36.0100° N, 82.1600° W
Mitchell County
County weather, rivers and elevation
- County seat
- Bakersville
- Elevation range
- 1,700–6,189 ft
- High point
- Roan High Knob
- Forecast office
- GSP
County seat Bakersville. Roughly 1,700 to 6,189 ft, topping out at Roan High Knob — a spread of about 4,489 vertical feet, which is why one forecast number for this county is close to meaningless.
Forecast
Issued by GSP for the county centre
Today
78°
Sunny, with a high near 78. Northwest wind around 2 mph.
Tonight
45°
Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. East northeast wind around 1 mph.
Saturday
67°
Partly sunny, with a high near 67. East southeast wind 1 to 6 mph.
Saturday Night
43°
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southeast wind around 3 mph.
Sunday
63°
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Southeast wind 1 to 6 mph.
Sunday Night
41°
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.
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
- Spruce Pine2,530 ft · 2,500 – 3,500 ft
River gauges
No gauge we track sits inside Mitchell County. See all river levels for the nearest ones.
Traffic cameras
Live stills from NCDOT
Traffic cameras
US-19E near Spruce Pine
US-19E · NCDOT · location unverified
Nearest reporting stations
What the profile for this county is built from
- Burnsville2,814 ft · 16 km · modeled
- Mount Mitchell6,684 ft · 29 km · modeled
- Beech Mountain5,506 ft · 32 km · modeled
- Grandfather Mountain5,946 ft · 33 km · modeled
- Boone3,333 ft · 49 km · modeled