Mount Mitchell, NC: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 48.7°F in Mount Mitchell, NC (6 days missing), tying the record for the warmest 1 January to 9 October, set in 1990, in 74 years since 1932 (1936 excluded: 33 of 283 days missing; 1940 excluded: 33 of 283 days missing; 1948 excluded: 34 of 283 days missing; 18 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 48.7°F; Ties the record; Warmest of 74, provisional

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 46.3°F, between 45°F and 47.9°F in eight years of ten and 62.68 in of precipitation, between 47.34 in and 82.10 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1932: 48.7°F in 2026, tied for the highest with 1990.

Normal range, 45 to 47.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Mount Mitchell, NC from 1925 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	48.7	1	57	1	40.5	2	36.84	70	6
2025									151
2024	47.7	10	55.7	9	39.8	9	77.65	7	9
2023	47.8	8	56	6	39.5	11	54.06	44	0
2022	47.2	14	56	6	38.5	27	61.48	29	1
2021	46.9	17	55	18	38.9	21	70.29	14	0
2020	45.6	45	53.3	52	37.9	41	82.04	4	0
2019	47.7	10	55.6	11	39.9	6	71.88	11	0
2018	46.5	25	53.8	38	39.2	15	108.70	1	0
2017	46.8	20	54.3	31	39.3	13	67.74	18	0
2016	46.7	22	54.4	29	38.9	21	49.53	56	1
2015	45.9	41	53.5	43	38.2	37	63.36	24	1
2014	45	60	53	59	36.9	61	60.41	31	0
2013	44.5	66	51.8	70	37.1	59	84.31	2	1
2012	47.9	6	55.3	14	40.4	4	62.71	25	0
2011	46.3	33	53.8	38	38.8	24	62.64	26	5
2010	45.3	54	52.4	64	38.3	34	51.28	52	1
2009	44.5	66	51.8	70	37.3	56	69.76	16	0
2008	45.7	44	53.7	40	37.8	44	53.40	47	2
2007	47.1	15	55.8	8	38.4	31	46.75	61	4
2006	46.4	29	54.6	23	38.2	37	55.96	38	2
2005	46.1	38	53.7	40	38.5	27	79.05	6	24
2004	45.5	49	53.4	48	37.6	51	82.66	3	7
2003	45.4	50	53.2	54	37.6	51	71.36	12	2
2002	48	4	56.1	4	39.9	6	45.53	62	8
2001	46.4	29	54.7	21	37.8	44	47.41	58	12
2000	48	4	56.6	3	39.1	16	54.56	42	12
1999	46.8	20	55.1	15	38.4	31	51.62	50	19
1998	48.3	3	56.1	4	40.5	2	59.36	33	24
1997	45.3	54	53.5	43	37.1	59	44.79	63	11
1996	45	60	53.3	52	36.4	65	68.69	17	17
1995	46.9	17	54.6	23	39.3	13	80.07	5	5
1994	45.8	43	53.5	43	37.9	41	66.84	21	3
1993	46.5	25	54.5	25	38.7	25	51.06	53	8
1992	44.6	65	51.9	68	37.5	55	73.94	9	9
1991	47.8	8	55	18	40.6	1	57.99	34	6
1990	48.7	1	56.7	2	40.4	4	62.47	27	4
1989	47.9	6	55.6	11	39.9	6	76.78	8	12
1988	45.6	45	54.4	29	36.9	61	47.20	60	21
1987	47.1	15	55.1	15	39.1	16	54.50	43	6
1986	47.6	12	55.7	9	39.4	12	35.06	71	9
1985	46.9	17	54.3	31	39.1	16	51.38	51	25
1984	46	39	53.2	54	38.5	27	50.19	55	25
1983	46	39	52.6	61	38.7	25	55.33	40	26
1982	46.7	22	53.5	43	39.8	9	53.10	48	12
1981	45.4	50	53.1	57	37.6	51	47.92	57	8
1980	45.6	45	53.4	48	37.8	44	57.77	36	19
1965									103
1964	43.8	70	52.1	65	35.4	72	73.73	10	1
1963	43.5	73	52.1	65	34.9	76	39.84	69	0
1962	45.2	59	52.5	63	37.9	41	59.85	32	3
1961	43.7	71	51.6	72	35.8	70	61.66	28	5
1960	43.7	71	51.4	73	35.7	71	53.41	46	7
1959									34
1958	43.4	74	50.8	75	35.9	69	40.29	68	6
1957	46.3	33	53.6	42	39	19	70.68	13	8
1956									39
1955	46.5	25	54.3	31	38.9	21	67.62	19	8
1954	47.3	13	55.4	13	39	19	44.73	64	7
1953	45.4	50	54.1	35	36.8	64	56.79	37	1
1952	46.4	29	54.7	21	38	39	54.75	41	0
1951	44.8	62	53.4	48	36.3	67	43.75	65	0
1950	45.3	54	53.2	54	37.3	56			12
1949	46.4	29	54.5	25	38.4	31			4
1948					37.7	47	53.83	45	34
1947	44	69	52.1	65	35.3	73			6
1946	46.6	24	55	18	37.6	51			17
1945	46.3	33	54.1	35	38.3	34			4
1944	46.3	33	55.1	15	37.3	56	50.49	54	4
1943	45.6	45	54.5	25	36.3	67			3
1942	44.5	66	53.4	48	35.1	75	64.27	22	8
1941	45.3	54	54	37	36.4	65	40.89	67	2
1940			51.1	74	35.2	74	70.21	15	33
1939	46.2	37	54.5	25	38	39	55.57	39	13
1938	45.3	54	53	59	37.7	47	43.40	66	14
1937	46.5	25	54.2	34	38.5	27	57.84	35	9
1936							52.30	49	33
1935	44.8	62	51.9	68	37.7	47	63.48	23	2
1934	45.4	50	53.1	57	37.7	47	67.62	19	4
1933	45.9	41	53.5	43	38.3	34	61.41	30	2
1932	44.8	62	52.6	61	36.9	61	47.31	59	8
1931									36
1930									35
1929									43
1928									36
1927									87
1926									44
1925									187

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	48.7
1990	48.7
1998	48.3
2002	48
2000	48
2012	47.9
1989	47.9
2023	47.8
1991	47.8
2024	47.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1958	43.4
1963	43.5
1961	43.7
1960	43.7
1964	43.8
1947	44
2013	44.5
2009	44.5
1942	44.5
1992	44.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	108.70
2013	84.31
2004	82.66
2020	82.04
1995	80.07
2005	79.05
2024	77.65
1989	76.78
1992	73.94
1964	73.73

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	35.06
2026	36.84
1963	39.84
1958	40.29
1941	40.89
1938	43.40
1951	43.75
1954	44.73
1997	44.79
2002	45.53

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 78°F; 3 July 2026
Coldest night: -10°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.75 in; 23 July 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	25°F 22nd coldest of 73
February	28.3°F 28th coldest of 78
March	42.4°F 2nd warmest of 82	3.10 in 5th driest of 82
April	48.4°F Warmest of 83	2.61 in 7th driest of 84
May	50.8°F 33rd warmest of 79	8.45 in 14th wettest of 82
June	57.6°F 31st warmest of 84	2.70 in 14th driest of 83
July	62.4°F 8th warmest of 80	9.87 in 16th wettest of 83
August	61.3°F 8th warmest of 83	5.60 in 39th driest of 84
September		2.40 in 12th driest of 83
October so far	56°F 6th warmest of 71	0.62 in 32nd driest of 80

Hot days and freezes

Mount Mitchell, NC has had 72 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2024 (2025 excluded: 151 of 282 days missing), 74th most of 76.
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC came on Friday 15 May 2026, the latest since 2019 (2025 left out for missing days), tied 54th latest of 76 (with 2019 and 1964).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
3 October	Warmest day	73°F	70°F 2019, 1986, 1954	Provisional
2 September	Warmest day	76°F	74°F 1925	Provisional
1 September	Warmest day	77°F	76°F 1925	Provisional
4 July	Warmest day	76°F	75°F 1928	Provisional
12 June	Warmest day	77°F	74°F 2016	Provisional
16 April	Warmest day	72°F	68°F 2024	Provisional
15 April	Warmest day	68°F	67°F 2006, 1941	Provisional
23 March	Warmest day	68°F	62°F 1929	Provisional
12 March	Warmest day	65°F	64°F 1990	Provisional
7 March	Warmest day	63°F	62°F 2022	Provisional
6 March	Warmest day	63°F	60°F 2004	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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The hottest day of 2026 so far in Mount Mitchell, NC: 78°F on Friday 3 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of -10°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Mount Mitchell, NC: 1.75 in on Thursday 23 July 2026.