Oakdale, Tennessee Weather
Oakdale, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oakdale, Macon County.
Full aviation weather for Oakdale is published on the Lafayette Municipal Airport (K3M7) page, 8 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. 5 airfields within reach of Oakdale 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 Oakdale: Portland Municipal Airport (K1M5) 32 km · Music City Executive Airport (KXNX) 33 km · Lebanon Municipal Airport (KM54) 45 km · Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport (KBWG) 52 km
Conditions reported at K3M7 describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oakdale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oakdale.
About Oakdale, Tennessee
Oakdale rests in a pocket of rolling terrain where the Cumberland Plateau begins its gentle descent, a place where the very air seems to hum with the quiet industry of growing things. It lies 21.7 miles north-east of Gallatin, TN (from Gallatin, TN: bearing 56°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-north-west of Lafayette. The landscape here is a patient study in greens and browns, a mosaic of fertile bottomlands flanking the slow, meandering course of the Barren Fork, its waters reflecting the ever-changing moods of the sky. Oak trees, their limbs gnarled like ancient storytellers, lend their name and shade to the scattered farms and modest dwellings, their leaves rustling a constant, low murmur that blends with the distant calls of unseen birds. Roads, more accustomed to the steady tread of farm equipment than the hurried rush of commuters, wind their way through fields of corn and soybeans, the rich, dark earth clinging to the tires like a memory. The lifeblood of Oakdale has long been tied to the land, its economy shaped by the bounty of its soil and the resilience of its people. Generations have worked this ground, their labor etched into the very character of the place, a quiet testament to a life lived in concert with the seasons. While agriculture remains a cornerstone, the echoes of a past reliant on timber and perhaps even coal can still be discerned in the weathered barns and the stoic faces of its inhabitants. Occasionally, a whisper of a more distant past surfaces, tales of early settlers carving out a life from this fertile, yet untamed, expanse. The rhythm of Oakdale is one of steady purpose, a place where community is not a grand pronouncement but a quiet understanding, a shared glance across a sun-drenched field.
Live animated radar for Oakdale 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 | Oakdale, Macon County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.564492°N, 86.122486°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37188, 37186, 38583, 37829, 37748 |
| Area Code | 423, 865 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oakdale, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oakdale, 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 Oakdale includes coordinates 36.564492°N, 86.122486°W, situated in Macon County. ZIP code 37188, 37186, 38583, 37829, 37748. Telephone area code: 423, 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.
