Bakersville, North Carolina Weather
Bakersville, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Bakersville, Rutherford County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bakersville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bakersville is published on the Rutherford County Marchman Field (KFQD) page, 10 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 3 airfields within reach of Bakersville have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Bakersville: Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport (KEHO) 30 km · Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) 60 km
Conditions reported at KFQD describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bakersville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bakersville.
About Bakersville, North Carolina
Bakersville rests in a hollow where the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains begin to gather themselves, a place where the air carries the scent of pine and damp earth. It lies 27.3 miles north of Spartanburg, SC (from Spartanburg, SC: bearing 2°T), and is situated 2.9 miles west-north-west of Forest City. Rolling hills, cloaked in a dense tapestry of deciduous forest, rise and fall around the small cluster of buildings that form Bakersville, the land itself seeming to breathe with a slow, steady rhythm. Creeks, born from the higher elevations, thread their way through the landscape, their water cool and clear as it tumbles over smoothed stones, carving shallow, meandering paths. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, has a peculiar softness, a golden haze that seems to cling to the leaves and the weathered wood of the houses, lending a quiet, almost introspective beauty to the scene. The history of Bakersville is bound to the fertile soil and the promise of the land, a place where generations have coaxed a living from the earth. Once, the economy was primarily agricultural, with families tending small farms and orchards, their lives dictated by the turn of the seasons. Though farming remains, the character of Bakersville has broadened, now embracing a blend of its rural roots with small-scale craft industries and a growing appreciation for its natural surroundings. You can still find the echoes of its past in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture, a testament to the resilience and hard work of those who settled here. The local character is one of quiet self-reliance and a deep connection to the land, a spirit that continues to shape the unfolding story of Bakersville.
Live animated radar for Bakersville and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Bakersville, Rutherford County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 35.344566°N, 81.915382°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28160, 28705 |
| Area Code | 704, 980, 828 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bakersville, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bakersville, North Carolina, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bakersville includes coordinates 35.344566°N, 81.915382°W, situated in Rutherford County. ZIP code 28160, 28705. Telephone area code: 704, 980, 828. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
