Mount Mitchell, NC: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 28.2°F in Mount Mitchell, NC, the coldest winter since 2015 (winter 2025 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing), tied 30th coldest of 73 (with 1988 and 1943).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 28.2°F; Coldest since 2015; 30th coldest of 73

A normal winter in Mount Mitchell, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.6°F, between 26°F and 31.8°F in eight years of ten and 18.28 in of precipitation, between 13.11 in and 29.12 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Mount Mitchell, NC since 1932: 28.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 21.3°F, in 1958.

Normal range, 26 to 31.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	28.2	42	35.5	54	20.9	38			0
2024	30.9	15	38.6	17	23.2	15	25.10	10	0
2023	32.8	6	40.6	6	25	6			0
2022	32.5	8	41.4	3	23.7	13	17.41	41	0
2021	28.7	39	36.9	42	20.6	40	17.39	42	0
2020	30.7	16	38.2	22	23.1	16	29.46	3	0
2019	30.4	21	37.6	32	23.3	14	29.03	4	0
2018	29.2	34	37.1	38	21.4	31	26.70	7	0
2017	32.1	10	39.9	10	24.4	9	13.25	57	0
2016	30.2	23	37.8	28	22.6	23	30.83	2	1
2015	26.9	55	34.9	57	18.9	54	14.37	53	0
2014	27.2	53	36	47	18.4	60	21.69	20	0
2013	30.6	19	38.3	21	22.8	19	28.97	5	0
2012	31.1	14	39.2	13	23.1	16	17.61	38	0
2011	22.9	69	30.5	73	15.3	69	17.95	34	0
2010	21.6	71	28.8	76	14.5	71	26.96	6	0
2009	26.9	55	34.6	60	19.1	52	18.33	29	1
2008	29.8	26	38.5	18	21.6	29	16.11	47	4
2007	28.5	40	37.5	33	19.6	44	17.21	44	1
2006	27.8	46	35.9	49	19.6	44	16.57	46	0
2005	29.2	34	37	39	21.2	35	13.66	55	1
2004	26.1	61	34.6	60	17.5	65			0
2003	24.9	67	33.1	68	16.9	67	18.28	30	4
2002	31.4	12	40.1	8	22.7	21	12.25	62	0
2001	27.7	48	36.6	44	18.9	54	11.02	65	3
2000	29.9	25	38.5	18	21.3	33	12.56	59	4
1999	32.6	7	40.4	7	24.6	8	17.88	35	4
1998	29.3	32	35.7	52	22.8	19	33.50	1	4
1997	30.2	23	37.7	29	22.7	21	17.55	40	0
1996	26.9	55	35.6	53	17.9	64	22.78	16	7
1995	29.8	26	37.3	35	22.3	24	25.12	9	4
1994	26.9	55	34.5	62	19.2	51	24.24	12	4
1993	30.7	16	38.2	22	23.1	16	17.58	39	1
1992	31.8	11	39.9	10	23.9	12	20.42	24	2
1991	33.3	5	40.9	5	25.3	5	20.00	25	1
1990	30.7	16	39.2	13	22	27	20.55	23	2
1989					24	11	14.87	51	12
1988	28.2	42	37.9	25	18.4	60	11.64	63	2
1987	30.5	20	38.9	16	22.1	26	21.73	19	2
1986	27.9	45	37.2	37	18.5	56	10.66	67	1
1985							17.65	36	18
1984	29.8	26	37.9	25	21.5	30	23.06	15	4
1983			38.2	22			20.94	21	12
1982	27.7	48	36	47	19.3	50	24.70	11	2
1981	27.6	50	36.6	44	18.5	56	11.23	64	0
1980									31
1965	28.3	41	36.6	44	20	42	15.81	48	0
1964	21.6	71	30.8	72	12.4	73	18.39	28	0
1963	21.9	70	31.6	70	12.2	74	6.41	70	0
1962	29.6	29	37	39	22.3	24	22.00	17	0
1961	25.4	65	33.4	67	17.5	65	15.54	49	2
1960	27.1	54	34.4	63	19.6	44	18.02	33	7
1959	26.1	61	34	65	18.1	63	10.61	68	0
1958	21.3	73	29.4	75	13.6	72	15.06	50	6
1957	32.2	9	39.4	12	24.9	7	26.32	8	3
1956	27.4	52	34.2	64	20.4	41	13.07	58	3
1955	26	63	33.5	66	18.5	56	18.08	32	0
1954	29.6	29	37.7	29	21.3	33	20.92	22	3
1953	29	37	37.3	35	20.8	39	21.81	18	0
1952	30.4	21	39.1	15	21.8	28	19.74	27	0
1951	26.8	59	35.2	55	18.5	56	13.79	54	0
1950	34.1	3	41.3	4	26.8	2			4
1949	34.3	2	42	1	26.5	3	12.50	60	0
1948	29.1	36	36.8	43	21.4	31			0
1947	28.8	38	37.9	25	19.5	48			8
1946			35.9	49			18.20	31	14
1945	25.7	64	32.5	69	19	53			3
1944	29.6	29	37.7	29	21	37	13.64	56	2
1943	28.2	42	37	39	19.5	48	16.85	45	0
1942	25.3	66	34.8	58	15.1	70	19.84	26	5
1941	26.7	60	35.1	56	18.4	60	12.38	61	2
1940			30	74			10.69	66	24
1939	29.3	32	37.4	34	21.1	36	17.62	37	6
1938	27.5	51	34.7	59	19.8	43	10.56	69	4
1937	33.5	4	40.1	8	26.3	4	23.33	14	6
1936							14.55	52	33
1935	24	68	31.3	71	16.7	68	17.36	43	3
1934	27.8	46	35.9	49	19.6	44			4
1933	31.3	13	38.4	20	24.1	10	23.49	13	3
1932	34.7	1	41.9	2	27.5	1			6
1931									50
1930									62
1929									64
1928									62
1927									75
1926									48

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	34.7
1949	34.3
1950	34.1
1937	33.5
1991	33.3
2023	32.8
1999	32.6
2022	32.5
1957	32.2
2017	32.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1958	21.3
2010	21.6
1964	21.6
1963	21.9
2011	22.9
1935	24
2003	24.9
1942	25.3
1961	25.4
1945	25.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	33.50
2016	30.83
2020	29.46
2019	29.03
2013	28.97
2010	26.96
2018	26.70
1957	26.32
1995	25.12
2024	25.10

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	6.41
1938	10.56
1959	10.61
1986	10.66
1940	10.69
2001	11.02
1981	11.23
1988	11.64
2002	12.25
1941	12.38

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 56°F; 18 February 2026
Coldest night: -10°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.50 in; 19 December 2025

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The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Mount Mitchell, NC: 56°F on Wednesday 18 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Mount Mitchell, NC: a low of -10°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Mount Mitchell, NC: 1.50 in on Friday 19 December 2025.