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Midtown, Tennessee Weather

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

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

Midtown, TN
Saturday, July 4 at 6:31 PM
87
°
Clear
Feels like
93°
Humidity
55%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
2:27 AM
Sunset
4:58 PM
Midtown, TN
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMidtown, TN: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 72 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit with a 30% chance of precipitation at 4 PM.
L 72°H 92°
Midtown, TN
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    25%
    88°70°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    30%
    0.81″
    92°72°+4°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    61%
    0.04″
    91°70°-1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    33%
    89°67°-2°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    11%
    89°64°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    21%
    94°65°+5°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    54%
    91°68°-3°
Midtown, TN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
286° · backing 137°
Direction
WNW
286°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
18
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 18 @ 10:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 115SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Midtown, TN
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
978.6
-1.5 mb in 3h · falling · 28.90 inHg
Now
978.6
mb
3h
-1.5
mb
12h
-2.0
mb
24h
-3.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 979984
975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW983.5979.1979.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Midtown, TN
Air quality
64
AQI
Moderate
+35 in 6h

AQI 64 (Moderate), driven by Ozone. AQI up 35 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 81 — 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
8.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
126μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 81 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 81
UV peak
1.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 81

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³ (AQI 47) with a 0.88 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.88
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Midtown, TN
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
1%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
70.1mi
UNLIMITED
76 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
22:31 UTC · Midtown, 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
22:31 UTC · Midtown, TN · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Midtown, TN
Satellite · infrared · animated
Midtown, TN
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Midtown, TN
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:58 AM
Sunrise
2:27 AM
Daylight
14h 31m
Sunset
4:58 PM
Civil dusk
9:29 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Midtown, TN
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
11:27 PM
Moonset
10:48 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Midtown, TN
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon

bird
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Midtown at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 11°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.

16-Day Forecast — Midtown

  1. Sat88°70°25%
  2. Sun92°72°30%
  3. Mon91°70°61%
  4. Tue89°67°33%
  5. Wed89°64°11%
  6. Thu94°65°21%
  7. Fri91°68°54%
  8. Sat75°68°56%
  9. Sun84°66°33%
  10. Mon81°56°15%
  11. Tue84°57°15%
  12. Wed88°62°29%
  13. Thu86°65°45%
  14. Fri90°67°56%
  15. Sat88°68°48%
  16. Sun80°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 — Midtown

SPC has placed Midtown 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 Midtown

  • 37748

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.