Knoxville Road Conditions

No full closures are reported in Knoxville as of Oct 16, 2026 5:28 AM EDT, and no lane closures or roadworks either. Always check with the responsible state DOT before setting off.

Knoxville Weather Forecast: Next 6 Days

For Knoxville itself. Each day shows its warmest and coldest hour, and the worst driving conditions forecast anywhere in it — not the average, because the hour that ices a bridge is the one worth knowing about.

1. Rest of today Oct 16

   

   82°F 50°F

   Wet worst around 7 PM

   Wind to 12 mph
   0.13 in precipitation

2. Sat Oct 17

   

   57°F 46°F

   Moist

   Wind to 12 mph
   0.02 in precipitation

3. Sun Oct 18

   

   65°F 40°F

   Dry

   Wind to 7 mph

4. Mon Oct 19

   

   68°F 45°F

   Dry

   Wind to 5 mph

5. Tue Oct 20

   

   72°F 46°F

   Dry

   Wind to 6 mph

6. Wed Oct 21

   

   71°F 50°F

   Dry

   Wind to 4 mph

Forecast, not a measurement — from the same weather service that draws this page's radar and road colors, model run 9 hours ago. Days run on Eastern time, the clock the pass keeps — not the reader's.

Getting Around Knoxville

• I-640 bypasses Knoxville for 10.8 miles; I-40 through downtown carries the rest of the ring.

Interstates Through Knoxville

These interstates run within 25 miles of Knoxville, nearest first. The mile is the milepost inside Tennessee, counted the way the state counts it, so it should match the exit numbers.

• I-40 near mile 391 I-40 across Tennessee
• I-75 near mile 102 2.9 mi from downtown I-75 across Tennessee

NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, from a weather station in Tennessee. A dash is a figure that station does not report, not a zero.

Related Roads

Knoxville Road Weather FAQ

Are any roads closed in Knoxville right now?

No full closures are reported on I-40 and I-75 around Knoxville. No lane closures or roadworks are reported either.

What are Knoxville road conditions today?

The map on this page colors the interstates around Knoxville by what is on the pavement right now — dry, wet, slush, snow or ice — from radar and surface data, last updated Oct 16, 2026 5:28 AM EDT. Right now temperatures run from 66°F to 69°F and the strongest wind is 4 mph.

What is the weather forecast for Knoxville this week?

At the summit, Oct 16 to Oct 21: highs 57-82°F, lows 40-50°F. No snow or ice is forecast on the road in that time. It is a forecast rather than a measurement, and the later days are less certain than the earlier ones.

How often are Knoxville road conditions updated?

The road surface and weather layers are rebuilt whenever this page is opened with data more than ten minutes old, and refreshed on a schedule in between, so nothing here is more than about two hours old even on a road nobody has looked at. Closures and road blocks are re-imported from the state 511 feeds every fifteen minutes, and the written state-by-state summaries are refreshed daily. Every section on this page carries the time its data was fetched.