Mount Mitchell, NC: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 50.8°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the warmest May since 2024 (2025 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), tied 33rd warmest of 79 (with 1990).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 50.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 33rd warmest of 79
Precipitation: 8.45 in; Wettest since 2024; 14th wettest of 82

A normal May in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 50.6°F, between 47.1°F and 54.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.62 in of precipitation, between 2.48 in and 11.81 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1927: 50.8°F in 2026; the highest is 55.5°F, in 1962.

Normal range, 47.1 to 54.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	50.8	33	59.5	33	42.1	39	8.45	14	0
2024	52.4	19	59.7	30	45	12	9.76	8	0
2023	48.1	60	56.1	68	40.1	58	4.54	47	0
2022	53.3	14	61.7	12	44.8	14	11.84	5	0
2021	48.8	51	57	54	40.7	51	4.15	52	0
2020	44.9	78	53.6	79	36.3	80	11.79	6	0
2019	54.1	9	61.9	11	46.3	7	5.06	41	0
2018	54.7	4	61.3	15	48	1	20.42	1	0
2017	49.3	47	56.9	55	41.7	45	11.49	7	0
2016	48.5	54	56.4	62	40.7	51	5.54	35	0
2015	52.1	22	59.9	28	44.3	19	3.79	59	0
2014	51.4	31	60	27	42.9	33	4.94	43	0
2013	47.3	68	54.6	76	39.9	60	8.27	16	0
2012	53.5	12	60.5	23	46.6	6	8.99	13	0
2011	49.9	39	57.8	47	42	40	4.59	46	0
2010	52.9	17	60.1	25	45.7	10	6.03	31	0
2009	49.5	46	56.5	60	42.5	36	12.86	2	0
2008	48	63	56.2	66	39.8	61	3.09	67	0
2007	52.4	19	62.2	9	42.6	34	2.39	76	0
2006	48.5	54	57.2	53	39.8	61	1.56	79	0
2005			55.1	72			2.05	77	16
2004	54.6	5	62.9	6	46	9	3.06	68	2
2003	49.9	39	57.3	51	42.6	34	9.03	12	0
2002	49.7	44	59.2	34	40.2	56	3.99	55	2
2001	52.1	22	61.1	16	43.1	29	2.85	71	0
2000	54.9	2	64.6	1	45.2	11	3.31	62	2
1999	50.2	37	58.1	45	41.9	41	3.80	58	2
1998	54.3	7	63.1	5	46.1	8	6.36	29	2
1997	46.1	74	55.8	70	36.4	78	2.83	72	0
1996	54.3	7	63.9	2	44.4	17	2.73	73	2
1995	51.5	27	59.9	28	43	30	4.23	49	1
1994	47.7	66	56.7	57	38.3	73	2.49	75	1
1993	50.6	35	58.2	43	43	30	7.54	21	0
1992	45.9	75	53.5	82	38.6	66	11.95	4	1
1991	54.5	6	61.4	14	47.7	2	4.64	45	1
1990	50.8	33	59.7	30	41.9	41	9.55	10	1
1989	46.7	72	55	75	38.4	70	6.51	25	0
1988							8.30	15	5
1987	54.8	3	62.5	7	47.2	4	3.29	63	2
1986	51.7	25	59.1	35	44.3	19	3.20	65	1
1985	49.9	39	56.6	59	43.2	28	4.17	50	1
1984							3.91	57	7
1983	49.1	50	56.4	62	41.8	43	7.73	19	0
1982	53.9	10	60.2	24	47.7	2	6.06	30	0
1981	48.5	54	56.7	57	40.3	55	9.69	9	1
1980	49.9	39	57.3	51	42.4	37	5.65	34	2
1965	53.1	15	61.7	12	44.4	17			2
1964	51.5	27	60.1	25	43	30	3.16	66	0
1963	48.1	60	57.7	48	38.6	66	5.11	40	0
1962	55.5	1	63.9	2	47.2	4	3.51	60	0
1961	44.9	78	53.8	78	36.1	81	6.49	26	0
1960	46.8	71	55.1	72	38.4	70	4.06	54	0
1959	51.7	25	59.6	32	43.7	24	12.53	3	0
1958	51.2	32	58.4	39	44.1	23	5.35	38	0
1957					43.4	26	4.32	48	4
1956			60.7	21	44.2	22	4.17	50	4
1955	53.5	12	62.3	8	44.8	14	6.95	23	0
1954	45.2	76	53.6	79	36.4	78	5.32	39	1
1953	52.8	18	60.8	20	44.7	16	3.96	56	0
1952	50	38	58.4	39	41.7	45	2.98	69	0
1951	46.9	69	56.3	64	37.4	74	1.31	81	0
1950	52	24	60.7	21	43.3	27	6.90	24	0
1949	49.9	39	58.6	38	41.3	47			0
1948	48.7	52	57.5	50	40	59	5.47	36	0
1947	48.3	57	58.2	43	38.4	70	2.67	74	0
1946	47.8	64	56.5	60	39.2	64	6.37	28	0
1945	45.1	77	53.6	79	36.5	77			0
1944	53.8	11	63.3	4	44.3	19			0
1943	49.2	49	58.9	37	39.5	63	5.05	42	0
1942	49.3	47	58.4	39	40.2	56	7.80	18	0
1941	51.5	27	62.2	9	40.9	49	1.20	82	0
1940	47.8	64	58.1	45	36.8	76	2.97	70	2
1939			55.2	71			3.28	64	4
1938	48.3	57	56.2	66	40.8	50	7.30	22	1
1937	49.7	44	59	36	40.4	54	3.32	61	0
1936	52.3	21	61.1	16	43.5	25	1.41	80	0
1935	48.6	53	56.1	68	41.1	48	4.11	53	0
1934	50.3	36	58.4	39	42.2	38	5.47	36	0
1933	53	16	60.9	19	45	12	8.27	16	0
1932	46.4	73	54.3	77	38.6	66	5.71	32	0
1931	48.1	60	56.8	56	39.2	64	6.49	26	1
1930	51.5	27	61	18	41.8	43	5.71	32	1
1929	48.3	57	56.3	64	40.5	53	7.69	20	1
1928	46.9	69	55.1	72	38.6	66	9.13	11	0
1927	47.6	67	57.7	48	37.3	75	4.65	44	1
1926							1.83	78	12

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1962	55.5
2000	54.9
1987	54.8
2018	54.7
2004	54.6
1991	54.5
1998	54.3
1996	54.3
2019	54.1
1982	53.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2020	44.9
1961	44.9
1945	45.1
1954	45.2
1992	45.9
1997	46.1
1932	46.4
1989	46.7
1960	46.8
1951	46.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	20.42
2009	12.86
1959	12.53
1992	11.95
2022	11.84
2020	11.79
2017	11.49
2024	9.76
1981	9.69
1990	9.55

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	1.20
1951	1.31
1936	1.41
2006	1.56
1926	1.83
2005	2.05
2007	2.39
1994	2.49
1947	2.67
1996	2.73

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 20 May 2026
Coldest night: 24°F; 5 May 2026, 4 May 2026, 3 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.25 in; 26 May 2026, 25 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 8.45 in of precipitation in Mount Mitchell, NC, the wettest May since 2024 (2025 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing), 14th wettest of 82.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 73°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of 24°F on Tuesday 5 May 2026, Monday 4 May 2026 and Sunday 3 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 1.25 in on Tuesday 26 May 2026 and Monday 25 May 2026.