36.0800° N, 81.9200° W
Avery County
County weather, rivers and elevation
- County seat
- Newland
- Elevation range
- 2,200–5,964 ft
- High point
- Grandfather Mountain
- Forecast office
- GSP
County seat Newland. Roughly 2,200 to 5,964 ft, topping out at Grandfather Mountain — a spread of about 3,764 vertical feet, which is why one forecast number for this county is close to meaningless.
Forecast
Issued by GSP for the county centre
Overnight
46°
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. East wind around 3 mph.
Saturday
59°
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. East southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
Saturday Night
45°
Cloudy, with a low around 45. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
Sunday
56°
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Southeast wind 2 to 7 mph.
Sunday Night
44°
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southeast wind around 3 mph.
Monday
57°
Partly sunny, with a high near 57.
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
- Newland3,606 ft · 3,500 – 4,500 ft
- Banner Elk3,701 ft · 3,500 – 4,500 ft
- Beech Mountain5,506 ft · Above 4,500 ft
River gauges
No gauge we track sits inside Avery County. See all river levels for the nearest ones.
Nearest reporting stations
What the profile for this county is built from
- Grandfather Mountain5,946 ft · 11 km · modeled
- Beech Mountain5,506 ft · 14 km · modeled
- Boone3,333 ft · 27 km · modeled
- Burnsville2,814 ft · 39 km · modeled
- Foothills Regional Airport1,270 ft · 40 km · observed