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Burke County

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

  • Today

    84°

    A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. South wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Tonight

    69°

    Showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. South southeast wind around 2 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Sunday

    82°

    Patchy fog and showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. South southeast wind 1 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Sunday Night

    68°

    Showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Monday

    84°

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. West wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  • Monday Night

    67°

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

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
See the live elevation profile

Towns

Lowest to highest

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