Tellico Plains, Tennessee Weather
Tellico Plains, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tellico Plains, Monroe County.
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About Tellico Plains, Tennessee
Tellico Plains unfurls like a quiet secret at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains, a place where the verdant embrace of Appalachian peaks spills down to meet the gentle flow of the Tellico River. It lies 20.1 miles east of McMinn, TN (from McMinn, TN: bearing 98°T), and is situated 17.7 miles east-south-east of Athens. The air here carries the clean, sharp scent of pine and damp earth, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides. Mountains, cloaked in a thousand shades of green, form a constant, majestic backdrop, their ridges softened by distance and the hazy, blue light that often settles upon them. The landscape is a study in slow, deliberate growth, of trees reaching skyward and water finding its inevitable path downhill, shaping the very bones of the land. This corner of Monroe County breathes with a history deeply rooted in the Cherokee Nation, whose ancestral lands these once were, before the trails of tears and the slow creep of settlement. Later, logging and farming became the lifeblood of Tellico Plains, the scent of cut timber and freshly tilled soil mingling in the working air. Today, the economy still draws strength from the land, with agriculture persisting and the burgeoning allure of the Cherohala Skyway drawing travelers eager to witness the breathtaking vistas and the raw, untamed beauty of the surrounding national forest. The rhythm of life in Tellico Plains is measured, unhurried, a quiet continuation of generations who understood the patient power of the mountains and the enduring spirit of the river.
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| Location | Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.362855°N, 84.294087°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37385 |
| Area Code | 615 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tellico Plains, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tellico Plains, 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 Tellico Plains includes coordinates 35.362855°N, 84.294087°W, situated in Monroe County. ZIP code 37385. Telephone area code: 615. 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.
