Mount Mitchell, NC: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 28.3°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the coldest February since 2016 (2025 excluded: 28 of 28 days missing), tied 28th coldest of 78 (with 1953).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 28.3°F; Coldest since 2016; 28th coldest of 78

A normal February in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.1°F, between 23.9°F and 33.8°F in eight years of ten and 5.34 in of precipitation, between 2.86 in and 9.05 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1926: 28.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 15.1°F, in 1958.

Normal range, 23.9 to 33.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	28.3	50	35.9	53	20.7	49			0
2024	33.8	8	41.7	10	25.9	8	4.21	55	0
2023	36.7	2	44	3	29.4	2	4.66	47	0
2022	31.9	20	40.7	15	23.1	22	10.96	3	0
2021	29.4	39	36.8	46	22.1	31	4.67	46	0
2020	29.1	42	36.8	46	21.3	44	12.19	1	0
2019	35.7	3	42.9	5	28.4	3	9.11	8	0
2018	37.7	1	45.3	1	30.1	1	10.36	5	0
2017	33.7	9	42.4	7	25.1	11	1.45	79	0
2016	24.7	63	31.8	69	17.7	62	9.03	10	0
2015	20.2	72	29.8	74	10.6	76	4.17	56	0
2014	29.3	40	36.6	49	22	34	6.57	28	0
2013	24.9	62	33.3	64	16.6	65	6.64	27	0
2012	30.9	27	39.1	27	22.6	27	3.32	67	0
2011	30.3	31	38.8	29	21.8	37	3.46	63	0
2010	17.3	77	24.3	80	10.3	77	6.71	26	0
2009	24.4	64	33.3	64	15.6	69	3.14	68	0
2008	30.3	31	39.1	27	21.6	41	5.71	34	1
2007	22.1	68	31.3	70	12.9	72	1.93	77	0
2006	24.4	64	32.4	67	16.4	66	4.08	57	0
2005	28.6	44	36.5	50	20.8	48	3.80	62	0
2004	26.7	56	35.6	56	17.9	60	5.34	40	0
2003	28.2	52	35.8	54	20.6	50	7.55	20	0
2002	28.4	49	38.1	34	18.8	55	2.34	75	0
2001	34	5	43.1	4	24.8	14	4.43	52	1
2000	31.9	20	40.7	15	23	24	2.99	70	1
1999	31.1	24	38.3	32	23.3	20			2
1998	27.7	53	33.3	64	22.2	30	8.60	13	1
1997	32.6	15	40.3	18	24.8	14	4.62	49	0
1996					18.6	56	4.93	44	3
1995	25.6	60	33.4	63	17.9	60	6.43	29	0
1994	30.2	34	38.1	34	22.4	29	6.76	25	1
1993	26.9	54	35.2	59	18.6	56	4.07	58	0
1992	32.8	14	41	13	24.7	16	5.73	33	0
1991	32.5	16	40.1	19	23.8	19	6.10	32	1
1990	35.6	4	44.6	2	26.5	6	9.05	9	0
1989	31.1	24	39.4	24	23.3	20	8.00	17	1
1988	26.5	59	36.8	46	16.2	67	2.60	73	0
1987	30.3	31	38.4	31	22.1	31	7.12	22	1
1986	33.2	12	42.1	8	24.2	17	5.13	42	1
1985			38	36	20.1	51	8.97	11	3
1984	32.4	17	40.9	14	23.9	18	11.46	2	0
1983							7.85	19	4
1982	33.7	9	42.1	8	25.3	10	9.79	6	0
1981	28.6	44	37.7	38	19.5	52	7.40	21	0
1980	23.1	67	33.8	61	12.5	73	2.72	72	0
1965	26.8	55	35.6	56	18	59	5.27	41	0
1964	19.5	73	28.1	77	10.9	74	7.11	23	0
1963	20.7	70	31.3	70	10.1	78	1.64	78	0
1962	33.9	6	41.3	12	26.6	4	6.34	30	0
1961	32.4	17	39.3	26	25.5	9	7.87	18	0
1960			32	68	14.9	70	6.89	24	3
1959	29.6	38	37.5	40	21.8	37	3.44	64	0
1958	15.1	78	24.2	81	7.2	81	4.49	50	2
1957	33.5	11	40.5	17	26.6	4	10.95	4	0
1956	31.2	23	37.5	40	24.9	13	9.40	7	0
1955	28.5	47	36	52	21.1	46	8.02	16	0
1954	29.3	40	37	45	21.8	37	4.47	51	2
1953	28.3	50	37.3	44	19.3	53	8.53	14	0
1952	29.9	37	37.8	37	22	34	5.54	37	0
1951	30.5	30	39.6	23	21.3	44	4.31	53	0
1950	30.1	35	37.7	38	22.6	27			0
1949	33.9	6	42.9	5	25	12	4.24	54	0
1948	33.1	13	39.8	22	26.5	6			0
1947	17.5	76	27.3	79	6.2	82			2
1946			38.3	32	19	54	3.82	61	3
1945	30.1	35	37.5	40	22.7	26	5.68	35	1
1944	31.9	20	39.4	24	22.1	31	8.03	15	2
1943	26.7	56	36.1	51	17.2	63	2.82	71	0
1942	18.2	75	27.7	78	8.3	80	5.56	36	2
1941	19.1	74	28.2	76	9.9	79	2.58	74	0
1940							5.07	43	13
1939	31	26	40.1	19	21.8	37	8.77	12	2
1938	28.5	47	35.4	58	21.5	42	3.44	64	0
1937							5.39	39	6
1936	22.1	68	29.6	75	14.7	71	5.44	38	0
1935	23.6	66	31.2	72	16	68	4.91	45	0
1934	20.3	71	29.9	73	10.7	75	4.05	59	0
1933	26.7	56	35.1	60	18.1	58	4.64	48	1
1932	30.9	27	38.8	29	23.1	22			0
1931	30.9	27	40	21	21.9	36	4.05	59	1
1930	32.1	19	41.4	11	22.9	25	2.25	76	0
1929	29	43	37.4	43	20.9	47	6.24	31	2
1928	28.6	44	35.7	55	21.5	42	3.44	64	0
1926	25.2	61	33.5	62	17	64	3.09	69	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	37.7
2023	36.7
2019	35.7
1990	35.6
2001	34
1962	33.9
1949	33.9
2024	33.8
2017	33.7
1982	33.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1958	15.1
2010	17.3
1947	17.5
1942	18.2
1941	19.1
1964	19.5
2015	20.2
1934	20.3
1963	20.7
2007	22.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2020	12.19
1984	11.46
2022	10.96
1957	10.95
2018	10.36
1982	9.79
1956	9.40
2019	9.11
1990	9.05
2016	9.03

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	1.45
1963	1.64
2007	1.93
1930	2.25
2002	2.34
1941	2.58
1988	2.60
1980	2.72
1943	2.82
2000	2.99

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 56°F; 18 February 2026
Coldest night: -10°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.50 in; 11 February 2026

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The hottest day of February 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 56°F on Wednesday 18 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of -10°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 0.50 in on Wednesday 11 February 2026.