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Butler, Tennessee

Community in Johnson County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Butler

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 20 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone23Good27 ppb24.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Butler

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
0.14in

Visibility

How far you can see at Butler, the next 42 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 9 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Butler, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Piney GrovePGVT1

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.1 mi away/2,635 ft/562 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank383of 1,015

measured daily2 instruments

Elizabethton 7.0 ENETN-CT-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/1,697 ft/376 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ElizabethtownELZT1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/1,692 ft/381 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank129of 1,015

Station report

The weather at Elizabethton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.7 mi from Butler, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,300 ft, overcast at 3,400 ft; the ceiling is 3,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Elizabethton, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, the ceiling at 3,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0A9FIG. A THE SKY OVER ELIZABETHTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,300 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEElizabethton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 0A9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-0A9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Elizabethton: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0A9FIG. B THE AIR AT ELIZABETHTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEElizabethton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0A9TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-0A9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 6 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Elizabethton, north up: at 6 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 0A9FIG. C THE WIND AT ELIZABETHTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElizabethton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 0A9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-0A9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Elizabethtown (ELZT1), 10.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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

Near Butler

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

Near Butler

River and lake gauges