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Elizabethton, Tennessee Weather

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Elizabethton weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Elizabethton, TN
Saturday, July 4 at 5:04 PM
89
°
Overcast
Feels like
97°
Humidity
54%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
2:16 AM
Sunset
4:50 PM
Elizabethton, TN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastElizabethton, TN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 70 to 94 degrees Fahrenheit with a 20% chance of precipitation at 5 PM.
L 70°H 94°
Elizabethton, TN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Drizzle
    28%
    0.02″
    90°68°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Rain
    27%
    0.28″
    94°70°+4°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Showers
    67%
    0.10″
    88°68°-6°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    47%
    86°66°-2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    16%
    86°63°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    28%
    88°62°+2°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    60%
    91°65°+3°
Elizabethton, TN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ENE
062° · veering 28°
Direction
ENE
062°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 4
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 4 · pk 15 @ 2:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 245SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Elizabethton, TN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
959.6
-1.1 mb in 3h · falling · 28.34 inHg
Now
959.6
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
-0.3
mb
24h
-2.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 960963
955960965970-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW962.8959.6959.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Elizabethton, TN
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
-1 in 6h

AQI 47 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 61 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
8.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
114μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.9

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 61 — peak already passed at 1 PM under overcast skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 61
UV peak
3.3 at earlier today
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 61

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.3 µg/m³ (AQI 46) with a 0.91 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.91
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Elizabethton, TN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
73.0mi
UNLIMITED
114 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
21:04 UTC · Elizabethton, TN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
21:04 UTC · Elizabethton, TN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Elizabethton, TN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Elizabethton, TN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Elizabethton, TN
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:47 AM
Sunrise
2:16 AM
Daylight
14h 34m
Sunset
4:50 PM
Civil dusk
9:21 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Elizabethton, TN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
11:18 PM
Moonset
10:37 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Elizabethton, TN
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Elizabethton at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 14°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 25 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 37643

16-Day Forecast — Elizabethton

  1. Sat90°68°28%
  2. Sun94°70°27%
  3. Mon88°68°67%
  4. Tue86°66°47%
  5. Wed86°63°16%
  6. Thu88°62°28%
  7. Fri91°65°60%
  8. Sat82°65°72%
  9. Sun71°62°51%
  10. Mon80°57°34%
  11. Tue84°57°22%
  12. Wed87°64°49%
  13. Thu85°66°58%
  14. Fri88°66°74%
  15. Sat85°67°78%
  16. Sun88°65°75%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Elizabethton

SPC has placed Elizabethton in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Elizabethton

  • 37643
  • 37682
  • 37644

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.