Sunbright, Tennessee Weather
Sunbright, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sunbright, Morgan County.
Full aviation weather for Sunbright is published on the Scott Municipal Airport (KSCX) page, 25 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 Sunbright 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 Sunbright: Rockwood Municipal Airport (KRKW) 36 km · Campbell County Airport - Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield (KJAU) 46 km · Crossville Memorial Airport Whitson Field (KCSV) 50 km · McCreary County Airport (K18I) 56 km
Conditions reported at KSCX describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sunbright specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sunbright.
About Sunbright, Tennessee
Sunbright rests in a hollow, cradled by hills that rise with a quiet, persistent grace, their slopes cloaked in a tapestry of oak and pine that shifts from emerald in summer to a fiery bronze in autumn. It lies 24.4 miles east of Davidson, TN (from Davidson, TN: bearing 95°T), and is situated 10.0 miles north of Morgan. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the mingled scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a fragrance that seems to cling to everything, softening the edges of the day as the sun dips low, casting long, painterly shadows across the modest fields and the winding, unpaved lanes. A gentle murmur, the sound of a nearby creek, is a constant companion, a liquid whisper that weaves through the stillness, a sound that feels as old as the hills themselves, a testament to the slow, deliberate pulse of life in Sunbright. The history of this place is etched into the very bones of the land, a legacy tied to the deep veins of coal that once pulsed beneath the surface, fueling a boom that brought families and a sense of purpose to this remote corner of Morgan County. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their echo remains, a reminder of a time when the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts were the dominant soundtrack to life. Today, the economy of Sunbright leans more towards the quiet persistence of agriculture, with small farms dotting the landscape, their fields yielding corn and hay, and a scattering of local businesses that serve the needs of a close-knit community. The people of Sunbright possess a resilient spirit, shaped by the land and its history, a quiet pride in their heritage and a deep connection to the rhythms of the natural world that surrounds them.
Live animated radar for Sunbright 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 | Sunbright, Morgan County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.243409°N, 84.669944°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37872 |
| Area Code | 865 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sunbright, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sunbright, 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 Sunbright includes coordinates 36.243409°N, 84.669944°W, situated in Morgan County. ZIP code 37872. 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.
