Sugar Grove, North Carolina Weather
Sugar Grove, 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 Sugar Grove, Watauga County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Sugar Grove. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Sugar Grove 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 Sugar Grove 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 Sugar Grove: Elizabethton Municipal Airport (K0A9) 37 km · Ashe County Airport (KGEV) 38 km · Avery County Morrison Field (K7A8) 40 km · Johnson City Airport (K0A4) 48 km · Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) 51 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 Sugar Grove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sugar Grove.
About Sugar Grove, North Carolina
Sugar Grove unfolds in a long, green embrace of Appalachian foothills, where the land rises and falls with a quiet insistence. It lies 19.5 miles east-south-east of Carter, TN (from Carter, TN: bearing 123°T), and is situated 6.9 miles west-north-west of Boone. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and pine needles, a constant, subtle perfume. Fields, often quilted with the varied greens of pasture and crop, stretch across the sloping terrain, punctuated by the sturdy, weathered wood of barns and farmhouses. The Watauga River, a silver thread in the valley, glints and murmurs its way through, its banks often softened by thickets of alder and sycamore. Here, the light at dusk has a particular quality, a slow bleed of amber and rose that washes over the ridges, lending a soft, almost dreamlike aura to the closing day. The history of Sugar Grove is written in the enduring spirit of its people and the land they have worked for generations. Originally settled by Scotch-Irish and German immigrants drawn by the fertile valleys and abundant timber, the area's economy has long been tied to agriculture. Dairy farms and modest crops have sustained the community, with the quiet hum of tractors and the distant lowing of cattle forming the soundtrack to daily life. While larger industries have bypassed this particular corner of the county, a strong sense of self-reliance and a deep connection to the rhythms of nature persist. Local craft traditions, passed down through families, still find expression in handmade quilts and woodworking, a quiet testament to the enduring ingenuity that defines Sugar Grove.
Live animated radar for Sugar Grove 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 | Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.257904°N, 81.788167°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28679 |
| Area Code | 828 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sugar Grove, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sugar Grove, 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 Sugar Grove includes coordinates 36.257904°N, 81.788167°W, situated in Watauga County. ZIP code 28679. 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.
