Mount Mitchell, NC: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 48.4°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the warmest April on record, in 83 years since 1926 (1966 excluded: 30 of 30 days missing; 1967 excluded: 30 of 30 days missing; 1968 excluded: 30 of 30 days missing; 15 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 48.4°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 83, provisional
Precipitation: 2.61 in; Driest since 1995; 7th driest of 84

A normal April in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 43.3°F, between 39.3°F and 46.1°F in eight years of ten and 6.00 in of precipitation, between 3.58 in and 10.39 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1926: 48.4°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 39.3 to 46.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Mount Mitchell, NC from 1926 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	48.4	1	58.3	1	38.5	3	2.61	78	0
2024	43.8	19	52.7	26	34.9	24	6.00	34	0
2023	44.1	17	53.4	18	34.8	27	7.36	21	0
2022	42.3	37	52.4	29	32.3	46	5.10	47	0
2021	41.3	44	52	33	30.7	64	4.19	64	0
2020	38.6	67	47.3	67	29.8	68	8.03	16	0
2019	43.4	28	52.4	29	34.5	28	11.10	3	0
2018	37.2	76	46.7	75	27.7	78	11.38	2	0
2017	46.6	4	54.8	11	38.4	4	9.19	12	0
2016	42.3	37	51.7	37	32.8	39	2.81	77	0
2015	43.6	23	51.9	35	35.2	19	10.26	8	0
2014	43.7	22	52.9	23	34.5	28	6.75	27	0
2013	40.7	47	49.7	48	31.7	51	7.26	22	1
2012	43.6	23	52.2	32	34.9	24	5.36	44	0
2011	43.8	19	53	20	35	22	10.91	4	2
2010	45.7	10	55.1	7	36.3	10	4.23	61	0
2009	40.1	55	48.6	57	31.5	52	7.26	22	0
2008	42.1	39	50.1	44	34	33	4.10	66	0
2007	38.7	65	48.5	59	28.8	74	4.16	65	0
2006	46.3	6	56.1	5	36.8	9	5.94	36	1
2005	40.2	54	48.6	57	31.2	57	6.00	34	3
2004	40.9	46	49.6	50	32.6	41	4.73	56	1
2003	43.3	30	51.1	40	35.4	17	9.40	9	0
2002	45.8	8	53.7	17	37.8	6	3.69	69	1
2001	45.8	8	55	9	35.8	14	3.16	74	3
2000	40.1	55	48.8	53	31.4	55	9.33	11	2
1999	45	14	54.5	13	36.1	11	5.53	42	2
1998									15
1997	39.4	61	48.7	54	30	66	6.25	29	0
1996	40.3	50	49.9	47	30.6	65	3.96	67	0
1995	45.3	12	54.6	12	36.1	11	2.28	79	0
1994	47.3	2	56.9	2	37.7	8	5.19	46	0
1993	40.3	50	49.7	48	30.8	61	5.52	43	0
1992	40.3	50	48	62	32.2	48	9.39	10	2
1991	46.1	7	53.9	16	38.2	5	7.22	24	0
1990	41.7	42	50.8	41	32.5	44	3.65	70	0
1989	41.3	44	50	46	32.6	41	6.24	30	0
1988	41.7	42	50.5	42	32.9	38	6.77	26	2
1987	38.4	70	46	77	30.8	61	7.96	17	0
1986	45.2	13	55.5	6	34.9	24	1.67	83	0
1985	45.7	10	54.1	14	35.9	13	5.55	41	2
1984	39.2	63	45.9	78	32.6	41	10.37	6	1
1983							8.65	13	4
1982	39.4	61	47.8	63	31	59	4.88	54	2
1981			56.5	3	38.9	1	3.84	68	4
1980	41.8	40	50.1	44	33.5	36	8.58	14	0
1965	43.6	23	52	33	35.2	19	5.26	45	0
1964	42.7	34	51.5	38	33.9	35	7.46	20	0
1963	41.8	40	52.4	29	31.2	57	4.21	62	0
1962	36.8	78	45.2	81	28.4	75	5.09	48	0
1961	33.7	83	43.1	84	24.1	84	4.41	59	1
1960	43.8	19	53	20	34.5	28	3.47	72	0
1959	43	33	52.9	23	33.4	37	6.55	28	1
1958	40	58	48.4	60	32.3	46	6.99	25	1
1957	43.4	28	51.3	39	35.8	14	11.86	1	1
1956	38.9	64	46.8	74	30.8	61	6.03	33	1
1955	46.4	5	54.9	10	37.8	6	7.73	18	3
1954	46.9	3	55.1	7	38.7	2	4.32	60	0
1953	38.5	69	48.7	54	28.2	76	3.61	71	0
1952	40.1	55	48.7	54	31.5	52	6.07	32	0
1951	38.3	71	47.3	67	29.3	70	4.87	55	0
1950	37.4	75	47.6	65	27.1	80	2.09	81	0
1949	38.2	72	47.2	69	29.1	73			0
1948	44.7	15	54.1	14	35.3	18	1.28	84	0
1947	43.2	31	51.8	36	34.5	28	4.20	63	0
1946	42.7	34	52.6	27	32.8	39	5.71	39	0
1945	44.2	16	53.4	18	35.1	21	5.66	40	0
1944	38.7	65	48.1	61	29.2	71	4.48	58	0
1943	36.3	80	46.2	76	26.1	83	5.80	38	1
1942	43.5	26	56.2	4	30.9	60	2.08	82	0
1941	44	18	52.9	23	35	22	3.00	75	0
1940	36.7	79	45.6	80	27.8	77	10.34	7	2
1939	36.2	81	45.1	82	27.3	79	5.06	49	0
1938	43.2	31	50.3	43	35.6	16	2.87	76	2
1937	40.3	50	48.9	52	31.8	50	4.98	50	0
1936	37.5	74	45.7	79	29.2	71	5.85	37	0
1935	40.6	48	47.1	71	34	33	4.95	52	0
1934	40.6	48	49.1	51	32	49	6.17	31	0
1933	39.6	59	47.7	64	31.5	52	8.04	15	0
1932	39.5	60	47.6	65	31.4	55	4.49	57	0
1931	38.2	72	46.9	73	29.5	69	7.52	19	0
1930	42.5	36	52.6	27	32.4	45	3.25	73	0
1929	43.5	26	53	20	34.1	32	4.96	51	0
1928	36	82	44.2	83	27.1	80	10.58	5	1
1927	37.2	76	47	72	27.1	80	4.90	53	1
1926	38.6	67	47.2	69	29.9	67	2.27	80	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	48.4
1994	47.3
1954	46.9
2017	46.6
1955	46.4
2006	46.3
1991	46.1
2002	45.8
2001	45.8
2010	45.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1961	33.7
1928	36
1939	36.2
1943	36.3
1940	36.7
1962	36.8
2018	37.2
1927	37.2
1950	37.4
1936	37.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1957	11.86
2018	11.38
2019	11.10
2011	10.91
1928	10.58
1984	10.37
1940	10.34
2015	10.26
2003	9.40
1992	9.39

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1948	1.28
1986	1.67
1942	2.08
1950	2.09
1926	2.27
1995	2.28
2026	2.61
2016	2.81
1938	2.87
1941	3.00

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 16 April 2026
Coldest night: 23°F; 6 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.75 in; 28 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 2.61 in of precipitation in Mount Mitchell, NC, the driest April since 1995 (1998 excluded: 4 of 30 days missing; 2025 excluded: 30 of 30 days missing), 7th driest of 84.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 72°F on Thursday 16 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of 23°F on Monday 6 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 0.75 in on Tuesday 28 April 2026.