Mount Mitchell, NC: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 60.4°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the warmest summer since 2022, tied 10th warmest of 81 (with 2007 and 2000).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 60.4°F; Warmest since 2022; 10th warmest of 81
Precipitation: 18.17 in; Driest since 2024; 38th driest of 79

A normal summer in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.9°F, between 57.7°F and 60.7°F in eight years of ten and 19.53 in of precipitation, between 11.87 in and 31.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1926: 60.4°F in 2026; the highest is 61.7°F, in 2010.

Normal range, 57.7 to 60.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	60.4	10	68	13	52.8	11	18.17	41	0
2025	60.3	13	67.4	20	53.3	5	18.79	37	0
2024	60	17	67.7	15	52.4	19	15.35	57	0
2023	58.9	33	66.9	25	50.9	49	21.94	25	0
2022	60.5	7	68.3	8	52.6	13	15.64	56	0
2021	59.6	22	67.1	22	52	28	27.19	7	0
2020	58.3	48	65.3	52	51.2	43	21.03	29	0
2019	58.5	40	65.9	38	51.1	44	30.54	5	0
2018	58.7	36	65.8	40	51.7	36	26.21	13	0
2017	57.9	56	65	58	50.9	49	17.60	49	0
2016	60.9	4	68.2	10	53.6	2	20.29	33	0
2015	59.2	28	66.2	36	52.2	23	14.13	65	0
2014	57.6	63	64.4	68	50.9	49	21.28	27	0
2013	57.7	61	63.9	73	51.5	38	33.30	4	0
2012	58.9	33	65.8	40	52	28	19.53	34	0
2011	60.5	7	67.5	18	53.5	4	19.39	36	0
2010	61.7	1	68.4	6	55	1	11.09	75	0
2009	57.3	67	64	69	50.6	57	17.28	50	0
2008	58.6	37	66.1	37	51.1	44	17.72	47	0
2007	60.4	10	68.2	10	52.5	16	17.71	48	3
2006	59.8	19	67.3	21	52.2	23	14.91	60	0
2005	59.6	22	66.5	30	52.7	12	46.59	1	2
2004	57.9	56	64.7	61	51	47	18.69	39	2
2003	58.5	40	65.5	45	51.5	38	24.51	18	1
2002	60.1	14	67.7	15	52.5	16	11.76	72	1
2001	59.4	25	67.1	22	51.8	33	18.79	37	4
2000	60.4	10	68.7	3	52	28	23.04	23	1
1999	60.7	5	68.8	2	52.6	13	17.91	44	8
1998	61	3	69	1	53.1	7	11.90	71	0
1997									10
1996	57.9	56	65.2	55	50.6	57	21.03	29	9
1995	59.2	28	66.3	34	52.3	22	35.09	3	2
1994	58	51	64.6	62	51.4	41	25.85	15	0
1993	60.7	5	68.4	6	53.2	6	11.10	74	7
1992	55.6	80	62.2	81	49.2	76	24.24	21	4
1991	58.4	45	64.8	60	52.1	27	20.45	31	3
1990	59	32	66.3	34	51.8	33	21.12	28	0
1989	58.6	37	65.4	47	51.8	33	26.39	12	2
1988	60.5	7	68.6	4	52.4	19	15.05	58	8
1987	61.1	2	68.6	4	53.6	2	10.32	76	0
1986	59.9	18	66.8	27	53	9	11.45	73	4
1985	57.7	61	63.5	76	51.7	36	20.44	32	4
1984	58.6	37	64.6	62	52.5	16	14.76	61	5
1983	58.8	35	65.6	44	52	28	8.07	79	6
1982	58	51	63.6	75	52.4	19	14.56	62	5
1981	59.2	28	65.4	47	53	9	13.66	67	3
1980							14.56	62	10
1965									62
1964	56.9	73	64	69	49.8	70	25.87	14	0
1963	55.8	79	62.6	79	49	79	14.94	59	0
1962	57	71	64	69	50.1	66	24.38	20	1
1961	56	77	63.2	77	48.8	80	26.72	10	1
1960	57.6	63	64.6	62	50.6	57	17.77	46	1
1959									30
1958	58.1	50	65.2	55	51.1	44	10.02	77	0
1957	58.2	49	65.5	45	50.9	49	18.03	43	0
1956	57.9	56	65.4	47	50.4	63	9.15	78	1
1955	58	51	65.3	52	50.7	55	28.85	6	2
1954	60.1	14	68	13	52.2	23	11.93	70	3
1953	57.6	63	65.9	38	49.3	74	13.63	68	0
1952	59.8	19	67.5	18	52.2	23	17.04	51	0
1951	57.4	66	65.4	47	49.4	72	18.18	40	0
1950	55.6	80	62.8	78	48.4	83	26.55	11	0
1949	58.4	45	65.4	47	51.5	38			3
1948					50.3	64	18.17	41	33
1947	56.9	73	65	58	48.7	81	21.49	26	0
1946	56.9	73	65.2	55	48.6	82			0
1945	58.5	40	66.7	29	50.3	64			0
1944	57.9	56	66.4	31	49.4	72	16.24	54	2
1943	60.1	14	68.3	8	52	28			0
1942	58.5	40	66.4	31	50.6	57			2
1941	59.2	28	66.9	25	51.4	41	27.04	9	0
1940	57.3	67	64.6	62	50.1	66	43.68	2	0
1939	59.3	27	67.6	17	51	47	23.55	22	2
1938	57.3	67	64.6	62	50	69	17.83	45	5
1937	58.4	45	65.7	43	50.8	53	23.00	24	3
1936	59.8	19	67	24	52.6	13	15.80	55	0
1935	57.3	67	64	69	50.6	57	25.35	17	2
1934	59.4	25	65.8	40	53.1	7	27.19	7	2
1933	58	51	65.3	52	50.7	55	16.82	52	0
1932	57	71	64.6	62	49.2	76	12.51	69	4
1931	59.5	24	68.2	10	50.8	53	25.46	16	1
1930	56	77	62.3	80	49.7	71	14.20	64	3
1929	58	51	66.8	27	49.2	76	16.77	53	0
1928	56.9	73	63.7	74	50.1	66	24.42	19	0
1927					49.3	74	13.90	66	14
1926	58.5	40	66.4	31	50.6	57	19.50	35	1
1925									36

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2010	61.7
1987	61.1
1998	61
2016	60.9
1999	60.7
1993	60.7
2022	60.5
2011	60.5
1988	60.5
2026	60.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	55.6
1950	55.6
1963	55.8
1961	56
1930	56
1964	56.9
1947	56.9
1946	56.9
1928	56.9
1962	57
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	46.59
1940	43.68
1995	35.09
2013	33.30
2019	30.54
1955	28.85
2021	27.19
1934	27.19
1941	27.04
1961	26.72

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	8.07
1956	9.15
1958	10.02
1987	10.32
2010	11.09
1993	11.10
1986	11.45
2002	11.76
1998	11.90
1954	11.93

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 78°F; 3 July 2026
Coldest night: 37°F; 4 June 2026, 3 June 2026
Wettest day: 1.75 in; 23 July 2026

Every month, season and year

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Summer 2026 brought 18.17 in of precipitation in Mount Mitchell, NC, the driest summer since 2024, tied 38th driest of 79 (with 1948).
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 78°F on Friday 3 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of 37°F on Thursday 4 June 2026 and Wednesday 3 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Mount Mitchell, NC: 1.75 in on Thursday 23 July 2026.