36.4300° N, 81.5000° W
Ashe County
County weather, rivers and elevation
- County seat
- Jefferson
- Elevation range
- 2,200–5,500 ft
- High point
- Bluff Mountain area
- Forecast office
- RNK
County seat Jefferson. Roughly 2,200 to 5,500 ft, topping out at Bluff Mountain area — a spread of about 3,300 vertical feet, which is why one forecast number for this county is close to meaningless.
Forecast
Issued by RNK for the county centre
Tonight
58°
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northeast wind 1 to 5 mph.
Tuesday
75°
Patchy fog before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Southeast wind around 6 mph.
Tuesday Night
58°
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind 0 to 6 mph.
Wednesday
82°
Sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind 1 to 6 mph.
Wednesday Night
57°
Mostly clear, with a low around 57. South wind 0 to 5 mph.
Thursday
83°
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
This is the forecast for a single point near the middle of the county. Use a town below for something closer to where you actually are.
Elevation bands in this county
Conditions vary far more by elevation here than by distance
- Below 2,500 ft
- 2,500 – 3,500 ft
- 3,500 – 4,500 ft
- Above 4,500 ft
Towns
Lowest to highest
- Jefferson2,900 ft · 2,500 – 3,500 ft
- West Jefferson3,225 ft · 2,500 – 3,500 ft
River gauges
No gauge we track sits inside Ashe County. See all river levels for the nearest ones.
Nearest reporting stations
What the profile for this county is built from
- Ashe County Airport3,180 ft · 7 km · observed
- Boone3,333 ft · 28 km · modeled
- Beech Mountain5,506 ft · 43 km · modeled
- Grandfather Mountain5,946 ft · 45 km · modeled
- Foothills Regional Airport1,270 ft · 69 km · observed