Old Hickory, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Old Hickory, Davidson County.
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Old Hickory unfolds along the Cumberland River's embrace, a landscape of gentle slopes giving way to wide, shimmering water. It lies 3.5 miles south-south-west of Hendersonville, TN (from Hendersonville, TN: bearing 206°T), and is situated 8.3 miles west-north-west of Mount Juliet. Here, the air carries the humid breath of Tennessee summer, thick with the scent of honeysuckle and the distant hum of cicadas. Ancient oaks, their limbs gnarled like forgotten stories, cast dappled shadows across the land, while the river itself, a broad, unhurried artery, dictates the rhythm of the day. The sun, when it descends, bleeds orange and rose across the water, painting the sky with a transient beauty that feels both profound and fleeting, a quiet testament to the enduring spirit of this place. The history of Old Hickory is interwoven with the raw power of the river and the ingenuity of its people. This area’s past is etched by the construction of the Old Hickory Lock and Dam, a monumental undertaking that tamed the Cumberland and shaped its present character. The local economy, once tied to the fertile soil and the river’s bounty, has broadened to embrace industries that draw from the region's strategic location and skilled workforce. It’s a place where the echoes of a simpler past mingle with the hum of modern life, a subtle but persistent reminder of the generations who have called this stretch of Tennessee home, their lives shaped by the water and the land.
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| Location | Old Hickory, Davidson County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.259775°N, 86.647774°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37138 |
| Area Code | 615 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Hickory, Tennessee, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Old Hickory includes coordinates 36.259775°N, 86.647774°W, situated in Davidson County. ZIP code 37138. Telephone area code: 615. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.