Mount Mitchell, NC: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 56°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2019 (2022 excluded: 1 of 9 days missing; 2024 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing), 6th warmest of 71.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 56°F; Warmest since 2019; 6th warmest of 71
Precipitation: 0.62 in; Driest since 2023; 32nd driest of 80

A normal 1 to 9 October in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 49.3°F, between 45.4°F and 55.6°F in eight years of ten and 1.38 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 6.89 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1925: 56°F in 2026; the highest is 59.7°F, in 1941.

Normal range, 45.4 to 55.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	56	6	65.4	2	46.6	13	0.62	49	0
2025	51	24	58.2	34	43.8	25	0.90	45	0
2023	48.2	46	56.3	50	40	43	0.47	53	0
2022							1.83	28	1
2021	54.6	10	61	15	48.1	9	7.01	4	0
2020	46.7	54	56.9	47	36.6	62	0.00	75	0
2019	57.2	2	63.7	4	50.8	3	1.26	39	0
2018	57	3	62.4	9	51.6	1	2.04	24	0
2017	53.2	12	61.8	12	44.6	22	7.48	3	0
2016	49	40	55.6	55	42.4	31	1.65	33	0
2015	50.4	28	56.1	53	44.8	20	6.82	5	0
2014	45.4	60	53.1	67	37.7	58	1.81	29	0
2013	52.9	15	60.9	16	44.9	18	1.94	27	0
2012	49	40	56.3	50	41.7	36	3.90	10	0
2011	42.1	68	51.1	75	33.1	72	trace	73	0
2010	41	70	48	77	34	71	0.29	61	0
2009	47.1	53	54.8	61	39.4	48	0.93	44	0
2008	46.6	55	54	63	39.1	51	1.02	42	0
2007	55.4	7	62.9	7	48	10	1.51	35	0
2006	49.6	36	57.4	40	41.7	36	1.74	32	0
2005	55.1	8	61.3	14	48.8	7	8.09	2	0
2004	50.2	30	58.2	34	42.1	33	0.02	71	0
2003			51.8	72			1.79	30	1
2002	56.2	4	62.6	8	49.9	4	0.06	69	0
2001	45.3	62	55.1	58	35.4	68	0.11	66	0
2000	48.8	42	60	24	37.6	59	0.10	67	0
1999	48.8	42	59.2	28	38.3	54	0.45	55	0
1998			62.2	11			2.09	23	1
1997	52.6	16	61.4	13	43.8	25	0.00	75	0
1996	48.4	45	55.3	57	41.4	38	1.46	36	0
1995	53	14	60.8	17	45.2	16	10.88	1	0
1994	50.3	29	57.7	39	42.9	29	1.29	37	0
1993	52.2	18	63.2	5	41.1	40	0.00	75	0
1992	46	58	53.4	66	38.6	53	6.28	6	0
1991	46.3	57	56.4	48	36.1	66	0.37	59	0
1990	53.8	11	60.8	17	46.8	11	0.95	43	0
1989	49.7	35	59.4	26	40	43	3.07	15	0
1988							2.92	16	1
1987	40.4	71	52.1	70	28.7	74	0.22	63	0
1986							0.49	51	1
1985	47.8	48	56.3	50	39.2	50	2.35	18	0
1984					39.3	49	0.38	58	1
1983							0.46	54	2
1982	54.8	9	60.4	20	49.2	6	0.48	52	0
1981	49.4	37	59.1	29	39.8	46	0.82	46	0
1980	45.6	59	53.8	65	37.3	60	2.19	20	0
1964	43	67	50.9	76	35.1	70	3.83	11	0
1963	50.1	31	58.8	32	41.3	39	0.00	75	0
1962	49.4	37	54.9	60	43.9	23	4.65	7	0
1961	45.4	60	54	63	36.8	61	1.96	26	0
1960	51.5	19	58.1	36	44.9	18	3.32	14	0
1959					49.9	4	4.29	8	1
1958	49.8	34	57.3	41	42.3	32	1.99	25	0
1957	45.1	63	51.4	74	38.7	52	1.29	37	0
1956	50	32	56.4	48	43.6	27	2.48	17	0
1955	51.5	19	57.9	37	45.1	17	3.45	13	0
1954	56.2	4	63.8	3	48.7	8	0.26	62	0
1953			57.1	44			0.02	71	1
1952	46.5	56	57	45	36	67	2.11	22	0
1951	52.6	16	63.2	5	42	35	trace	73	0
1949			57	45					1
1948	44.1	65	52	71	36.2	65			0
1947	47.7	49	54.7	62	40.7	42			0
1946	47.5	50	57.2	43	37.8	57			0
1945	44.8	64	53	68	36.6	62	2.15	21	0
1944	51.3	21	60.1	22	42.6	30	0.07	68	0
1943	49.4	37	60.8	17	38	56	0.00	75	0
1942	50	32	60.3	21	39.7	47	0.35	60	0
1941	59.7	1	68.2	1	51.1	2	0.18	65	0
1940	47.4	52	58.3	33	36.6	62	0.41	57	0
1939					45.8	14	1.20	41	1
1938	48.8	42	59.3	27	38.2	55	0.04	70	0
1937	50.6	26	57.3	41	43.9	23	4.06	9	0
1936	50.9	25	56	54	45.8	14	2.24	19	0
1935	41.1	69	51.7	73	30.4	73	0.00	75	0
1934	50.5	27	58.9	30	42.1	33	3.60	12	0
1933	48.1	47	55.4	56	40.8	41	1.25	40	0
1932	44.1	65	53	68	35.2	69	1.60	34	0
1931			62.4	9			0.52	50	1
1930	47.5	50	55.1	58	39.9	45	0.45	55	0
1928	53.2	12	59.6	25	46.8	11	0.20	64	0
1927			60.1	22			1.77	31	1
1926	51.1	23	58.9	30	43.2	28	0.73	47	0
1925	51.3	21	57.8	38	44.8	20	0.66	48	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1941	59.7
2019	57.2
2018	57
2002	56.2
1954	56.2
2026	56
2007	55.4
2005	55.1
1982	54.8
2021	54.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1987	40.4
2010	41
1935	41.1
2011	42.1
1964	43
1948	44.1
1932	44.1
1945	44.8
1957	45.1
2001	45.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	10.88
2005	8.09
2017	7.48
2021	7.01
2015	6.82
1992	6.28
1962	4.65
1959	4.29
1937	4.06
2012	3.90

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2020	0.00
1997	0.00
1993	0.00
1963	0.00
1943	0.00
1935	0.00
2011	trace
1951	trace
2004	0.02
1953	0.02

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 3 October 2026
Coldest night: 43°F; 5 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.62 in; 4 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.62 in of precipitation in Mount Mitchell, NC, the driest 1 to 9 October since 2023 (2024 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing), 32nd driest of 80.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Mount Mitchell, NC: 73°F on Saturday 3 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of 43°F on Monday 5 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Mount Mitchell, NC: 0.62 in on Sunday 4 October 2026.