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68F

Clear

Feels like
71 F
Wind
5 mph
Gust
11 mph
Humidity
84%

Now, today, and the week

7 days ahead

Wed2026-09-23

Drizzle, 60 over 52, 57% chance of rain, wind to 9 mph from the SE

High
60 F
Low
52 F
Rain
57%
Wind
9 mph from the SE
Sunrise
7:16 am
Sunset
7:22 pm
Ultraviolet
1
Moon
Waxing gibbous

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Banner Elk, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

NC Fire RAWS 5CNEN7

A remote fire weather station/11.5 mi away/3,740 ft/35 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Watauga_Cnty_Hosp_HelipTNB

At an airfield/12.6 mi away/3,146 ft/559 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Banner ElkBELN7

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/3,704 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Beech Mountain 1.0 SENC-WT-62

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/4,488 ft/783 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Banner Elk (BELN7), 0.2 miles from here, read 16 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in North Carolina

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.