Ridgely, Tennessee Weather
Ridgely, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ridgely, Lake County.
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About Ridgely, Tennessee
Ridgely rests in a landscape where the land itself seems to sigh with a quiet contentment, a place where the horizon stretches out in gentle, fertile plains. It lies 24.9 miles west of Crockett, TN (from Crockett, TN: bearing 265°T), and is situated 4.4 miles south of Lake. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of ripening corn and the earthy musk of damp soil, particularly after a summer rain has washed the dust from the broad leaves of soybeans. Sunlight, when it breaks through the hazy, humid air, has a soft, diffuse quality, painting the undulating fields in shades of muted gold and deep emerald. The sky, vast and often a pale, washed-out blue, seems to press down gently, a constant, unobtrusive presence over the scattered farmhouses and the quiet, unhurried pace of life in Ridgely. The history of Ridgely is deeply entwined with the rich alluvial soil that defines its character, a land shaped by the ebb and flow of agricultural ambition. For generations, this corner of the county has been a breadbasket, its economy built on the dependable bounty of crops like cotton and soybeans, a legacy evident in the sturdy, weathered barns that dot the landscape. The railroad, a lifeline in earlier days, left its imprint on the very layout of Ridgely, a testament to a time when goods and people moved with a different kind of urgency. While the grand pronouncements of boomtowns might be absent, there's a quiet resilience here, a deep-seated knowledge of the land and its cycles, a distinctive character that flows from the generations who have called this fertile ground home.
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| Location | Ridgely, Lake County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.263401°N, 89.487853°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38080 |
| Area Code | 901 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ridgely, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ridgely, 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 Ridgely includes coordinates 36.263401°N, 89.487853°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 38080. Telephone area code: 901. 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.
