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
Tonight
58°
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. South southeast wind 0 to 3 mph.
Wednesday
80°
Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. North wind 0 to 5 mph.
Wednesday Night
60°
Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Southeast wind 0 to 3 mph.
Thursday
80°
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. North northwest wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
63°
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northwest wind around 2 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday
79°
A chance of rain showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
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