Asheville, NC: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 40.1°F in Asheville, NC (1 day missing), the warmest winter since 2024, 51st warmest of 132.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 40.1°F; Warmest since 2024; 51st warmest of 132
Precipitation: 6.58 in; Driest since 2011; 19th driest of 146

A normal winter in Asheville, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 40.2°F, between 36.9°F and 42.7°F in eight years of ten and 10.96 in of precipitation, between 7.40 in and 17.90 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Asheville, NC since 1878: 40.1°F in 2026; the highest is 48.5°F, in 1890.

Normal range, 36.9 to 42.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	40.1	51	51.4	32	28.5	83	6.58	127	1
2025	39.9	54	50.8	41	28.9	74	9.94	66	0
2024	42.6	16	53.7	11	31.5	26	16.49	10	0
2023	43.9	7	53.6	13	34.2	8	11.36	42	0
2022	42.2	22	53.6	13	30.8	39	10.01	64	0
2021	39.5	63	49.2	70	30	51	11.49	39	2
2020	43.9	7	53.3	16	34.5	7	16.45	11	0
2019	42.6	16	51.6	29	33.6	11	23.06	1	0
2018	41.1	32	50.8	41	31.5	26	12.08	34	0
2017	44.5	6	54.7	4	34.2	8	6.73	126	0
2016	42	25	51.7	27	32.3	17	17.74	4	0
2015	38.2	87	47.9	91	28.5	83	8.24	99	0
2014	37.6	98	48.8	72	26.5	103	13.02	26	0
2013	42.1	23	51.9	23	32.4	16	16.52	9	0
2012	43.1	10	54.1	7	32.2	19	10.55	53	0
2011	35.4	118	45.2	120	25.7	113	6.35	131	0
2010	34	127	42.5	132	25.4	114	19.51	2	0
2009	39.4	67	50.1	58	28.7	80	9.01	84	0
2008	40.9	35	51.7	27	30	51	10.41	56	0
2007	39.5	63	51.1	35	28	90	9.44	74	0
2006	39.6	60	50.3	52	28.9	74	9.64	70	0
2005	40.3	44	50.8	41	29.7	57	8.00	102	0
2004	36.9	108	47.4	99	26.4	107	7.81	105	0
2003	37.2	101	47	107	27.4	95	12.06	35	0
2002	42	25	53.7	11	30.4	48	7.28	114	0
2001	37.7	96	48.1	85	27.2	96	7.73	106	0
2000	40.3	44	51.6	29	29.1	69	7.41	113	0
1999	42.7	14	53.4	15	32	20	12.71	28	0
1998	40	52	48.6	76	31.5	26	19.32	3	0
1997	39.9	54	49.9	59	29.9	54	13.65	22	0
1996	37.2	101	47.5	97	27	99	11.36	42	0
1995	40.3	44	49.6	64	31	36	12.99	27	0
1994	36.5	111	46.7	109	26.2	108	14.05	20	0
1993	39.8	58	48.8	72	30.7	43	9.56	72	0
1992	42.7	14	53.8	10	31.5	26	11.60	38	0
1991	42.3	19	52.7	19	31.9	22	9.41	75	0
1990	39.8	58	50.7	44	28.9	74	14.63	15	0
1989	40.2	48	51.8	25	28.7	80	7.67	109	0
1988	37.1	105	48	87	26.2	108	6.92	121	0
1987	38	90	47.6	95	28.3	86	13.94	21	0
1986	37.1	105	49.4	68	24.8	122	3.66	144	0
1985	38.3	84	49.5	65	27.1	97	9.03	82	0
1984	36.8	109	48.7	74	25	120	17.09	8	0
1983	40.2	48	49.5	65	30.8	39	13.06	25	0
1982	36.3	112	46	113	26.5	103	17.22	7	0
1981	37.5	99	50.3	52	24.7	124	5.84	134	0
1980	39.2	69	50.2	55	28.3	86	4.43	142	0
1979	37	107	48	87	25.9	112	16.27	12	0
1978	33.1	131	43.6	129	22.6	131	10.34	58	0
1977	32.6	132	44.7	121	20.6	132	7.16	116	0
1976	39	73	51.6	29	26.5	103	10.15	61	0
1975	41.4	29	52.6	20	30.3	49	10.80	50	0
1974	42.9	13	53.9	8	31.9	22	16.16	13	0
1973	40.4	43	51.1	35	29.8	55	12.38	31	0
1972	42.5	18	53.9	8	31.1	34	9.91	68	0
1971	39.6	60	51.2	34	27.9	91	10.18	60	0
1970	35.4	118	46	113	24.8	122	8.80	89	0
1969	36.8	109	46.2	111	27.5	94	10.82	49	0
1968	36.2	113	47.1	106	25.4	114	9.68	69	0
1967	37.2	101	48.3	80	26.1	110	6.58	127	0
1966	35.5	117	46.1	112	24.9	121	10.09	63	0
1965	38.5	81	49.8	60	27.1	97	10.47	54	0
1964	34.7	122	44.2	125	25.2	118	8.85	88	0
1963	34.3	124	45.3	118	23.3	130	5.15	140	0
1962	40.8	37	50.3	52	31.2	32	14.23	18	0
1961	37.2	101	47.4	99	26.9	100	8.12	100	0
1960	38.8	76	47.4	99	30.2	50	8.95	85	0
1959	38.4	83	48.6	76	28.2	88	8.40	95	0
1958	34.5	123	43.7	128	25.3	117	9.28	76	0
1957	45.2	5	54.5	5	36	5	10.11	62	0
1956	38.8	76	47.8	92	29.7	57	6.82	123	0
1955	38.1	89	47.2	105	29	71	6.78	125	0
1954	40.9	35	51.3	33	30.6	44	12.62	30	1
1953	41.1	32	50.7	44	31.5	26	10.99	46	0
1952	43	12	53.3	16	32.7	15	10.28	59	0
1951	38.3	84	49	71	27.6	92	6.98	120	0
1950	46.3	3	56.4	3	36.3	3	7.72	107	0
1949	45.3	4	54.4	6	36.3	3	9.22	79	0
1948	39.1	72	48.3	80	29.6	61	7.66	110	2
1947	39.9	54	49.8	60	29.4	63	9.06	81	4
1946	37.7	96	46.6	110	28.9	74	13.52	23	5
1945	38.3	84	47.7	93	28.9	74	8.25	98	0
1944	40.7	40	50.4	50	30.9	37	10.57	52	0
1943	39.9	54	50.7	44	29.2	66	10.98	47	0
1942	38	90	47.4	99	28.6	82	9.07	80	0
1941	38.9	75	48.6	76	29.2	66	4.57	141	0
1940	34.9	121	44.5	123	25.4	114	6.82	123	0
1939	41.2	30	51.9	23	30.5	46	11.88	37	0
1938	40.3	44	49.7	63	30.9	37	5.20	139	0
1937	43.5	9	51.8	25	35.2	6	14.44	16	0
1936	33.5	130	43.4	130	23.7	128	12.31	32	0
1935	39.2	69	48.7	74	29.7	57	8.51	94	0
1934	40.8	37	51.1	35	30.6	44	5.74	135	0
1933	43.1	10	53	18	33.3	13	9.28	76	0
1932	47.1	2	56.9	2	37.3	1	13.29	24	0
1931	37.8	93	47.4	99	28.2	88	5.53	137	0
1930	40.7	40	50.9	40	30.5	46	3.55	145	0
1929	38.5	81	47.5	97	29.4	63	7.00	118	0
1928	37.8	93	48	87	27.6	92	8.52	93	0
1927	42.3	19	51	38	33.6	11	7.60	111	0
1926	38	90	47	107	29	71	6.99	119	0
1925	41	34	50.7	44	31.2	32	8.62	92	0
1924	38.6	79	48	87	29.2	66	9.25	78	0
1923	41.7	27	50.5	49	32.9	14	9.02	83	0
1922	42.1	23	50.4	50	33.8	10	8.28	97	0
1921	40	52	48.3	80	31.6	25	12.17	33	0
1920	38.2	87	47.4	99	29	71	5.94	133	0
1919	39.6	60	48.3	80	30.8	39	11.44	40	0
1918	34.2	125	44.3	124	24	127	8.02	101	0
1917	39.5	63	50.2	55	28.8	79	6.36	130	0
1916	40.2	48	49.5	65	30.8	39	11.28	44	0
1915	37.8	93	45.6	116	30	51	12.70	29	0
1914	39	73	48.2	84	29.8	55	5.65	136	0
1913	41.5	28	51	38	32	20	5.44	138	0
1912	36	115	45.4	117	26.7	102	6.56	129	0
1911	39.4	67	49.3	69	29.5	62	6.29	132	0
1910	35	120	45.3	118	24.7	124	8.00	102	0
1909	42.3	19	52.2	22	32.3	17	8.77	91	0
1908	35.7	116	44.7	121	26.8	101	10.47	54	0
1907	41.2	30	50.7	44	31.7	24	3.30	146	0
1906	38.7	78	47.7	93	29.7	57	14.09	19	0
1905	34	127	42.9	131	25.1	119	8.36	96	0
1904	34.2	125	43.9	127	24.6	126	4.28	143	0
1903	38.6	79	48.1	85	29.1	69	10.93	48	0
1902							17.26	6	90
1901							6.85	122	90
1900							9.94	66	90
1899							12.02	36	90
1898	39.2	69	49.8	60	28.5	83	7.20	115	0
1897	37.5	99	48.5	79	26.5	103	8.94	86	0
1896	36.1	114	46	113	26	111	10.00	65	2
1895	33.8	129	44.1	126	23.6	129	10.72	51	0
1894	40.8	37	52.4	21	29.4	63	7.44	112	2
1893							9.63	71	31
1892							11.24	45	29
1891	40.7	40	50.2	55	31.1	34	15.02	14	0
1890	48.5	1	59.8	1	37.3	1	7.69	108	0
1889							7.01	117	38
1887									31
1885							8.79	90	90
1880							7.98	104	18
1879									38
1878	39.5	63	47.6	95	31.4	31	10.41	56	2
1877									31
1876							8.90	87	91
1875							14.30	17	90
1873							17.50	5	90
1871							9.53	73	90
1870							11.40	41	90

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	48.5
1932	47.1
1950	46.3
1949	45.3
1957	45.2
2017	44.5
2023	43.9
2020	43.9
1937	43.5
2012	43.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	32.6
1978	33.1
1936	33.5
1895	33.8
2010	34
1905	34
1918	34.2
1904	34.2
1963	34.3
1958	34.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	23.06
2010	19.51
1998	19.32
2016	17.74
1873	17.50
1902	17.26
1982	17.22
1984	17.09
2013	16.52
2024	16.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1907	3.30
1930	3.55
1986	3.66
1904	4.28
1980	4.43
1941	4.57
1963	5.15
1938	5.20
1913	5.44
1931	5.53

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 20 February 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 1 February 2026, 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.68 in; 10 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.58 in of precipitation in Asheville, NC, the driest winter since 2011, tied 19th driest of 146 (with 1967).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Asheville, NC: 74°F on Friday 20 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Asheville, NC: a low of 8°F on Sunday 1 February 2026 and Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Asheville, NC: 2.68 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.