36.2300° N, 81.7000° W
Watauga County
County weather, rivers and elevation
- County seat
- Boone
- Elevation range
- 2,000–5,964 ft
- High point
- Grandfather Mountain
- Forecast office
- RNK
County seat Boone. Roughly 2,000 to 5,964 ft, topping out at Grandfather Mountain — a spread of about 3,964 vertical feet, which is why one forecast number for this county is close to meaningless.
Forecast
Issued by RNK for the county centre
This Afternoon
75°
Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Southeast wind around 7 mph.
Tonight
57°
Patchy fog after 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Southeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Wednesday
80°
Patchy fog before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 80. North wind 1 to 6 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
59°
Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind 1 to 5 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
80°
A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 80. North wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday Night
61°
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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
- Boone3,333 ft · 2,500 – 3,500 ft
- Blowing Rock3,579 ft · 3,500 – 4,500 ft
River gauges
No gauge we track sits inside Watauga County. See all river levels for the nearest ones.
Nearest reporting stations
What the profile for this county is built from
- Boone3,333 ft · 3 km · modeled
- Grandfather Mountain5,946 ft · 16 km · modeled
- Beech Mountain5,506 ft · 17 km · modeled
- Ashe County Airport3,180 ft · 34 km · observed
- Foothills Regional Airport1,270 ft · 46 km · observed