Weather in Iron City, Tennessee
Roses open on the Piedmont edge. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Iron City, TN
Sunday, May 17 at 3:43 AM
69
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
71°
Humidity
75%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Sunset
7:47 PM
Iron City, TN
Hour by hour · 24h
55°
10p
52°
11p
51°
12a
50°
1a
49°
2a
48°
3a
47°
4a
47°
5a
47°
6a
52°
7a
58°
8a
64°
9a
69°
10a
72°
11a
75°
12p
77°
1p
80°
2p
81°
3p
82°
4p
81°
5p
79°
6p
76°
7p
72°
8p
69°
9p
Iron City, TN
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—85°61°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—88°61°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—87°62°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast25%86°68°
- WednesdayMay 20Showers64%83°65°
- ThursdayMay 21Heavy Drizzle62%84°65°
- FridayMay 22Drizzle60%82°66°
Iron City, TN
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Iron City, TN
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSE
155° · backing 10°
Direction
SSE
155°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 6
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Iron City, TN
Air quality
67
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 6.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 6.4 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 97.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Iron City, TN
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:19 AM
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Daylight
14h 02m
Sunset
7:47 PM
Civil dusk
1:16 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Iron City, TN
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 10:56 AM
- Moonset
- 1:12 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Iron City, TN
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
Roses open on the Piedmont edge
insect
Iron City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: March 17 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of May 17, 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.