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
Overnight
68°
Patchy fog. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. West southwest wind around 1 mph.
Sunday
89°
Patchy fog before 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. West northwest wind around 1 mph.
Sunday Night
65°
Patchy fog after 3am. Mostly clear, with a low around 65. West southwest wind around 2 mph.
Monday
89°
Patchy fog before 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. North northwest wind around 2 mph.
Monday Night
65°
Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. North northeast wind 1 to 5 mph.
Tuesday
82°
Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
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