Wilder, Tennessee Weather
Wilder, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wilder, Fentress County.
Full aviation weather for Wilder is published on the Livingston Municipal Airport (K8A3) page, 26 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 Wilder 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 Wilder: Crossville Memorial Airport Whitson Field (KCSV) 35 km · Upper Cumberland Regional Airport (KSRB) 46 km · Scott Municipal Airport (KSCX) 50 km · Jackson County Airport (K1A7) 51 km · Rockwood Municipal Airport (KRKW) 52 km
Conditions reported at K8A3 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wilder specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wilder.
About Wilder, Tennessee
Wilder rests in a landscape shaped by the slow, insistent sculpting of water and time, where the Cumberland Plateau begins its gentle descent. It lies 1.1 miles south-east of Davidson, TN (from Davidson, TN: bearing 134°T), and is situated 5.9 miles west of Grimsley. Rolling hills, cloaked in a thick quilt of hardwood forests, give way to fertile hollows and narrow valleys. The air here, especially in the early mornings, carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and the faint, sweet perfume of wild honeysuckle clinging to the roadside. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy in shifting patterns, painting the forest floor with ephemeral, dappled gold, a quiet testament to the enduring power of nature in this corner of Fentress County. The story of Wilder is deeply intertwined with the earth it inhabits, its past echoing with the rumble of coal extraction that once defined its economy. Though the mines have largely fallen silent, a hardy resilience persists, a spirit forged in the demanding work of the land. Local life hums with a familiar cadence, a gentle pace where neighbors still greet each other by name and the quiet hum of everyday tasks forms the soundtrack. The remnants of old farmsteads, weathered barns leaning against the years, stand as silent sentinels to generations who worked this soil, their stories whispered on the wind that rustles through the tall grasses.
Live animated radar for Wilder 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 | Wilder, Fentress County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.266178°N, 85.090515°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 38589 |
| Area Code | 423 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wilder, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wilder, 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 Wilder includes coordinates 36.266178°N, 85.090515°W, situated in Fentress County. ZIP code 38589. 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.
