Mount Mitchell, NC: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 61.3°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the warmest August since 2010, tied 8th warmest of 83 (with 2001 and 1983).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 61.3°F; Warmest since 2010; 8th warmest of 83
Precipitation: 5.60 in; Driest since 2024; 39th driest of 84

A normal August in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.9°F, between 57.3°F and 61.6°F in eight years of ten and 6.67 in of precipitation, between 3.06 in and 13.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1926: 61.3°F in 2026; the highest is 64.6°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 57.3 to 61.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August 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	61.3	8	68.9	10	53.6	13	5.60	46	0
2025	58	56	64.8	61	51.1	54	6.31	40	0
2024	60	26	67.3	22	52.6	27	5.57	47	0
2023	60.9	16	68.8	11	52.9	23	7.34	33	0
2022	59.2	35	66.2	40	52.2	34	6.25	41	0
2021	61	14	68.5	13	53.6	13	16.31	4	0
2020	59	36	65.8	44	52.3	31	10.90	18	0
2019	59.3	33	66.3	39	52.4	30	5.88	43	0
2018	58.3	50	65.3	53	51.4	49	12.54	13	0
2017	57.7	63	64.4	68	51	56	5.62	45	0
2016	61.2	11	67.4	21	55	5	13.15	10	0
2015	58.5	44	65.7	45	51.3	51	2.35	75	0
2014	58	56	64.8	61	51.1	54	3.48	64	0
2013	57.5	66	63.7	73	51.4	49	3.13	67	0
2012	58.5	44	65.1	56	51.9	39	3.97	59	0
2011	60.1	24	67.3	22	52.9	23	3.74	63	0
2010	62.1	4	68.4	14	55.8	3	3.97	59	0
2009	58.7	39	65.4	50	52	36	6.67	39	0
2008	58	56	64.9	58	51	56	12.02	15	0
2007	64.6	1	72.6	1	56.7	1	4.27	56	0
2006	61.8	6	68.8	11	54.9	7	6.89	37	0
2005	61.1	13	67.2	25	55	5	17.16	3	0
2004	57.5	66	64.7	64	50.2	70	7.25	34	1
2003	61.2	11	67.9	18	54.3	11	7.61	32	1
2002	60.7	18	68	16	53.4	19	4.27	56	1
2001	61.3	8	69.3	5	53.4	19	5.23	51	2
2000	60.6	19	69.2	7	51.9	39	10.06	23	1
1999							2.76	73	4
1998	61.5	7	69.5	3	53.5	17	4.19	58	0
1997	56.8	76	64.6	65	48.9	81	0.93	84	2
1996	58.2	52	64.9	58	51.6	44	12.93	12	2
1995	60.5	21	66.6	35	54.6	9	17.41	2	1
1994	56.7	77	62.6	81	50.7	63	13.39	9	0
1993									6
1992	56	80	61.8	83	50.2	70	11.12	17	0
1991	57.8	61	63.9	70	51.7	43	10.19	21	0
1990	60.1	24	67.2	25	53	22	9.63	25	0
1989	58.4	48	65.2	55	51.5	46	5.43	49	1
1988	62.3	3	70	2	54.6	9	9.19	27	1
1987	62.1	4	69.4	4	54.8	8	2.28	77	0
1986	57.5	66	64	69	50.9	58	6.71	38	2
1985	57.4	70	62.8	78	52	36	8.94	30	1
1984	59.5	31	65.4	50	53.5	17	2.94	68	0
1983	61.3	8	67.3	22	55.3	4	1.68	80	2
1982	57.4	70	62.8	78	52	36	2.46	74	1
1981	57.1	75	63.2	77	50.9	58	2.85	70	1
1980	62.7	2	69.3	5	56.2	2	3.79	61	3
1964	56.3	78	62.6	81	49.9	74	13.02	11	0
1963	58.1	55	65	57	51.2	53	3.23	66	0
1962	58	56	65.4	50	50.6	65	10.25	20	0
1961	57.3	73	63.6	74	50.9	58	13.85	7	0
1960	58.7	39	65.5	48	51.8	42	6.93	35	0
1959	59.5	31	66.8	32	52.3	31	9.02	29	0
1958	58.7	39	66.1	42	51.3	51	2.88	69	0
1957	58	56	65.7	45	50.3	68	1.81	78	0
1956	58.9	38	66.4	37	51.5	46	1.32	81	1
1955	60.5	21	67.2	25	53.6	13	9.77	24	1
1954	60.4	23	67.9	18	52.9	23	2.79	72	0
1953	57.5	66	65.6	47	49.4	79	2.85	70	0
1952	57.8	61	65.3	53	50.3	68	9.47	26	0
1951	58.5	44	66.6	35	50.4	67	1.28	82	0
1950	55.7	81	62.8	78	48.6	83	14.93	5	0
1949	57.6	65	64.6	65	50.8	62			1
1948	58.3	50	66.4	37	49.6	75	4.59	54	2
1947	59.9	27	67.1	29	52.6	27	10.11	22	0
1946	55.6	83	63.5	76	47.7	84	3.28	65	0
1945	58.6	43	66.2	40	50.9	58			0
1944	57.4	70	65.5	48	49.5	78	5.47	48	1
1943	60.6	19	69	8	52.2	34	0.97	83	0
1942	58.2	52	66.7	33	49.6	75	8.60	31	0
1941	60.9	16	69	8	52.7	26	5.04	53	0
1940	57.2	74	63.8	72	50.6	65	30.39	1	0
1939	58.7	39	66.7	33	50.7	63	10.84	19	1
1938	59.7	29	67.2	25	52.3	31	5.91	42	1
1937	59.9	27	67.1	29	52.6	27	13.66	8	0
1936	59.6	30	66	43	53.2	21	9.05	28	0
1935	58.4	48	64.9	58	51.9	39	11.18	16	2
1934	59.3	33	64.6	65	54	12	5.33	50	1
1933	57.7	63	63.9	70	51.5	46	6.93	35	0
1932	56.3	78	63.6	74	49.1	80	4.57	55	0
1931	58.5	44	66.9	31	50.1	72	12.12	14	1
1930	55.7	81	61.6	84	49.6	75	3.75	62	1
1929	59	36	68	16	50	73	2.32	76	0
1928	58.2	52	64.8	61	51.6	44	14.39	6	0
1927					48.8	82	5.10	52	7
1926	61	14	68.3	15	53.6	13	5.86	44	0
1925			67.8	20			1.78	79	5

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	64.6
1980	62.7
1988	62.3
2010	62.1
1987	62.1
2006	61.8
1998	61.5
2026	61.3
2001	61.3
1983	61.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1946	55.6
1950	55.7
1930	55.7
1992	56
1964	56.3
1932	56.3
1994	56.7
1997	56.8
1981	57.1
1940	57.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1940	30.39
1995	17.41
2005	17.16
2021	16.31
1950	14.93
1928	14.39
1961	13.85
1937	13.66
1994	13.39
2016	13.15

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	0.93
1943	0.97
1951	1.28
1956	1.32
1983	1.68
1925	1.78
1957	1.81
1987	2.28
1929	2.32
2015	2.35

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 20 August 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 24 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.10 in; 7 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 5.60 in of precipitation in Mount Mitchell, NC, the driest August since 2024, 39th driest of 84.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 73°F on Thursday 20 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of 46°F on Monday 24 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 1.10 in on Friday 7 August 2026.