Beech Mountain, North Carolina Weather
Beech Mountain, 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 Beech Mountain, Watauga County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Beech Mountain. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Beech Mountain is published on the Johnson County Airport (K6A4) page, 24 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. 6 airfields within reach of Beech Mountain 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 Beech Mountain: Elizabethton Municipal Airport (K0A9) 31 km · Avery County Morrison Field (K7A8) 31 km · Johnson City Airport (K0A4) 41 km · Ashe County Airport (KGEV) 49 km · Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) 50 km
Conditions reported at K6A4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Beech Mountain specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Beech Mountain.
About Beech Mountain, North Carolina
Beech Mountain rises like a gentle giant from the rolling Blue Ridge, its broad shoulders draped in the deep, dark green of spruce and fir, a stark contrast to the lighter, more deciduous hues that paint the lower slopes. It lies 17.6 miles south-east of Carter, TN (from Carter, TN: bearing 143°T), and is situated 3.4 miles north-north-west of Banner Elk. The air here, even in the height of summer, carries a crispness that hints at the higher elevations, a cool balm that settles on the skin like dew. Roads wind through stands of ancient hemlock, their trunks gnarled and moss-bearded, and the sunlight, when it penetrates the dense canopy, falls in shifting, ethereal shafts, illuminating the quiet industry of the forest floor – the silent unfurling of ferns, the slow decay of fallen leaves. The landscape itself seems to breathe, a slow, steady exhalation of pure, clean mountain air, and in the twilight, a soft, pearly luminescence often bathes the ridgeline, softening its contours into something akin to a dream. Though not born of a single, dramatic founding, Beech Mountain’s identity has been shaped by a succession of hardy souls drawn to its unique climate and commanding views. Early on, it was a place sought for its potential for agriculture and its timber resources, the scent of freshly cut lumber a familiar perfume in the valleys below. More recently, its high-altitude character has been embraced as a playground, its slopes transformed into ski runs in winter and hiking trails in warmer months, drawing visitors seeking respite from the heat of the lowlands. The local economy, once rooted in the land, now thrives on tourism and the quiet hum of small businesses catering to both residents and those who come to visit, a harmonious blend of the enduring and the ephemeral, where the past whispers in the rustle of leaves and the future unfolds with the changing seasons.
Live animated radar for Beech Mountain 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 | Beech Mountain, Watauga County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.210958°N, 81.889003°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28604 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Beech Mountain, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beech Mountain, 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 Beech Mountain includes coordinates 36.210958°N, 81.889003°W, situated in Watauga County. ZIP code 28604. Telephone area code: 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.
