Athens, TN Weather

McMinn County9:36 AM EDT35.44°N, 84.59°WElevation 860 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
45°
Sunny
Feels like 44°
High 73°·Low 40°
WindNE 5 mph gusts 10 mph
Humidity96%
Dew point44°
Cloud cover7%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:52 AM
Sunset6:54 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 73. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Clear. Low around 40, with temperatures rising to around 43 overnight. Wind around 0 mph.

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 74. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 14 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 45°
  2. 10 AM Sunny 52°
  3. 11 AM Sunny 58°
  4. 12 PM Sunny 63°
  5. 1 PM Sunny 67°
  6. 2 PM Sunny 70°
  7. 3 PM Sunny 72°
  8. 4 PM Sunny 72°
  9. 5 PM Sunny 73°
  10. 6 PM Clear 70°
  11. 7 PM Clear 65°
  12. 8 PM Clear 60°
  13. 9 PM Clear 54°
  14. 10 PM Clear 51°
  15. 11 PM Clear 50°
  16. Sat12 AM Clear 48°
  17. 1 AM Clear 47°
  18. 2 AM Clear 45°
  19. 3 AM Clear 44°
  20. 4 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  21. 5 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  22. 6 AM Sunny 41°
  23. 7 AM Sunny 40°
  24. 8 AM Sunny 41°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear42°
  2. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny40°73°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny41°74°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny43°73°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny44°73°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny45°74°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny46°74°
  8. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny74°
  9. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy53°75°
  10. SatOct 31 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy0.45 in54°80°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

19
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Athens, TN reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:52 AM
Sunset 6:54 PM
Daylight 11 h 2 min (−2 min 5 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 92% lit
Moonrise 5:17 PM Moonset 5:07 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low70° / 44°
Record high83° (2020)
Record low27° (1987)
Wettest1.40 in (1990)
Month to date0.45 in (normal 2.54 in)

Athens, records since 1962. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in MRX, issued 7 hrs ago

Key Messages

Updated at 139 AM EDT Fri Oct 23 2026

- Early morning patchy fog potential continues near rivers and lakes.

- Dry weather dominates the forecast period, with cool mornings and pleasant afternoons each day. Afternoon relative humidity will remain on the lower side as well.

Discussion

Issued at 139 AM EDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Patchy early morning fog will be possible again today, but it should be mainly near rivers and lakes.

We remain in a persistent pattern of a large upper ridge centered to our west and surface high pressure extending into our area from the north and northeast. This will continue to provide dry weather through the weekend and well into next week. Models generally show at least some suppression of the upper ridge in the mid week time frame with short wave energy moving through the Great Lakes region, but precipitation currently looks likely to remain well to our north with dry weather continuing for our area through next Thursday.

For the entire period we can expect cool nights and pleasant afternoons with high temperatures each day not far off of seasonal normals. We will also see low relative humidity values during the afternoon hours, but light winds will help to mitigate fire weather concerns.

Aviation

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 139 AM EDT Fri Oct 23 2026

VFR under high pressure conditions; mostly SKC; variable or light NWly winds; fog possible at TRI later this morning.

Preliminary Point Temps

Chattanooga Airport, TN 73 46 72 45 / 0 0 0 0 Knoxville McGhee Tyson Airport, TN 72 41 72 44 / 0 0 0 0 Oak Ridge, TN 71 41 73 42 / 0 0 0 0 Tri Cities Airport, TN 70 38 69 36 / 0 0 0 0

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