Wilder, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wilder, Fentress County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wilder.
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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, 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 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. 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.