Riceville, Tennessee Weather
Riceville, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Riceville, McMinn County.
Full aviation weather for Riceville is published on the McMinn County Airport (KMMI) page, 12 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 Riceville 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 Riceville: Cleveland Regional Jetport (KRZR) 22 km · Mark Anton Airport (K2A0) 24 km · Monroe County Airport (KMNV) 34 km · Collegedale Municipal Airport (KFGU) 48 km · Martin Campbell Field (K1A3) 52 km
Conditions reported at KMMI describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Riceville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Riceville.
About Riceville, Tennessee
Riceville rests in a hollow where the land begins to gather itself, a subtle gathering of Appalachian foothills that hints at the larger, more dramatic contours of East Tennessee. It lies 2.9 miles west-south-west of McMinn, TN (from McMinn, TN: bearing 243°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south-west of Athens. Here, the fields are not flat expanses but tilted canvases, catching the sun in varying degrees as the day progresses, their green deepening to a rich emerald in the humid air that often hangs like a soft veil. The landscape is a study in gentle slopes and shallow valleys, punctuated by stands of oak and pine, their branches reaching skyward with a quiet persistence. A sense of groundedness pervades Riceville, a feeling of being firmly rooted in the earth, where the air carries the scent of damp soil and distant woodsmoke, and the horizon is a soft, rolling line against the vast, often bruised, sky. The past of Riceville is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring character of its agricultural roots and the quiet industry that has sustained it. For generations, the fertile land has yielded its bounty, a tradition that continues to shape the local economy, with crops like tobacco and corn once dominating the fields, and now a more diversified approach taking hold. The nearby waterways, though not mighty rivers, have always played a part, their gentle flow mirroring the unhurried pace of life that characterizes Riceville. The character of this place is one of quiet resilience, a testament to the generations who have worked this land, their stories whispered in the rustle of corn stalks and the creak of old barn doors, a subtle hum beneath the surface of everyday existence.
Live animated radar for Riceville 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.
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| Location | Riceville, McMinn County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.384795°N, 84.692994°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37370 |
| Area Code | 615 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riceville, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riceville, 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 Riceville includes coordinates 35.384795°N, 84.692994°W, situated in McMinn County. ZIP code 37370. 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.
