In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/877 ft/1,080 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 57° after 77° today.
Now. Fairmount is 65° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the west-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 74° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 75): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:13 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Fairmount, Tennessee.
Air quality
Index 75, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Chattanooga (TN), 9 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Fairmount, TennesseeReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Fairmount, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/877 ft/1,080 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Prentice Cooper State ForestPCFT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.7 mi away/1,916 ft/41 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/12.6 mi away/689 ft/1,268 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Signal Mountain 2.2 NETN-HL-50
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,897 ft/60 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WhitwellSEQT1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/1,167 ft/790 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 12.6 mi from Fairmount, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.