Mount Mitchell, NC: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 47.2°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the warmest spring on record, in 80 years since 1928 (1940 excluded: 10 of 92 days missing; 1966 excluded: 92 of 92 days missing; 1967 excluded: 92 of 92 days missing; 16 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 47.2°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 80, provisional
Precipitation: 14.16 in; Driest since 2016; 16th driest of 80

A normal spring in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.7°F, between 40.3°F and 45°F in eight years of ten and 18.67 in of precipitation, between 11.11 in and 28.11 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every spring in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1928: 47.2°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 40.3 to 45°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring 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	47.2	1	56.4	1	37.9	2	14.16	65	0
2024	44.7	7	53.5	7	36	7	23.68	13	0
2023	42.9	26	51.9	23	33.8	32	17.52	44	0
2022	44.6	8	54	4	35.1	15	22.44	18	0
2021	42.9	26	52.1	17	33.8	32	17.08	49	0
2020	41	54	49.2	58	32.9	41	23.90	12	0
2019	43.3	19	52	20	34.5	24	20.66	24	0
2018	40.2	64	48.2	69	32.1	61	37.98	1	0
2017	42.7	29	50.8	40	34.6	22	28.03	4	0
2016	43.2	21	52	20	34.4	27	10.68	75	0
2015	44.1	10	52.2	16	35.9	8	18.52	36	1
2014	42.4	34	51.5	27	33.4	36	17.38	47	0
2013	37.3	78	45.5	83	29.1	78	24.11	11	1
2012	46.7	2	54.3	2	39.1	1	20.46	25	0
2011	43.1	22	51.4	30	35	17	25.31	9	3
2010	42.6	30	50	49	35.2	14	18.96	30	0
2009	41.9	39	49.6	53	34.3	28	29.02	2	0
2008	41.2	50	49.6	53	32.8	47	16.03	53	1
2007	43.6	17	53.2	9	34.1	30	13.54	70	0
2006	42.4	34	51.5	27	33.3	37	10.99	74	2
2005			46.8	79			14.78	61	21
2004	43.3	19	52.3	13	34.6	22	10.45	76	3
2003	43.7	14	51.4	30	35.9	8	24.17	10	0
2002	43.7	14	52.5	12	34.9	18	14.28	63	7
2001	42.1	36	50.8	40	33	40	13.92	66	5
2000	45	4	54.3	2	35.7	10	18.52	36	6
1999	41.3	49	50.2	45	32.5	52	14.85	59	5
1998			51.3	33			17.65	40	19
1997	41.9	39	51.3	33	32.5	52	18.82	31	0
1996	41	54	50.2	45	31.9	63	14.20	64	2
1995	45	4	53.8	5	36.3	5	11.12	73	1
1994	43	24	52.1	17	33.8	32	19.00	29	1
1993	40.3	63	48.3	68	32.2	60	26.46	6	0
1992	39.2	70	47	78	31.4	64	28.81	3	3
1991	45.7	3	53.7	6	37.8	3	22.58	16	2
1990	44.1	10	52.7	11	35.6	12	22.72	14	1
1989	43.1	22	51.6	26	34.5	24	18.75	34	1
1988	42	38	51.1	36	32.9	41	18.60	35	9
1987	42.9	26	51	38	34.7	20	17.22	48	2
1986	44	13	53.2	9	34.7	20	9.47	78	1
1985	44.1	10	52.1	17	35.7	10	12.69	72	3
1984							21.39	23	11
1983	40.1	66	47.5	72	32.6	49	27.25	5	4
1982	44.5	9	51.9	23	37.2	4	15.48	57	3
1981	41.4	47	49.9	51	32.9	41	18.80	32	5
1980	41.4	47	49.6	53	32.9	41	25.35	8	4
1965	41.7	44	50.1	47	33.3	37	19.63	27	2
1964	41.9	39	51.3	33	32.6	49	17.72	39	0
1963	41.8	42	51.5	27	32.1	61	18.16	38	0
1962	40.9	56	48.6	66	32.9	41	14.46	62	1
1961	38.5	75	47.3	74	29.7	73	15.88	55	2
1960	36.8	80	45.4	84	28.2	82	15.97	54	0
1959	41.8	42	51	38	32.5	52	22.67	15	3
1958	40	68	47.1	77	33.1	39	17.00	50	1
1957	41.5	45	49.2	58	34.3	28	18.76	33	6
1956	40.5	61	48.8	63	32.5	52	16.42	51	5
1955	44.8	6	53.5	7	36.1	6	22.03	19	3
1954	41.2	50	49.8	52	32.6	49	17.42	46	1
1953	41.5	45	50.5	43	32.4	57	16.05	52	0
1952	41.1	53	50	49	32.3	58	19.46	28	0
1951	38.9	74	47.9	70	29.8	72	15.50	56	0
1950	39.2	70	48.9	61	29.4	75	13.55	69	0
1949	40.1	66	49.2	58	30.9	67			0
1948	43.7	14	52.3	13	34.8	19	14.86	58	1
1947	37.5	76	45.7	81	29.2	77			1
1946	43	24	52	20	33.9	31	19.67	26	0
1945	43.4	18	52.3	13	34.5	24			1
1944	42.1	36	51.8	25	32.5	52			0
1943	39.2	70	48.6	66	29	80			3
1942	40.9	56	51.1	36	30.6	69	17.65	40	1
1941	40.7	59	50.4	44	30.6	69	8.21	80	2
1940			47.3	74	29.3	76	17.59	43	10
1939	39.3	69	47.5	72	31.2	66	12.86	71	4
1938	42.6	30	50.1	47	35.1	15	14.84	60	3
1937	40.2	64	48.9	61	31.4	64	10.34	77	0
1936	40.8	58	48.8	63	32.8	47	13.79	67	0
1935	42.5	32	49.6	53	35.5	13			0
1934	41.2	50	49.4	57	32.9	41	21.99	20	0
1933	40.5	61	48.8	63	32.3	58	21.98	21	0
1932	37.4	77	45.6	82	29.1	78	17.48	45	1
1931	37.2	79	46.1	80	28.4	81	21.83	22	2
1930	40.6	60	50.6	42	30.7	68	13.71	68	1
1929	42.5	32	51.4	30	33.7	35	22.49	17	1
1928	39.2	70	47.6	71	30.4	71	25.49	7	5
1927			47.3	74	29.6	74	17.64	42	11
1926							8.47	79	12

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	47.2
2012	46.7
1991	45.7
2000	45
1995	45
1955	44.8
2024	44.7
2022	44.6
1982	44.5
2015	44.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	36.8
1931	37.2
2013	37.3
1932	37.4
1947	37.5
1961	38.5
1951	38.9
1992	39.2
1950	39.2
1943	39.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	37.98
2009	29.02
1992	28.81
2017	28.03
1983	27.25
1993	26.46
1928	25.49
1980	25.35
2011	25.31
2003	24.17

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	8.21
1926	8.47
1986	9.47
1937	10.34
2004	10.45
2016	10.68
2006	10.99
1995	11.12
1985	12.69
1939	12.86

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 20 May 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 18 March 2026, 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.25 in; 26 May 2026, 25 May 2026

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2026

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Spring 2026 brought 14.16 in of precipitation in Mount Mitchell, NC, the driest spring since 2016 (2025 excluded: 92 of 92 days missing), 16th driest of 80.
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 73°F on Wednesday 20 May 2026.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of 3°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026 and Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 1.25 in on Tuesday 26 May 2026 and Monday 25 May 2026.