Lenoir City, Tennessee Weather
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Lenoir City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast16%—92°70°—
- SundayJul 5Heavy Rain26%1.4″95°72°+3°
- MondayJul 6Drizzle67%0.03″89°71°-6°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast37%—90°68°+1°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast12%—91°65°+1°
- ThursdayJul 9Overcast20%—92°64°+1°
- FridayJul 10Thunderstorm56%—86°70°-6°
AQI 48 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 21 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 78 — 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.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 78 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 78
- UV peak
- 3.4 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 78
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 10.0 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.88 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.88
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:26 PM
- Moonset
- 10:47 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Lenoir City 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 codes: 37771, 37772
16-Day Forecast — Lenoir City
- Sat91°70°16%
- Sun95°72°26%
- Mon89°71°67%
- Tue90°68°37%
- Wed91°65°12%
- Thu92°64°20%
- Fri86°70°56%
- Sat81°68°60%
- Sun79°63°38%
- Mon82°57°20%
- Tue82°58°15%
- Wed88°62°29%
- Thu86°65°45%
- Fri89°67°56%
- Sat85°68°48%
- Sun81°68°59%
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 — Lenoir City
SPC has placed Lenoir City in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- 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 Lenoir City
- 37772
- 37771