Asheville, NC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 36.5°F in Asheville, NC, the coldest January since 2025, tied 51st coldest of 136 (with 1997, 1971 and 1959).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 36.5°F; Coldest since 2025; 51st coldest of 136
Precipitation: 3.92 in; Wettest since 2024; 37th wettest of 149

A normal January in Asheville, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.9°F, between 33°F and 42.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.61 in of precipitation, between 2.11 in and 7.05 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Asheville, NC since 1878: 36.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 24.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 33 to 42.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Asheville, NC from 1870 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	36.5	83	47.8	61	25.2	95	3.92	37	0
2025	33.6	108	43.9	109	23.4	108	1.29	133	0
2024	37.8	66	47.2	74	28.4	67	8.79	2	0
2023	43.7	14	53.5	17	34	16	4.99	20	0
2022	36.2	90	45.9	87	26.5	84	3.33	64	0
2021	39	52	47.7	63	30.3	42	3.03	74	0
2020	42.8	17	51.1	33	34.6	13	4.91	22	0
2019	39	52	48.3	54	29.8	50	5.28	19	0
2018	33.6	108	44.1	107	23.2	113	4.04	33	0
2017	44.2	12	52.9	20	35.5	10	3.72	42	0
2016	34.8	99	44.9	102	24.8	100	3.29	65	0
2015	37	73	47	76	27	80	3.06	73	0
2014	30.6	129	42.9	117	18.3	134	2.33	102	0
2013	42.4	21	51.6	30	33.2	18	8.58	3	0
2012	41	34	51.9	28	30.2	44	3.85	39	0
2011	33.1	116	42.5	119	23.8	105	2.12	109	0
2010	32.4	120	41.7	123	23	115	7.00	8	0
2009	36.9	78	47.7	63	26	89	2.40	100	0
2008	36.4	87	46.7	79	26	89	2.56	92	0
2007	39.4	48	49.7	42	29.2	58	3.35	62	0
2006	43.2	16	54.4	12	32	24	3.58	47	0
2005	40.8	35	51	36	30.6	38	2.00	114	0
2004	35.9	92	47.4	71	24.4	102	0.83	147	0
2003	33.6	108	44	108	23.3	110	1.19	134	0
2002	41.1	33	53.3	19	28.8	63	3.64	44	0
2001	36.6	81	47.2	74	26.1	86	2.63	88	0
2000	36	91	45.4	95	26.5	84	3.10	70	0
1999	41.7	29	52.8	22	30.6	38	6.38	13	0
1998	41.3	32	50	40	32.5	22	9.96	1	0
1997	36.5	83	45.6	92	27.3	73	4.44	28	0
1996	35.3	95	45.4	95	25.2	95	7.22	5	0
1995	38.8	56	47.8	61	29.9	49	7.03	7	0
1994	32.4	120	42	122	22.7	117	5.35	18	0
1993	41.9	27	50.5	39	33.4	17	3.82	40	0
1992	40.6	37	51.3	31	30	47	3.08	72	0
1991	39.1	50	48.3	54	30	47	3.25	68	0
1990	42.8	17	54.1	13	31.5	29	3.27	67	0
1989	42.1	24	54.5	11	29.7	53	1.65	123	0
1988	32.1	124	42.3	121	21.9	125	3.71	43	0
1987	35.3	95	45	100	25.6	92	3.49	53	0
1986	35	98	48.5	50	21.5	126	1.11	139	0
1985	30.4	130	40.4	129	20.5	130	2.95	76	0
1984	34	107	45.7	90	22.2	122	2.36	101	0
1983	36.7	80	46	84	27.3	73	3.39	58	0
1982	32.3	122	43.3	113	21.3	128	5.41	17	0
1981	33.2	115	45	100	21.5	126	0.45	148	0
1980	40.5	39	48.9	47	32	24	2.85	80	0
1979	34.2	106	44.3	106	24	103	6.81	10	0
1978	29.2	132	39.1	131	19.4	133	7.47	4	0
1977	24.8	136	35	135	14.5	137	2.09	110	0
1976	33.6	108	45.1	99	22.1	123	3.51	49	0
1975	41.7	29	53.6	16	29.8	50	3.86	38	0
1974	48.2	3	58.9	2	37.5	5	3.44	55	0
1973	37.4	69	48.1	56	26.8	82	4.26	31	0
1972	42	25	54	14	30.1	46	3.57	48	0
1971	36.5	83	46.8	78	26.1	86	2.53	95	0
1970	30.9	128	41.6	124	20.2	132	1.75	119	0
1969	36.6	81	46	84	27.3	73	2.64	87	0
1968	34.3	103	45.3	98	23.3	110	2.93	78	0
1967	38.7	58	51.3	31	26.1	86	2.02	113	0
1966	30.1	131	39.1	131	21.1	129	3.37	61	0
1965	37	73	49	45	25	98	2.16	107	0
1964	38.1	63	49	45	27.2	77	2.83	83	0
1963	34.3	103	46.2	82	22.5	120	1.73	121	0
1962	37.3	72	46.4	81	28.3	68	4.46	26	0
1961	33.4	114	43.5	112	23.4	108	1.45	130	0
1960	38.9	55	46.5	80	31.4	30	2.79	85	0
1959	36.5	83	47.5	69	25.6	92	2.96	75	0
1958	32.2	123	40.6	128	23.7	106	2.89	79	0
1957	39.8	44	47.7	63	31.8	28	4.02	34	0
1956	34.6	101	42.5	119	26.6	83	1.02	145	0
1955	36.8	79	45.6	92	27.9	71	1.11	139	0
1954	40.4	40	51.1	33	29.7	53	6.31	14	0
1953	42.3	22	51.9	28	32.7	19	4.22	32	0
1952	44.2	12	54	14	34.5	14	3.09	71	0
1951	38.7	58	48.8	48	28.6	65	1.07	143	0
1950	51.6	1	60.8	1	42.4	2	3.14	69	0
1949	47.4	4	56.1	8	38.6	3	2.06	111	0
1948	33	117	41.1	126	23.9	104	2.55	93	2
1947	43.4	15	52.7	23	34.1	15	6.04	16	0
1946	39.3	49	47.7	63	31	34	4.40	29	0
1945	37	73	46	84	28	70	1.76	118	0
1944	39.6	46	49.3	43	29.8	50	2.52	96	0
1943	41.4	31	52.4	27	30.4	41	3.43	56	0
1942	37.4	69	47.3	72	27.5	72	2.18	104	0
1941	38.8	56	48.4	51	29.2	58	1.13	137	0
1940	26.3	135	34.7	136	18	135	2.13	108	0
1939	40.2	42	51.1	33	29.3	56	3.94	36	0
1938	38.1	63	47.5	69	28.7	64	2.59	89	0
1937	49.6	2	56.5	5	42.7	1	6.87	9	0
1936	33.5	113	43.3	113	23.6	107	7.15	6	0
1935	40.2	42	49.1	44	31.4	30	4.68	24	0
1934	40.7	36	50	40	31.3	32	1.66	122	0
1933	45.8	9	55.8	9	35.7	9	1.54	128	0
1932	46.7	7	56.3	6	37.1	6	3.99	35	0
1931	38.1	63	47.9	59	28.2	69	1.84	117	0
1930	39.8	44	48.7	49	30.8	35	1.48	129	0
1929	38.5	60	47.3	72	29.7	53	1.89	116	0
1928	35.4	94	45.7	90	25	98	1.15	136	0
1927	39	52	47.6	67	30.3	42	1.16	135	0
1926	37	73	45.5	94	28.6	65	3.39	58	0
1925	37.7	67	46.1	83	29.2	58	2.74	86	0
1924	33.6	108	44.5	104	22.7	117	3.74	41	0
1923	41.8	28	51	36	32.7	19	2.03	112	0
1922	38.2	62	45.8	89	30.7	37	2.84	82	0
1921	39.1	50	48	57	30.2	44	3.35	62	0
1920	38.4	61	47.6	67	29.2	58	1.90	115	0
1919	37.5	68	48	57	27.1	79	4.70	23	0
1918	28.8	133	37.2	134	20.5	130	4.56	25	0
1917	42.2	23	52.6	24	31.9	27	2.58	91	0
1916	44.8	11	53.5	17	36	8	2.54	94	0
1915	37	73	44.8	103	29.3	56	3.41	57	0
1914	39.6	46	48.4	51	30.8	35	0.89	146	0
1913	45.2	10	55.2	10	35.3	11	2.95	76	0
1912	31.3	126	40.7	127	22	124	1.10	141	0
1911	42	25	52.6	24	31.3	32	1.62	125	0
1910	36.4	87	46.9	77	26	89	2.42	99	0
1909	42.6	19	52.5	26	32.7	19	1.58	127	0
1908	34.6	101	43.8	110	25.5	94	3.63	45	0
1907	46	8	56.7	4	35.3	11	0.27	149	0
1906	40.4	40	48.4	51	32.5	22	6.69	11	0
1905	32	125	41.3	125	22.7	117	2.85	80	0
1904	32.9	119	42.6	118	23.1	114	1.42	131	0
1903	36.3	89	45.4	95	27.3	73	1.61	126	0
1902							1.63	124	31
1901							2.48	97	31
1900							2.26	103	31
1899							2.17	106	31
1898	40.6	37	50.6	38	30.6	38	3.60	46	0
1897	33	117	43.2	116	22.8	116	1.75	119	0
1896	31.2	127	40	130	22.3	121	3.38	60	0
1895	34.3	103	43.8	110	24.8	100	4.92	21	0
1894	42.5	20	52.9	20	32	24	2.44	98	0
1893	27.2	134	37.9	133	16.5	136	3.29	65	0
1892	34.7	100	44.4	105	25.1	97	6.52	12	0
1891	37.4	69	45.9	87	28.9	62	4.45	27	0
1890	47	6	57.7	3	36.2	7	1.42	131	0
1889							2.59	89	7
1887	35.6	93	47.9	59	23.3	110	2.18	104	0
1885							4.32	30	31
1880	47.2	5	56.3	6	38.2	4	1.07	143	1
1879					27	80	3.49	53	5
1878	35.2	97	43.3	113	27.2	77	3.50	50	0
1876							2.80	84	31
1875							6.20	15	31
1873							3.50	50	31
1872							1.10	141	31
1871							1.13	137	31
1870							3.50	50	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	51.6
1937	49.6
1974	48.2
1949	47.4
1880	47.2
1890	47
1932	46.7
1907	46
1933	45.8
1913	45.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	24.8
1940	26.3
1893	27.2
1918	28.8
1978	29.2
1966	30.1
1985	30.4
2014	30.6
1970	30.9
1896	31.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	9.96
2024	8.79
2013	8.58
1978	7.47
1996	7.22
1936	7.15
1995	7.03
2010	7.00
1937	6.87
1979	6.81

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1907	0.27
1981	0.45
2004	0.83
1914	0.89
1956	1.02
1951	1.07
1880	1.07
1912	1.10
1872	1.10
1986	1.11
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 67°F; 7 January 2026, 6 January 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.68 in; 10 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.92 in of precipitation in Asheville, NC, the wettest January since 2024, 37th wettest of 149.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Asheville, NC: 67°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026 and Tuesday 6 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Asheville, NC: a low of 8°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Asheville, NC: 2.68 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.