Lafayette, TN Weather

Putnam County1:52 PM CDT36.19°N, 85.72°WElevation 994 ft

Current conditions

Clear
68°
Clear
Feels like 68°
High 74°·Low 42°
WindCalm
Humidity46%
Dew point46°
Pressure30.47 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover2%
UV index5 Moderate
Sunrise7:00 AM
Sunset5:56 PM

Observed at Sparta Upper Cumberland Regional Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Sunday

    Areas of fog before 8am. Sunny, with a high near 74. North northeast wind around 0 mph.

  • Sunday Night

    Areas of fog after 5am. Mostly clear, with a low around 42. East southeast wind around 0 mph.

  • Monday

    Areas of fog before 8am. Sunny, with a high near 73. North wind around 0 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 71°
  2. 2 PM Sunny 73°
  3. 3 PM Sunny 74°
  4. 4 PM Sunny 73°
  5. 5 PM Sunny 70°
  6. 6 PM Clear 67°
  7. 7 PM Clear 63°
  8. 8 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  9. 9 PM Mostly Clear 55°
  10. 10 PM Mostly Clear 52°
  11. 11 PM Mostly Clear 50°
  12. Mon12 AM Mostly Clear 49°
  13. 1 AM Mostly Clear 48°
  14. 2 AM Mostly Clear 47°
  15. 3 AM Mostly Clear 46°
  16. 4 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  17. 5 AM Areas Of Fog 43°
  18. 6 AM Areas Of Fog 42°
  19. 7 AM Areas Of Fog 43°
  20. 8 AM Sunny 48°
  21. 9 AM Sunny 55°
  22. 10 AM Sunny 61°
  23. 11 AM Sunny 65°
  24. 12 PM Sunny 68°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Clear Clear39°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny43°73°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny42°73°
  4. TodayOct 25 Areas Of Fog then Sunny Areas Of Fog then Sunny42°74°
  5. MonOct 26 Areas Of Fog then Sunny Areas Of Fog then Sunny44°73°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny46°74°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny46°73°
  8. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny74°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy55°76°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy0.32 in56°79°

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

40
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Cookeville, 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 7:00 AM
Sunset 5:56 PM
Daylight 10 h 56 min (−2 min 7 s tomorrow)
Full Moon · 100% lit
Moonrise 5:17 PM Moonset 6:22 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low70° / 43°
Month to date1.49 in (normal 2.66 in)

Carthage, records since 1890. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in OHX, issued 1 hr ago

Key Messages

Updated at 1230 PM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

- Warm, sunny days and cool, clear nights will continue through the week.

- No rain is expected through Friday night, but the weather pattern will begin to shift next weekend.

- Drought conditions will continue to worsen in the near-term.

Short Term

(Rest of today through Monday) Issued at 1132 AM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

This morning's upper air soundings depicted the surface ridge finally shifting over to the Carolinas. As a result, southerly flow has settled back in and resultant dewpoints are up a few degrees from yesterday. This will have little impact on the afternoon forecast (still warm with mild humidity), but the dewpoint depressions overnight will most likely promote some more patchy fog development due to more moisture present and no wind. Another feature of this ridge's new position is slightly lower fire danger. Fuels are still plenty dry and will continue to dry out in the absence of rain, but light winds and slightly higher humidity should preclude significant fire danger. Expect a persistence forecast on Monday as this same pattern will set up again tomorrow.

Long Term

(Monday Night through next Sunday) Issued at 1132 AM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

The majority of the week is expected to feature broad midlevel ridging over the eastern CONUS, which will keep temperatures 5-10 degrees above normal for Middle TN. However, "normal" temperatures for this time of year are around 70 degrees in the afternoon, so temperatures in the mid to upper 70s is anomalous but not uncomfortably warm. Humidity remains low through the week as well. With no rain in sight through the end of the week, areawide drought conditions are expected to worsen.

Things are finally starting to come into better agreement on a pattern shift next weekend. Long range ensembles finally hint at some long-awaited rain as early as Saturday night as a broad longwave trough approaches from the Plains. LREF probabilities of measurable rainfall (0.01") are still at around 30-40% Saturday night via the grand ensemble, increasing significantly on Sunday. Its individual members have starkly different solutions with the ENS showing a much faster onset and the GEFS pushing precip onset several hours back into Sunday. Either way, this is not a strong cold front next weekend by any means, just some light rain associated with a broad upper level trough.

Aviation

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1230 PM CDT Sun Oct 25 2026

VFR conditions will prevail through the period. Scattered high clouds will approach from the west tonight and winds will be light and variable.

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