Asheville, NC: records

4 October 2026: The hottest day on record in Asheville, NC: 100°F on Sunday 21 August 1983.

The record begins: 1869

All-time records

The coldest night on record in Asheville, NC: a low of -16°F on Monday 21 January 1985.
The wettest day on record in Asheville, NC: 6.40 in on Saturday 18 October 1879.
The warmest night on record in Asheville, NC: a low of 77°F on Sunday 17 July 1887.
The coldest day on record in Asheville, NC: a high of 4°F on Friday 8 February 1895.

Records by month

Month	Highest	Lowest	Wettest day
January	80°F 27 January 1999	-16°F 21 January 1985	4.42 in 7 January 1998
February	80°F 10 February 1932	-9°F 8 February 1895	4.50 in 28 February 1902
March	87°F 25 March 1929	2°F 15 March 1993	4.17 in 12 March 1968
April	90°F 18 April 1896	20°F 7 April 2007, 5 April 1944, 1 April 1923	5.29 in 19 April 2019
May	93°F 19 May 1996, 22 May 1941, 21 May 1941 and 1 more	28°F 8 May 1989	4.39 in 27 May 1973
June	98°F 30 June 2012, 28 June 1952, 29 June 1936	35°F 2 June 1966	3.97 in 26 June 1997
July	99°F 10 July 1936	44°F 2 July 1988	4.02 in 27 July 1969
August	100°F 21 August 1983	42°F 29 August 1986	4.70 in 29 August 1940
September	95°F 6 September 1954, 5 September 1954, 4 September 1954 and 3 more	30°F 30 September 1967	5.78 in 26 September 2024
October	91°F 3 October 2019, 2 October 2019	20°F 30 October 1910	6.40 in 18 October 1879
November	83°F 1 November 1950	1°F 25 November 1950	4.11 in 30 November 2010
December	81°F 31 December 1951	-7°F 25 December 1983	4.17 in 28 December 2018

Streaks, months and years

The longest run of days with a high of 90°F or above in Asheville, NC: 16 days, from Wednesday 6 July to Thursday 21 July 1977.
The longest run of days with a high of 32°F or below in Asheville, NC: 11 days, from Tuesday 10 January to Friday 20 January 1893.
The wettest month on record in Asheville, NC: September 2024, with 17.90 in of precipitation.
The driest month on record in Asheville, NC: October 2000, with 0.00 in of precipitation.
The wettest year on record in Asheville, NC: 2018, with 79.48 in of precipitation.
The driest year on record in Asheville, NC: 1925, with 22.79 in of precipitation.

Daily records by decade

New daily records set in Asheville, NC by decade since the 1910s: the most record highs, 149, came in the 1930s; the most record lows, 66, in the 1960s.

Record highs
Record lows

Every decade as a table

Decade	Record highs	Record lows	Years in the record
1860s	0	0	1
1870s	0	0	10
1880s	0	0	10
1890s	0	0	10
1900s	0	0	10
1910s	2	3	10
1920s	71	59	10
1930s	149	56	10
1940s	87	30	10
1950s	63	34	10
1960s	18	66	10
1970s	42	33	10
1980s	37	41	10
1990s	19	15	10
2000s	18	12	10
2010s	25	4	10
2020s	22	1	7

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