Across the mountains

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Rutherfordton
73°
1,077 ft
Cloudy
Boone
70°
3,333 ft
modeled
Mt Mitchell
59°
6,684 ft
modeled

14°F apart right now, at the same hour, within an hour’s drive of each other.

Weather for the mountains, by elevation

Most forecasts give you one number for a whole county. Here that county spans 3,000 vertical feet, and the difference between rain and ice is usually a few hundred of them. This is the forecast for where you actually are.

Next seven days

Today
80°
68°
Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
44%
Sun
82°
65°
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
59%
Mon
82°
64°
Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
67%
Tue
83°
65°
Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
66%
Wed
84°
66°
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
65%
Thu
85°
66°
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
59%
Fri
86°
66°
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
62%

Full forecast and hourly

Seven day forecast
Day	High	Low	Conditions
Today	80 degrees	68 degrees	Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Sunday	82 degrees	65 degrees	Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Monday	82 degrees	64 degrees	Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Tuesday	83 degrees	65 degrees	Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wednesday	84 degrees	66 degrees	Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Thursday	85 degrees	66 degrees	Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Friday	86 degrees	66 degrees	Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Your location

No snow line in play

Current conditions from the valley floor to the high peaks

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Hollow markers are modeled from the NWS gridpoint forecast for that coordinate — there is no weather station on most of these summits. Solid markers are real observations.

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Current temperature at each reporting location, ordered from lowest to highest elevation.
Location	Elevation	Temp	Source
Greenville–Spartanburg Airport	964 ft	73°F	Observed
Rutherford County Airport	1,077 ft	73°F	Observed
Hickory Regional Airport	1,190 ft	78°F	Observed
Foothills Regional Airport	1,270 ft	78°F	Observed
Murphy	1,601 ft	77°F	Modeled
Andrews	1,750 ft	76°F	Modeled
Macon County Airport	2,020 ft	70°F	Observed
Hendersonville	2,146 ft	75°F	Modeled
Asheville Regional Airport	2,165 ft	70°F	Observed
Waynesville	2,657 ft	75°F	Modeled
Burnsville	2,814 ft	74°F	Modeled
Jackson County Airport	2,857 ft	67°F	Observed
Ashe County Airport	3,180 ft	73°F	Observed
Boone	3,333 ft	70°F	Modeled
Beech Mountain	5,506 ft	64°F	Modeled
Grandfather Mountain	5,946 ft	65°F	Modeled
Waterrock Knob	6,292 ft	60°F	Modeled
Mount Mitchell	6,684 ft	59°F	Modeled