Athens, TN Weather Forecast
McMinn County, Tennessee
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Athens, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Athens, TN at a glance
Athens is home to about 14,731 people in McMinn County, across 16 square miles. It ranks 42nd by population of 148 places in Tennessee with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Etowah, 9 miles away.
- County
- McMinn County
- Population
- 14,731 2023 est.
- Land area
- 16 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 947
- Forecast point
- 35.4568°N, 84.6045°W
How well can the network see Athens?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMRX (Knoxville, TN), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 7,300 ft above Athens. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Athens can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KMMI (Athens/McMinn Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Athens
- Etowah, TN9 mi
- Sweetwater, TN12 mi
- Madisonville, TN14 mi
- Dayton, TN23 mi
- Loudon, TN24 mi
- Cleveland, TN24 mi
- Rockwood, TN29 mi
- Kingston, TN29 mi
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