Stony Fork, Tennessee Weather
Stony Fork, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stony Fork, Fentress County.
Full aviation weather for Stony Fork is published on the Scott Municipal Airport (KSCX) page, 32 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 Stony Fork 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 Stony Fork: Livingston Municipal Airport (K8A3) 34 km · Wayne County Airport (KEKQ) 51 km · Crossville Memorial Airport Whitson Field (KCSV) 51 km · Rockwood Municipal Airport (KRKW) 57 km · McCreary County Airport (K18I) 59 km
Conditions reported at KSCX describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stony Fork specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stony Fork.
About Stony Fork, Tennessee
Stony Fork lies a place where the Cumberland Plateau begins its slow, deliberate descent. It lies 14.0 miles south-west of Asheville, NC (from Asheville, NC: bearing 227°T), and is situated 5.6 miles south-south-west of Candler. Here, the land is a study in rugged beauty, a tapestry of dense woodlands and steep ravines that the creeks and streams of Stony Fork have patiently carved over millennia. The air, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in on all sides. Sunlight, when it manages to pierce the thick canopy, paints fleeting mosaics on the moss-laden rocks, and the quiet here is not an absence of sound, but a different kind of presence, punctuated by the rustle of unseen creatures and the distant murmur of water. The history of Stony Fork is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistence of its people and the land they worked. For generations, this region has been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture and the quiet industry of logging, with families subsisting on the bounty of the soil and the timber that cloaked the hills. The legacy of coal mining, though perhaps less visible now, once pulsed through the veins of this area, leaving behind a rugged character and a deep connection to the earth. The waterways here, true to the name Stony Fork, are often shallow and clear, tumbling over beds of smooth, grey stone, offering a cool respite from the summer heat and a constant, soothing soundtrack to the lives lived in this particular corner of Fentress County.
Live animated radar for Stony Fork 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 | Stony Fork, Fentress County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.397°N, 84.932°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28715, 38583 |
| Area Code | 423 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stony Fork, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stony Fork, 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 Stony Fork includes coordinates 36.397000°N, 84.932000°W, situated in Fentress County. ZIP code 28715, 38583. Telephone area code: 423. 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.
