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Friendship, Tennessee Weather

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

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

Friendship, TN
Saturday, July 4 at 4:56 PM
92
°
Overcast
Feels like
99°
Humidity
48%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
12:45 AM
Sunset
3:17 PM
Friendship, TN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFriendship, TN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit with a 28% chance of precipitation at 2 PM.
L 74°H 93°
Friendship, TN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    22%
    93°69°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    28%
    0.03″
    91°74°-2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    15%
    87°70°-4°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    85°68°-2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    89°65°+4°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    17%
    93°70°+4°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    45%
    93°77°
Friendship, TN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
255° · veering 50°
Direction
WSW
255°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
25
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 25 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 223SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Friendship, TN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1001.1
-2.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.56 inHg
Now
1001.1
mb
3h
-2.0
mb
12h
-2.4
mb
24h
-2.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10011006
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1005.71001.81001.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Friendship, TN
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
+17 in 6hPeak ~57 @ 11 PM

AQI 48 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 17 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 55 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy 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
10.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
110μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.4

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 55 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 55
UV peak
2.2 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 55

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.8 µg/m³ (AQI 54) with a 0.84 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.84
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Friendship, TN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
80%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
82.8mi
UNLIMITED
88 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
21:56 UTC · Friendship, 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
21:56 UTC · Friendship, TN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Friendship, TN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Friendship, TN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Friendship, TN
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:16 AM
Sunrise
12:45 AM
Daylight
14h 32m
Sunset
3:17 PM
Civil dusk
8:48 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Friendship, TN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
10:46 PM
Moonset
10:07 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Friendship, TN
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Friendship at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 22 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 38034

16-Day Forecast — Friendship

  1. Sat93°69°22%
  2. Sun91°74°28%
  3. Mon87°70°15%
  4. Tue85°68°7%
  5. Wed89°65°7%
  6. Thu93°70°17%
  7. Fri93°77°45%
  8. Sat82°72°45%
  9. Sun79°65°25%
  10. Mon79°61°10%
  11. Tue82°62°8%
  12. Wed84°63°18%
  13. Thu82°67°33%
  14. Fri87°69°42%
  15. Sat81°70°29%
  16. Sun77°69°35%

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 — Friendship

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

  • TODAYMRGLMarginal Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • 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 Friendship

  • 38034

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.