Linville, North Carolina Weather
Linville, 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 Linville, Avery County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Linville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Linville is published on the Avery County Morrison Field (K7A8) 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 Linville 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 Linville: Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) 36 km · Johnson County Airport (K6A4) 39 km · Elizabethton Municipal Airport (K0A9) 43 km · Johnson City Airport (K0A4) 51 km · Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) 56 km
Conditions reported at K7A8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Linville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Linville.
About Linville, North Carolina
Linville unfolds itself in the embrace of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a landscape sculpted by ancient peaks and cloaked in the deep green of hemlock and rhododendron. It lies 26.6 miles south-south-east of Carter, TN (from Carter, TN: bearing 154°T), and is situated 6.7 miles south of Banner Elk. The air here carries a perpetual coolness, a gentle exhalation from the surrounding forests, and the sky, when it parts the verdant canopy, often displays a crystalline clarity. Rivers, the Linville River chief among them, carve their patient paths through the valleys, their waters a cool, dark ribbon reflecting the immense sky. The land rises and falls in a grand, sweeping gesture, creating vistas that speak of immense, quiet time, where the silence is broken only by the rustle of unseen creatures and the distant murmur of the water. This is a place where the grandeur of nature feels not imposed, but inherent, a living presence that shapes the very character of Linville. Historically, Linville’s story is intertwined with the rugged beauty of its terrain, a place that drew early settlers seeking both sustenance and solitude. The local economy, once tied to timber and hardy agriculture, has gracefully shifted, now finding its rhythm in the quiet allure of tourism and the artisanal crafts that echo the natural world. The famed Linville Gorge, a wilderness area of breathtaking scale, acts as a silent sentinel, drawing hikers and nature enthusiasts eager to experience its wild heart. The very air seems to hum with a subtle energy, a testament to the generations who have lived and worked this land, their lives a quiet counterpoint to the enduring majesty of the mountains.
Live animated radar for Linville 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 | Linville, Avery County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.066516°N, 81.87039°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28761, 28646 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Linville, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Linville, 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 Linville includes coordinates 36.066516°N, 81.870390°W, situated in Avery County. ZIP code 28761, 28646. 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.
