Norris, Tennessee Weather
Norris, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Norris, Anderson County.
Full aviation weather for Norris is published on the Campbell County Airport - Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield (KJAU) page, 18 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 Norris 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 Norris: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (KDKX) 31 km · McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) 43 km · New Tazewell Municipal Airport (K3A2) 52 km · Scott Municipal Airport (KSCX) 55 km · Middlesboro-Bell County Airport (K1A6) 55 km
Conditions reported at KJAU describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Norris specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Norris.
About Norris, Tennessee
Norris rests in a cradle of rolling Appalachian foothills, where the verdant tapestry of deciduous forests, thick with oak and hickory, spills down to the shimmering waters of Norris Lake. It lies 17.0 miles north-east of Oak Ridge, TN (from Oak Ridge, TN: bearing 41°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-north-east of Clinton. The air here carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides, even within the quietude of its planned streets. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, warm shafts, illuminating patches of moss-laden stone and the occasional weathered clapboard siding of a home. The landscape itself seems to breathe, a gentle rise and fall of land that invites a slower pace, a contemplative gaze towards the distant, hazy ridges that form the horizon. This place was born of ambition and necessity, a deliberate creation in the shadow of the Great Depression. The Norris Dam, a monumental feat of engineering completed in the 1930s, not only tamed the wild Clinch River but also gave birth to the very town of Norris, an early experiment in planned communities. Its initial purpose was to house the workers and engineers who built the dam, and the legacy of that forward-thinking era is still evident in the thoughtful layout and the enduring spirit of its residents. Today, the economy of Norris is as varied as the landscape, drawing strength from the recreational allure of the lake, the burgeoning tourism that follows, and the enduring presence of agriculture in the surrounding countryside, a quiet hum of activity that echoes the enduring pulse of the land.
Live animated radar for Norris 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 | Norris, Anderson County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.195634°N, 84.067974°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37828, 37640, 37705 |
| Area Code | 731, 865 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Norris, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Norris, 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 Norris includes coordinates 36.195634°N, 84.067974°W, situated in Anderson County. ZIP code 37828, 37640, 37705. Telephone area code: 731, 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.
