Rives, Tennessee Weather
Rives, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rives, Obion County.
Full aviation weather for Rives is published on the Reelfoot Lake Airport (K0M2) page, 30 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. 3 airfields within reach of Rives 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 Rives: County Memorial Airport (KEIW) 53 km · Caruthersville Memorial Airport (KM05) 60 km
Conditions reported at K0M2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 30 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rives specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rives.
About Rives, Tennessee
Rives rests in the gentle, rolling terrain of Obion County, a landscape where the sky feels vast and the land breathes with an agrarian quietude. It lies 4.0 miles north of Crockett, TN (from Crockett, TN: bearing 356°T), and is situated 5.1 miles north-east of Polk. Fields of soybeans and corn stretch towards the horizon, their verdant hues softening into the hazy blues of distant tree lines as the sun begins its descent, casting long, warm shadows across the cultivated earth. The air here carries the faint, sweet scent of sun-baked soil and ripening crops, a perfume that clings to the stillness of the afternoon. Occasional clusters of mature oaks and elms mark the boundaries of farms or stand sentinel over weathered barns, their sturdy forms hinting at generations of stewardship. The quiet roads that thread through Rives are often empty, save for the slow passage of a pickup truck or a farmer tending to the endless, patient work of the land. The history of Rives is interwoven with the agricultural rhythms of West Tennessee, a place where cotton once dominated the fields and the economy was shaped by the seasons and the demands of distant markets. While the landscape has shifted through cycles of crops and farming practices, the enduring character of Rives remains tied to the soil and the hard work it demands. A sense of continuity can be felt in the weathered clapboard of older homes and the enduring presence of the church steeple, points of reference in a community where life unfolds at a pace dictated by the sun and the soil. The local economy, though modest, continues to be rooted in the bounty of the surrounding farmland, a testament to the resilience and deep-seated connection the people of Rives have with the land that sustains them.
Live animated radar for Rives 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 | Rives, Obion County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.35562°N, 89.048121°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38253 |
| Area Code | 901 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rives, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rives, 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 Rives includes coordinates 36.355620°N, 89.048121°W, situated in Obion County. ZIP code 38253. 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. 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.
