Speedwell, Tennessee Weather
Speedwell, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Speedwell, Claiborne County.
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About Speedwell, Tennessee
Speedwell sits where the Cumberland Mountains begin to soften into rolling hills, a place where the sky feels a little closer, a little wider than in the valleys below. It lies 13.3 miles west of Claiborne, TN (from Claiborne, TN: bearing 263°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-west of Union. The land here is a patchwork quilt of fields, some emerald green with young corn, others a faded gold from seasons past, all stitched together by the dark, sinuous lines of hardwood forests. Hollows cradle small clusters of homes, their roofs catching the sunlight like scattered coins, and narrow roads wind like forgotten streams through the terrain. The air carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a clean, sharp fragrance that deepens as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western sky in hues of bruised plum and pale apricot. A quiet kind of beauty resides in the way the light slants through the trees, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stillness, a testament to the unhurried breath of this place. The history of Speedwell is etched into the very ground, a tale of iron furnaces that once roared with the heat of industry, their echoes now fading into the rustle of leaves. This was a place where the earth yielded its bounty, where coal veins ran deep and men toiled in the shadows of the mountains. Today, the economy whispers of agriculture and the quiet hum of small businesses, but the legacy of those furnaces, the memory of a more boisterous era, still lingers in the landscape. Local traditions are rooted in the enduring spirit of the people who have called Speedwell home, a resilience forged in the crucible of hard work and close-knit community. The nearby Cumberland Gap National Historical Park offers a window into the past, a reminder of the journeys that have passed through these very hills, shaping the unique character of Speedwell.
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| Location | Speedwell, Claiborne County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.45869°N, 83.871862°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37870 |
| Area Code | 865 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Speedwell, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Speedwell, 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 Speedwell includes coordinates 36.458690°N, 83.871862°W, situated in Claiborne County. ZIP code 37870. 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. 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.
