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Oakland, Tennessee

Town in Fayette County, Tennessee

Air quality

The air at Oakland

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Memphis (TN), 29 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone37Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Oakland

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

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Oakland, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Oakland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SomervilleFYE

At an airfield/7.0 mi away/436 ft/57 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank11of 1,019

measured daily2 instruments

Arlington 1.6 NETN-SH-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/270 ft/109 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Somerville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.0 mi from Oakland, Tennessee. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Somerville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FYEFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOMERVILLESECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESomerville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FYETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FYE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Somerville: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FYEFIG. B THE AIR AT SOMERVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.9 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 57.2 FSPREAD 14.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 POINTTITLESomerville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FYETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FYE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 12 mph.

Plan of the wind at Somerville, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FYEFIG. C THE WIND AT SOMERVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESomerville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FYETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FYE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Somerville, 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 Oakland

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

Near Oakland

River and lake gauges