Asheville climate — normals and trends
Asheville (United States) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 1,115 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (21.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Asheville averages 85 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Asheville has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 94 to 76 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 28 July 1952) and the coldest -27.7 °C (on 21 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AshevilleNorth Carolina
- coords
- 35.60°, -82.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.2°C
Average daily high
17.8°C
Average daily low
7.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,115mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
34.4 cm
Average feels-like high
17.0 °C
Average feels-like low
5.7 °C
Average peak gust
37.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.1 °C
28 July 1952
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
21 January 1985
Wettest day
233 mm
26 September 2024
Windiest day
43.2 km/h
3 March 1942
Strongest gust
119.9 km/h
27 September 2024
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
21 August 1983
Coldest feels-like
-33.8 °C
21 January 1985
Snowiest day
36.5 cm
13 March 1993
Sunniest day
14.4 h
20 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.4 °C | -1.9 °C | 36 mm | -58 mm |
| Feb | 12.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 91 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | 16.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 65 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 20.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 102 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 181 mm | +88 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 93 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 114 mm | +8 mm |
| Aug | 24.5 °C | -2.0 °C | 170 mm | +64 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 85 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 18.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 72 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 22 mm | -57 mm |
| Dec | 9.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 36 mm | -48 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Asheville?
Asheville has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 1,115 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Asheville?
The hottest day measured in Asheville between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1952, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Asheville?
The coldest day measured in Asheville between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Asheville?
Yes. Asheville gets on average 34.4 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Asheville warmed?
Yes: Asheville warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Asheville?
The wettest day measured in Asheville between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 2024, with 233 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Asheville?
The windiest day measured in Asheville between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 1942, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Asheville?
The warmest month in Asheville is July (21.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Asheville?
Asheville receives on average 1,115 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Asheville?
Asheville gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Asheville?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Asheville between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1993, with 36.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Asheville?
Yes: Asheville has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Asheville?
In Asheville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 21 August 1983, and the lowest was -33.8 °C on 21 January 1985.
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