Winchester, Tennessee Weather
Winchester, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Winchester, Johnson County.
Full aviation weather for Winchester is published on the Johnson County Airport (K6A4) page, 17 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 Winchester 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 Winchester: Virginia Highlands Airport (KVJI) 19 km · Elizabethton Municipal Airport (K0A9) 27 km · Johnson City Airport (K0A4) 37 km · Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (KTRI) 42 km · Ashe County Airport (KGEV) 48 km
Conditions reported at K6A4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Winchester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Winchester.
About Winchester, Tennessee
Winchester rests in a fold of the Cumberland Mountains, a place where the land rises and falls with a gentle, persistent strength. It lies 11.1 miles north-east of Carter, TN (from Carter, TN: bearing 42°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-north-west of Mountain City. The air here, especially in the early mornings, carries the clean scent of damp earth and pine, a bracing prelude to the sun’s slow ascent. Hills, cloaked in a dense tapestry of deciduous trees and evergreens, press in on the valley floor, their slopes etched with the tracks of forgotten streams. The landscape itself feels ancient, unhurried, a quiet observer of the seasons’ slow ballet. In the distance, the ridges blur into a soft, hazy blue, a constant horizon against the shifting moods of the sky. This corner of Johnson County, Tennessee, has long been shaped by the land and its bounty. Winchester’s history is intertwined with the hardy spirit of those who sought sustenance and opportunity here, drawn by the promise of fertile ground and the whisper of the mountains. The local economy, once rooted deeply in agriculture and the extraction of timber, now finds a steadier footing in smaller businesses and the enduring appeal of its natural surroundings. A palpable sense of community persists, a quiet understanding shared among those who call Winchester home, where the passage of time feels measured not by clocks, but by the turning of leaves and the steady flow of the nearby rivers.
Live animated radar for Winchester 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 | Winchester, Johnson County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 36.532059°N, 81.946511°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 37688, 37398 |
| Area Code | 731, 615 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Winchester, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winchester, 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 Winchester includes coordinates 36.532059°N, 81.946511°W, situated in Johnson County. ZIP code 37688, 37398. Telephone area code: 731, 615. 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.
