Mountain City, Tennessee Weather
Mountain City, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Mountain City, Johnson County.
Full aviation weather for Mountain City is published on the Johnson County Airport (K6A4) 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 Mountain 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 Mountain City: Virginia Highlands Airport (KVJI) 31 km · Ashe County Airport (KGEV) 35 km · Elizabethton Municipal Airport (K0A9) 35 km · Johnson City Airport (K0A4) 47 km · Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (KTRI) 54 km
Conditions reported at K6A4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mountain City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mountain City.
About Mountain City, Tennessee
Mountain City unfolds like a rumpled quilt of green, stitched with the silver threads of streams and the rough, dark velvet of forested slopes. It lies 15.9 miles east-north-east of Carter, TN (from Carter, TN: bearing 74°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east-south-east of Shady Valley. The terrain here is a constant negotiation with elevation, where valley floors are narrow and the sky feels a vast, accessible ceiling. Broadleaf trees, their leaves catching the light in a thousand shifting shades of emerald and jade, climb towards the ridgelines, their shadows stretching long and cool across the fields in the late afternoon. The air itself carries a certain crispness, even in summer, a subtle reminder of the higher ground that defines this place, and the quiet persistence of life is evident in the hardy wildflowers that push through rocky outcrops. The character of Mountain City is as robust and unpretentious as the mountains themselves, a steadfast presence against the dramatic backdrop. The history of Mountain City is deeply intertwined with the resources wrested from these formidable hills, a legacy of mining and timber that once pulsed through its veins. The local economy, while diversified now, still carries the echoes of that hard-won sustenance, with agriculture – particularly hardy crops suited to the climate – and small-scale manufacturing playing significant roles. The gentle hum of everyday life here is a testament to a resilience forged over generations, a quiet continuity that flows like the nearby waterways. Distinctive to Mountain City is its role as a gateway, a point of access to the wilder expanses of the surrounding Appalachian landscape, drawing those who seek its rugged beauty and a sense of profound, unadorned quiet.
Live animated radar for Mountain 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 | Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.474564°N, 81.804838°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37683 |
| Area Code | 731 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mountain City, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mountain 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 Mountain City includes coordinates 36.474564°N, 81.804838°W, situated in Johnson County. ZIP code 37683. Telephone area code: 731. 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.
