Vale, North Carolina Weather
Vale, 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 Vale, Avery County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Vale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Vale 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 Vale 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 Vale: Elizabethton Municipal Airport (K0A9) 37 km · Johnson County Airport (K6A4) 37 km · Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) 43 km · Johnson City Airport (K0A4) 44 km · Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (KTRI) 59 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 Vale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Vale.
About Vale, North Carolina
Vale rests in a hollow, a bowl carved by ancient waters and now cradled by the slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It lies 23.1 miles south-south-east of Carter, TN (from Carter, TN: bearing 161°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south-west of Banner Elk. The air here carries the sharp scent of pine and damp earth, even on bright summer days, a constant reminder of the dense forests that press in from all sides. The landscape is a study in green and grey, the undulating terrain broken by the stark, weathered faces of exposed rock and the silver threads of small streams that tumble down towards the valley floor. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the still, quiet air. This quiet character of Vale belies a history rooted in the hard scrabble of mountain living. For generations, the economy here has been tied to the land, first with subsistence farming and later with the timber industry that shaped the very contours of the surrounding hills. You can still see the remnants of old logging roads, faint scars on the mountainside, and hear the distant hum of chainsaws that speaks to an enduring connection to the forests. The local character is one of resilience and a certain stoicism, a quiet pride in the self-sufficiency that has long been a hallmark of life in Vale.
Live animated radar for Vale 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 | Vale, Avery County, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 36.09707°N, 81.945115°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28657, 28168 |
| Area Code | 828, 704, 980 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Vale, North Carolina Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Vale, 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 Vale includes coordinates 36.097070°N, 81.945115°W, situated in Avery County. ZIP code 28657, 28168. Telephone area code: 828, 704, 980. 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.
