Vale, North Carolina Weather
Vale, North Carolina — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Vale, Avery County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
