Lafayette, TN Weather

Macon County5:50 PM CDT36.52°N, 86.03°WElevation 958 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
68°
Sunny
Feels like 68°
High 72°·Low 45°
WindENE 5 mph
Humidity42%
Dew point44°
Cloud cover1%
Sunrise6:59 AM
Sunset5:59 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 72. East northeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Clear, with a low around 45. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 73. South wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 68°
  2. 6 PM Clear 64°
  3. 7 PM Clear 59°
  4. 8 PM Clear 56°
  5. 9 PM Clear 54°
  6. 10 PM Clear 52°
  7. 11 PM Clear 50°
  8. Sat12 AM Clear 49°
  9. 1 AM Clear 48°
  10. 2 AM Clear 47°
  11. 3 AM Clear 47°
  12. 4 AM Clear 47°
  13. 5 AM Clear 46°
  14. 6 AM Sunny 45°
  15. 7 AM Sunny 46°
  16. 8 AM Sunny 50°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 56°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 61°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 65°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 68°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 70°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 72°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 73°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 72°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Clear Clear43°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny44°72°
  3. ThuOct 22 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny44°72°
  4. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny45°72°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny45°73°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny45°73°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny47°74°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny70°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy0.03 in52°70°
  10. ThuOct 29 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny44°63°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

17
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Cookeville, TN reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 6:59 AM
Sunset 5:59 PM
Daylight 10 h 59 min (−2 min 11 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 94% lit
Moonrise 4:22 PM Moonset 4:13 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low70° / 43°
Record high87° (1953)
Record low27° (1987)
Wettest1.72 in (2007)
Month to date1.49 in (normal 2.45 in)

Carthage, records since 1890. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in OHX, issued 5 hrs ago

Key Messages

Updated at 1237 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

- Mild, sunny days and cool, clear nights will continue for the foreseeable future.

- No rain is expected through the next 7 days.

- Drought conditions will continue to worsen.

Short Term

(Rest of today through Saturday) Issued at 1115 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

There are no substantial changes to the forecast today. An anomalously strong upper-level ridge over the central CONUS and a broad area of surface high pressure extending from the Great Lakes to the Gulf will maintain the current weather pattern across Middle TN. Daytime highs will reach the 70s while overnight lows will be seasonably chilly, mostly in the 40s. The only other noteworthy feature will be patchy daybreak fog along lakes and rivers.

Dry air will continue to bring concerns for fires and worsening drought. Thankfully, winds are expected to stay light.

Long Term

(Saturday Night through next Friday) Issued at 1115 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

COPY+PASTE - This is one of the most stable patterns I can remember with temps hitting the same marks day after day. Dry with worsening drought through Friday.

The operational GFS shows rain (liquid water in the form of droplets falling from clouds to the ground) moving in late Friday into Saturday (Halloween). ENS/GEFS/GEPS ensemble mean comes in at only 30 percent chance for measurable rain Saturday. Interestingly, those percentages go up considerably in all ensemble members for the start of November. That's a long time out for models, and droughts are stubborn, but there is some hope.

Aviation

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1237 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

VFR conditions for all TAF sites with light northeast winds (< 10 kts) this afternoon, shifting to the south tomorrow afternoon. The only question is fog at CSV/SRB tomorrow morning. Due to what seems to be even drier conditions this afternoon, I will opt to keep fog out of the TAFs for now. It may need to be added in subsequent issuances, but this likelihood is low.

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