Rockford, Tennessee Weather
Rockford, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rockford, Blount County.
Full aviation weather for Rockford is published on the McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) page, 5 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. 5 airfields within reach of Rockford 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 Rockford: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (KDKX) 16 km · Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (KGKT) 37 km · Monroe County Airport (KMNV) 51 km · Campbell County Airport - Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield (KJAU) 60 km
Conditions reported at KTYS describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rockford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rockford.
About Rockford, Tennessee
Rockford rests in a broad valley, a place where the rolling foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains begin to soften their dramatic rise. It lies 5.2 miles north-north-east of Maryville, TN (from Maryville, TN: bearing 19°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south of Knoxville. The land here is a study in verdant slopes and broad, sun-drenched fields, crisscrossed by the gentle meanderings of small creeks that eventually feed into larger waterways. The air often carries the scent of damp earth and pine, especially after a spring shower, and in the late afternoon, a honeyed light spills across the landscape, illuminating the patchwork quilt of farms and wooded tracts. Houses, many of them weathered by decades of Tennessee sun and rain, are scattered along paved and gravel roads, hinting at a life lived at a pace dictated more by the seasons than the clock. The history of Rockford is tied to the fertile earth and the abundance of timber that once drew settlers to this stretch of Blount County. Early industries likely centered on agriculture, with families cultivating crops suited to the region’s temperate climate, and lumber mills processing the rich forest resources. While the grand agricultural empires of the past may have receded, the spirit of self-reliance and connection to the land persists. Local businesses, often small and family-run, serve the needs of Rockford's residents, providing a quiet hum of commerce that underpins the community. The distinctive character of Rockford lies not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet beauty of its unassuming landscape, a place where the past feels present in the very texture of the soil.
Live animated radar for Rockford 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 | Rockford, Blount County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.827583°N, 83.940737°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37853 |
| Area Code | 865 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rockford, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockford, 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 Rockford includes coordinates 35.827583°N, 83.940737°W, situated in Blount County. ZIP code 37853. Telephone area code: 865. 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.
