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Niota, Tennessee

City in McMinn County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Niota

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Athens (TN), 5 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate4.9 mi
  • Ozone-7 ppb18.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Niota

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Niota, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Niota, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AthensMMI

At an airfield/8.1 mi away/804 ft/201 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

AthensAHNT1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/938 ft/67 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank574of 1,019

Athens 1.6 NTN-MM-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/1,001 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Athens, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from Niota, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 4,900 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Athens, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 4,900 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MMIFIG. A THE SKY OVER ATHENSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEAthens, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MMITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MMI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Athens: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MMIFIG. B THE AIR AT ATHENSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.2 F, 66.2 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 POINTTITLEAthens, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MMITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MMI-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 Athens, 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 MMIFIG. C THE WIND AT ATHENSPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAthens, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MMITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MMI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Athens (AHNT1), 3.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:27. measured daily

Elsewhere in Tennessee

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

Near Niota

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

Near Niota

River and lake gauges