Mount Mitchell, NC: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 42.4°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the warmest March since 2012 (2025 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), 2nd warmest of 82.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 42.4°F; Warmest since 2012; 2nd warmest of 82
Precipitation: 3.10 in; Driest since 2016; 5th driest of 82

A normal March in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.5°F, between 28.8°F and 39.7°F in eight years of ten and 6.99 in of precipitation, between 4.39 in and 9.99 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1926: 42.4°F in 2026; the highest is 43°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 28.8 to 39.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	42.4	2	51.6	1	33.1	2	3.10	78	0
2024	38	16	48	8	28	22	7.92	25	0
2023	36.4	25	46.2	17	26.6	30	5.62	54	0
2022	38	16	47.9	9	28	22	5.50	56	0
2021	38.6	12	47.2	12	29.9	12	8.74	17	0
2020	39.5	10	46.6	16	32.5	3	4.08	73	0
2019	32.3	47	41.8	44	22.7	58	4.50	67	0
2018	28.6	72	36.6	74	20.5	71	6.18	44	0
2017	32.4	45	41	50	23.8	45	7.35	33	0
2016	38.8	11	47.8	10	29.7	15	2.33	81	0
2015	36.5	23	44.8	27	28	22	4.47	68	1
2014	32.2	49	41.6	48	22.7	58	5.69	52	0
2013	24.1	80	32.4	84	15.8	82	8.58	20	0
2012	43	1	50.2	2	35.7	1	6.11	45	0
2011	35.5	30	43.3	36	27.7	26	9.81	9	1
2010	29.4	63	35.1	79	23.7	47	8.70	18	0
2009	36.2	27	43.7	34	28.7	19	8.90	14	0
2008	33.5	38	42.6	40	24.3	42	8.84	15	1
2007	39.7	8	48.6	7	30.8	10	6.99	38	0
2006	32.3	47	41.7	46	23	52	3.49	77	1
2005	29.3	65	36.9	72	21.8	64	6.73	39	2
2004	35	33	44.2	30	25.7	35			0
2003	37.8	18	45.8	19	29.7	15	5.74	51	0
2002			44.1	31	26.1	33	6.60	41	4
2001	28	74	36.2	76	19.6	76	7.91	26	2
2000	39.8	7	49.5	5	30.1	11	5.88	48	2
1999	29.4	63	37.7	65	20.5	71	5.52	55	1
1998	28.9	70	36.1	77	21.6	65	8.61	19	2
1997	40.2	5	49.5	5	31	9	9.74	10	0
1996	29.2	67	37.6	67	20.8	68	7.51	31	0
1995	38.5	13	47.1	13	29.9	12	4.61	62	0
1994	34.2	35	43	38	25.5	36	11.32	2	0
1993	29.9	60	37.1	71	22.8	55	13.40	1	0
1992	31.7	52	40	56	23.5	49	7.47	32	0
1991	36.6	22	45.4	22	28	22	10.72	5	1
1990	40	6	47.8	10	32.3	5	9.52	11	0
1989	41.2	3	49.8	4	32.5	3	6.00	46	1
1988	36.7	21	46	18	27.4	27	3.53	76	2
1987	36	28	45.2	25	26.9	28	5.97	47	0
1986	35.2	32	45.3	24	25.2	39	4.60	63	0
1985	37.1	20	45.8	19	28.3	21	2.97	79	0
1984	32.8	42	41.2	49	24	44	7.11	36	3
1983	33.4	39	40.6	53	26.3	31	10.87	4	0
1982	39.6	9	47.1	13	32.1	6	4.54	65	1
1981	29.1	68	37.5	68	20.7	70	5.27	57	0
1980	32.4	45	41.7	46	23.1	51	11.12	3	2
1965	29.3	65	37.5	68	21	66	9.22	13	0
1964	31.5	53	42.3	41	20.8	68	7.10	37	0
1963	35.4	31	44.5	29	26.3	31	8.84	15	0
1962	29.8	61	36.7	73	22.7	58	5.86	49	1
1961	36.4	25	44.7	28	28.5	20	4.98	58	1
1960	20	82	28.3	85	11.8	85	8.44	22	0
1959	30.2	59	39.8	57	20.5	71	3.59	75	2
1958	28.8	71	34.6	81	23	52	4.66	61	0
1957	30.6	57	37.8	64	23.4	50	2.58	80	1
1956	31.3	56	39.8	57	22.8	55	6.22	43	0
1955	34.7	34	43.5	35	26	34	7.35	33	0
1954	32	51	41	50	22.9	54	7.78	28	0
1953	33.1	41	42	43	24.3	42	8.48	21	0
1952	33.2	40	42.7	39	23.7	47	10.41	6	0
1951	31.4	55	40.2	55	22.6	61	9.32	12	0
1950	28	74	38.2	62	17.8	78	4.56	64	0
1949	32.1	50	41.8	44	22.3	62	4.35	70	0
1948	37.4	19	45.5	21	28.8	18	8.11	23	1
1947	20.8	81	27.2	86	14.4	84			1
1946	38.4	14	47	15	29.8	14	7.59	30	0
1945	40.8	4	49.9	3	31.9	7	4.09	72	1
1944	33.8	36	43.8	32	23.8	45	6.70	40	0
1943	31.5	53	40.5	54	20.9	67			2
1942	29.7	62	38.8	61	20.3	75	7.77	29	1
1941	25.8	77	35.8	78	15.5	83	4.01	74	2
1940			37.3	70	22.8	55	4.28	71	6
1939	33.7	37	42.1	42	25.4	38	4.52	66	0
1938	36.5	23	43.8	32	29.1	17	4.67	60	0
1937	30.5	58	38.9	60	22.1	63	2.04	82	0
1936	32.5	44	39.5	59	25.5	36	6.53	42	0
1935	38.3	15	45.4	22	31.2	8			0
1934	32.6	43	40.8	52	24.5	41	10.35	7	0
1933	29	69	37.7	65	20.4	74	5.67	53	0
1932	25.9	76	34.8	80	17.3	79	7.28	35	1
1931	25.4	79	34.4	82	16.6	81	7.82	27	1
1930	28.3	73	38.1	63	18.5	77	4.75	59	0
1929	35.9	29	45.1	26	26.7	29	9.84	8	0
1928			43.1	37	25	40	5.78	50	4
1927			36.5	75			8.09	24	9
1926	25.5	78	34.2	83	16.7	80	4.37	69	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	43
2026	42.4
1989	41.2
1945	40.8
1997	40.2
1990	40
2000	39.8
2007	39.7
1982	39.6
2020	39.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	20
1947	20.8
2013	24.1
1931	25.4
1926	25.5
1941	25.8
1932	25.9
2001	28
1950	28
1930	28.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	13.40
1994	11.32
1980	11.12
1983	10.87
1991	10.72
1952	10.41
1934	10.35
1929	9.84
2011	9.81
1997	9.74

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	2.04
2016	2.33
1957	2.58
1985	2.97
2026	3.10
2006	3.49
1988	3.53
1959	3.59
1941	4.01
2020	4.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 23 March 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 18 March 2026, 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.96 in; 16 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 3.10 in of precipitation in Mount Mitchell, NC, the driest March since 2016 (2025 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), 5th driest of 82.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 68°F on Monday 23 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of 3°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026 and Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 0.96 in on Monday 16 March 2026.