Oldfort, Tennessee Weather
Oldfort, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Oldfort, Polk County.
Full aviation weather for Oldfort is published on the Cleveland Regional Jetport (KRZR) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Oldfort 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 Oldfort: Collegedale Municipal Airport (KFGU) 26 km · Martin Campbell Field (K1A3) 36 km · McMinn County Airport (KMMI) 40 km · Dalton Municipal Airport (KDNN) 40 km · Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (KCHA) 43 km
Conditions reported at KRZR describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oldfort specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Oldfort.
About Oldfort, Tennessee
Oldfort sits in the foothills where the Appalachian Mountains begin to soften, a place where the land rolls and swells like a sleeping giant under a sky that often hangs a vast, luminous blue. It lies 10.4 miles south-east of Cleveland, TN (from Cleveland, TN: bearing 129°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-south-east of South Cleveland. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the deep, earthy scent of damp soil and pine, a fragrance that clings to the skin. Fields, checkerboarded with the greens of corn and the gold of ripening hay, spread across the undulating terrain, stitched together by weathered fences and winding dirt lanes. Beyond these cultivated spaces, the forested slopes rise, a dense, unbroken sea of hardwoods and evergreens, their shadows deepening as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western sky in hues of apricot and rose. The quiet here is not an absence of sound, but a rich tapestry of rustling leaves, the distant lowing of cattle, and the persistent murmur of unseen creeks threading through the valleys. The history of Oldfort is etched into the very contours of its land, a testament to generations who worked this soil and drew sustenance from its bounty. Originally settled by pioneers drawn by the fertile valleys and the promise of a new beginning, the area’s economy has long been tied to agriculture, with family farms still forming the backbone of local life, producing everything from tobacco to timber. Traces of earlier inhabitants, the Cherokee people whose ancestral lands these once were, linger in the whispers of the wind through the ancient trees and the enduring relationship many still hold with the natural world. While industry has ebbed and flowed, leaving behind echoes of past endeavors, the enduring spirit of Oldfort lies in its deep-rooted community, where neighbors still lend a hand and the pace of life allows for the simple, profound beauty of a shared sunset over the rolling hills.
Live animated radar for Oldfort 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 | Oldfort, Polk County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.065354°N, 84.732439°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37362 |
| Area Code | 615 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oldfort, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oldfort, 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 Oldfort includes coordinates 35.065354°N, 84.732439°W, situated in Polk County. ZIP code 37362. Telephone area code: 615. 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.
