Mount Mitchell, NC: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 25°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the coldest January since 2022 (2025 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), 22nd coldest of 73.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 25°F; Coldest since 2022; 22nd coldest of 73

A normal January in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 26.7°F, between 21.2°F and 31.1°F in eight years of ten and 6.31 in of precipitation, between 4.70 in and 13.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1932: 25°F in 2026; the lowest is 19.2°F, in 2014.

Normal range, 21.2 to 31.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Mount Mitchell, NC from 1932 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	25	52	32.6	58	17.4	46			0
2024	26.1	40	34	44	18.3	41	8.56	15	0
2023	31.8	10	39.5	11	24.1	12			0
2022	24.5	54	33.5	48	15.4	61	4.93	48	0
2021	27.3	32	34.7	41	19.9	31	5.82	35	0
2020	29.3	22	36.5	26	22.1	19	8.75	12	0
2019	26	43	33.3	52	18.6	39	7.35	23	0
2018	21.9	65	29.7	69	14.1	66	11.41	5	0
2017	30.8	15	37.1	23	24.6	10	6.22	30	0
2016	23.3	61	31.8	61	14.8	63	5.67	36	1
2015	25.1	51	33.2	53	17	49	4.81	50	0
2014	19.2	73	30.5	66	7.9	75	6.31	28	0
2013	32.4	8	39.9	10	24.9	9	15.45	2	0
2012	28.5	27	36.7	24	20.4	28	6.69	25	0
2011	21.2	69	27.8	73	14.5	65	5.42	40	0
2010	20.8	70	27.7	75	13.8	67	8.72	13	0
2009	23.4	58	31	63	15.9	56	5.67	36	0
2008	25.8	45	34.9	39	16.7	51	3.36	62	0
2007	28.1	30	37.6	19	19	36	8.44	16	1
2006	32.3	9	40.9	7	23.7	14	7.36	22	0
2005	31	13	37.7	18	23.7	14	4.55	53	1
2004	24.3	56	32.8	56	15.8	57			0
2003	19.4	72	29.3	70	9.5	74	4.95	47	0
2002	30.1	18	38	16	22.1	19	5.26	45	0
2001	26.6	36	35.3	35	17.8	45	4.74	52	0
2000	25.3	48	34.4	42	16.4	53	5.39	41	3
1999	30.5	17	38.1	14	22.8	18	8.33	17	0
1998	29.6	20	35.4	34	24	13	18.91	1	1
1997	26.2	38	33.5	48	18.9	37	3.84	58	0
1996	26.8	34	35.6	33	17.3	47	14.18	3	2
1995	27.7	31	35	38	19.8	32	12.82	4	1
1994	23.4	58	30.7	64	15.7	59	9.75	7	1
1993	33.5	7	40.2	9	26.8	6	6.90	24	0
1992	28.9	24	37.2	20	20.7	26	5.87	34	1
1991	31	13	38.3	13	23.7	14	5.32	42	0
1990	34.3	6	42.4	5	25.1	8	6.08	33	2
1989					27.2	5	4.50	54	5
1988	24.5	54	33.5	48	15.6	60	3.37	61	1
1987	27.2	33	36	31	18.4	40	7.39	21	1
1986	25.5	47	34.9	39	16.1	55	4.07	57	0
1985							5.55	39	15
1984			35.8	32	20.3	30	2.09	73	4
1983			35.1	37			6.10	32	6
1982	25.2	49	33.9	45	16.5	52	9.03	8	1
1981	21.9	65	30.5	66	13.3	69	2.23	71	0
1980	29.5	21	37.2	20	21.8	22	6.28	29	0
1965	26	43	34.2	43	17.9	44	5.04	46	0
1964	25.8	45	36.2	30	15.4	61	8.97	10	0
1963	22.1	64	31.4	62	12.8	72	2.46	68	0
1962	26.2	38	33.8	46	18.7	38	6.16	31	0
1961	21.3	68	29.3	70	13.2	70	4.79	51	1
1960	26.3	37	33.5	48	19.3	35	5.62	38	3
1959	23.5	57	32.3	59	14.7	64	2.11	72	0
1958	19.8	71	27.8	73	12	73	3.49	60	3
1957	26.8	34	35.2	36	18.3	41	8.72	13	2
1956	23.3	61	30.7	64	15.8	57	1.61	75	3
1955	24.6	53	32.3	59	16.9	50	2.62	67	0
1954	29.9	19	37.2	20	21.8	22	9.00	9	1
1953	28.8	25	36.4	28	21.2	24	8.31	18	0
1952	31.8	10	40.3	8	23.4	17	5.32	42	0
1951	28.4	28	36.3	29	20.5	27	2.44	70	0
1950	39.4	2	45.1	1	33.7	2			3
1949	36.6	3	42.9	3	30.2	3	3.26	63	0
1948	21.9	65	30.2	68	13.6	68	4.27	55	0
1947	35	4	42.7	4	26.8	6			3
1946							7.40	20	8
1945	22.8	63	29.3	70	16.3	54	3.00	64	2
1944	29.3	22	38.1	14	20.4	28	2.45	69	0
1943	30.7	16	39.5	11	21.9	21	4.86	49	0
1942	23.4	58	32.9	55	13.2	70	5.27	44	3
1941	26.1	40	33.8	46	18.3	41	1.76	74	0
1940			20.6	76			2.95	65	7
1939	28.8	25	36.5	26	21.1	25	6.35	27	1
1938	25.2	49	33	54	17.3	47	3.57	59	1
1937	39.5	1	44.3	2	34.6	1	10.14	6	0
1936							6.64	26	31
1935	26.1	40	32.8	56	19.4	34	8.85	11	0
1934	28.2	29	36.7	24	19.7	33	2.85	66	2
1933	31.1	12	38	16	24.3	11	7.65	19	0
1932	34.9	5	42	6	27.5	4	4.23	56	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	39.5
1950	39.4
1949	36.6
1947	35
1932	34.9
1990	34.3
1993	33.5
2013	32.4
2006	32.3
2023	31.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	19.2
2003	19.4
1958	19.8
2010	20.8
2011	21.2
1961	21.3
2018	21.9
1981	21.9
1948	21.9
1963	22.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	18.91
2013	15.45
1996	14.18
1995	12.82
2018	11.41
1937	10.14
1994	9.75
1982	9.03
1954	9.00
1964	8.97

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	1.61
1941	1.76
1984	2.09
1959	2.11
1981	2.23
1951	2.44
1944	2.45
1963	2.46
1955	2.62
1934	2.85

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 49°F; 11 January 2026, 10 January 2026, 7 January 2026
Coldest night: -6°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.20 in; 31 January 2026

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The hottest day of January 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 49°F on Sunday 11 January 2026, Saturday 10 January 2026 and Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of -6°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 0.20 in on Saturday 31 January 2026.