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Benton, Tennessee

Town in Polk County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Benton

Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Athens (TN), 19 miles off.

62Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate19.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Benton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Benton, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Benton, TennesseeReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Benton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

ClevelandRZR

At an airfield/8.6 mi away/797 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank9of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

Water PlantCVLT1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/817 ft/34 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank730of 1,019

Station report

The weather at Cleveland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Benton, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Cleveland, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RZRFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLEVELANDSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLECleveland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RZRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RZR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Cleveland: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RZRFIG. B THE AIR AT CLEVELANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLECleveland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RZRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RZR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Cleveland, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RZRFIG. C THE WIND AT CLEVELANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECleveland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RZRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RZR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Cleveland, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Tennessee

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Benton

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Benton

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