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Oak Ridge, Tennessee

City in Anderson County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Oak Ridge

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Knoxville (TN), 11 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Oak Ridge

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. 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 Oak Ridge, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Oak Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Oak RidgeOQT

At an airfield/1.2 mi away/909 ft/6 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank310of 1,015

Citizen station FW7749FW7749

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/836 ft/79 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Oak Ridge - ATDDOKRT1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/883 ft/32 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Oak Ridge 4.0 NNETN-AN-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/1,065 ft/150 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Oak Ridge, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.2 mi from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,500 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Oak Ridge, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OQTFIG. A THE SKY OVER OAK RIDGESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOak Ridge, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OQTTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OQT-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Oak Ridge: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OQTFIG. B THE AIR AT OAK RIDGETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEOak Ridge, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OQTTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OQT-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Oak Ridge, 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 OQTFIG. C THE WIND AT OAK RIDGEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOak Ridge, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OQTTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OQT-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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