Oakland, Tennessee Weather
Oakland, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oakland, Jefferson County.
Full aviation weather for Oakland is published on the Morristown Regional Airport (KMOR) page, 17 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 Oakland 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 Oakland: Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (KGKT) 22 km · Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (KDKX) 38 km · New Tazewell Municipal Airport (K3A2) 40 km · McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) 54 km
Conditions reported at KMOR describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oakland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oakland.
About Oakland, Tennessee
Oakland lies at the heart of Jefferson County, Tennessee, a place where rolling hills begin their slow ascent towards the Great Smoky Mountains. It lies 14.6 miles south-west of Hamblen, TN (from Hamblen, TN: bearing 223°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-south-east of Jefferson City. The landscape here is a muted tapestry of greens and browns, punctuated by the deeper, more mysterious shadows of dense woodlands that climb the slopes. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-overcast sky, casts a soft, diffuse glow, illuminating the broad, open fields that lie like sleeping giants between the tree lines. Creeks and small rivers, their water the color of weak tea, meander through the valleys, their banks often fringed with the deep, persistent green of cattails and willows. The air, particularly after a rain, carries the clean, earthy scent of damp soil and decaying leaves, a constant reminder of the fertile ground beneath. The roots of Oakland are deeply entwined with the agricultural past of East Tennessee, a heritage still evident in the patchwork of farms that define its economy. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, and while the rhythm of the seasons still dictates much of life, the echoes of earlier industries can be felt. The nearby waterways, once vital arteries for trade and transport, now offer quiet avenues for recreation, reflecting the sky in their placid surfaces. Though not a hub of booming industry, Oakland maintains a quiet self-sufficiency, its people bound by a shared understanding of the land and a history that runs as deep as the soil itself.
Live animated radar for Oakland 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 | Oakland, Jefferson County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.050923°N, 83.471559°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37681, 37087, 38060 |
| Area Code | 615, 629, 901 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oakland, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oakland, 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 Oakland includes coordinates 36.050923°N, 83.471559°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 37681, 37087, 38060. Telephone area code: 615, 629, 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.
