35.7500° N, 81.7000° W
Burke County
County weather, rivers and elevation
- County seat
- Morganton
- Elevation range
- 900–4,100 ft
- High point
- Hawksbill / Table Rock
- Forecast office
- GSP
County seat Morganton. Roughly 900 to 4,100 ft, topping out at Hawksbill / Table Rock — a spread of about 3,200 vertical feet, which is why one forecast number for this county is close to meaningless.
Forecast
Issued by GSP for the county centre
Tonight
47°
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northeast wind around 2 mph.
Saturday
65°
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night
46°
Cloudy, with a low around 46. Northeast wind around 1 mph.
Sunday
64°
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. East northeast wind around 2 mph.
Sunday Night
45°
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Wind around 0 mph.
Monday
65°
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65.
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
Towns
Lowest to highest
- Morganton1,182 ft · Below 2,500 ft
River gauges
No gauge we track sits inside Burke County. See all river levels for the nearest ones.
Nearest reporting stations
What the profile for this county is built from
- Foothills Regional Airport1,270 ft · 11 km · observed
- Hickory Regional Airport1,190 ft · 28 km · observed
- Grandfather Mountain5,946 ft · 41 km · modeled
- Rutherford County Airport1,077 ft · 42 km · observed
- Mount Mitchell6,684 ft · 51 km · modeled