Creston, North Carolina Weather
Creston, 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 Creston, Ashe County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Creston. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Creston is published on the Johnson County Airport (K6A4) page, 18 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 Creston 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 Creston: Ashe County Airport (KGEV) 18 km · Virginia Highlands Airport (KVJI) 47 km · Elizabethton Municipal Airport (K0A9) 50 km · Wilkes County Airport (KUKF) 52 km · Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) 57 km
Conditions reported at K6A4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Creston specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Creston.
About Creston, North Carolina
Creston rests in a valley cupped by the Blue Ridge Mountains, a place where the sky feels vast and the green of the hills rolls on forever. It lies 25.4 miles east of Carter, TN (from Carter, TN: bearing 88°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west of Jefferson. The air here carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a summer rain, and the light, when it breaks through the afternoon clouds, has a soft, diffused quality, painting the slopes in shades of emerald and deep jade. Small farms, their fields meticulously tended, dot the landscape, interspersed with thick woodlands where the shadows lengthen early. The roads, often winding and narrow, follow the contours of the land, leading past weathered barns and sturdy farmhouses that seem to have grown from the very soil. It’s a place that feels both remote and intimately connected to the natural world, where the silence is punctuated by the distant lowing of cattle or the call of a hawk overhead. The history of Creston is deeply tied to the agricultural bounty of the surrounding mountains, a legacy evident in the enduring presence of family farms that have been passed down through generations. For years, the economy here revolved around the land, with crops like burley tobacco and livestock forming the backbone of livelihoods. While those industries have shifted, the spirit of self-sufficiency and hard work remains. You can still see the echoes of the past in the old general stores, some still operating, and in the quiet pride of the people who call Creston home. The nearby New River, a gentle waterway that snakes through the wider Ashe County, offers a different kind of beauty, its banks a haven for those seeking a slower pace, and a reminder of the enduring connection between the people and their environment.
Live animated radar for Creston 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 | Creston, Ashe County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.427901°N, 81.62372°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28615 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Creston, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Creston, 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 Creston includes coordinates 36.427901°N, 81.623720°W, situated in Ashe County. ZIP code 28615. 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.
