert Sibley Airport (KSZY) 56 km
Conditions reported at KMKL describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lawrence specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Lawrence, Tennessee
Lawrence, Tennessee, unfolds across a landscape of gently rolling hills, a place where the earth seems to sigh with a quiet contentment. It lies 2.7 miles north-north-east of Jackson, TN (from Jackson, TN: bearing 29°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-south-east of Carroll. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, damp scent of ripening corn and the fainter, wilder perfume of honeysuckle that tangles along the roadside ditches. Oak and hickory trees, their branches thick with the wisdom of seasons, cast long, benevolent shadows across fields that stretch toward a sky of an almost impossibly soft blue. The terrain here is generous, yielding, a place where the land itself feels like a patient, ancient friend, its contours softened by time and the persistent work of nature. The history of Lawrence is tied to the fertile soil and the resourceful spirit of its people, a legacy evident in the rows of brick buildings that line its modest downtown and the sturdy farmhouses that dot the surrounding countryside. For generations, agriculture has been the lifeblood of Lawrence, with cotton and soybeans forming the backbone of its economy, their cultivation dictating the rhythm of the year. This agrarian heritage is not merely a footnote; it is the very texture of daily life, visible in the tractors that rumble down county roads and the farmers' markets that bloom on Saturday mornings, offering the season's bounty. The Duck River, a ribbon of brown water, winds its way through the county, a silent witness to the passage of time and a source of quiet beauty, its banks a sanctuary for those who seek a moment of peace away from the hum of the world.
Live animated radar for Lawrence 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 | Lawrence, Madison County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.648682°N, 88.790613°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38301, 38401 |
| Area Code | 901 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lawrence, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lawrence, 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 Lawrence includes coordinates 35.648682°N, 88.790613°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 38301, 38401. 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.
