Asheville, NC climate: monthly averages and frost dates
Asheville, NC has cool winters and warm summers by this site's scale, with wet annual precipitation. The figures are the 1991–2020 climate normals for NOAA station USW00003812 (ASHEVILLE RGNL AP), 10 mi (16 km) in a straight line from the city's center point (US Census).
- Warmest month high
- 85.3°F
- July
- Coldest month mean
- 38.7°F
- January
- Precipitation
- 49.6 in
- per year
- Snowfall
- 10.3 in
- per year
- Median last frost
- April 9
- 32°F, spring
- Median first frost
- October 28
- 32°F, autumn
Monthly averages in Asheville
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Mean °F | Precip. in | Snow in | Days ≥0.01 in | Days ≥90°F | Nights ≤32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48.9 | 28.6 | 38.7 | 4.13 | 3.6 | 10.5 | 0.0 | 21.6 |
| February | 52.9 | 31.2 | 42.1 | 3.46 | 1.9 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| March | 59.8 | 37.0 | 48.4 | 3.80 | 1.9 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 11.1 |
| April | 69.4 | 44.6 | 57.0 | 4.17 | 0.2 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| May | 76.3 | 53.2 | 64.8 | 4.13 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| June | 82.5 | 61.1 | 71.8 | 4.79 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| July | 85.3 | 64.9 | 75.1 | 4.67 | 0.0 | 13.9 | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| August | 84.0 | 64.0 | 74.0 | 5.04 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| September | 78.7 | 57.9 | 68.3 | 4.13 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| October | 69.6 | 46.2 | 57.9 | 3.37 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
| November | 59.5 | 36.1 | 47.8 | 3.72 | 0.2 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 13.3 |
| December | 51.5 | 31.3 | 41.4 | 4.18 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 19.2 |
| Year | 68.2 | 46.4 | 57.3 | 49.59 | 10.3 | 130.5 | 9.1 | 87.5 |
How cold is winter in Asheville?
Winters in Asheville are cool by this site's scale (coldest-month mean 32 to under 45°F). The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of 38.7°F (3.7°C), a normal daily high of 48.9°F (9.4°C) and a normal daily low of 28.6°F (−1.9°C).
The station averages 87.5 nights a year at or below 32°F and 5.2 days when the high stays at or below 32°F.
The normal daily low is at or below freezing in December to February.
How hot is summer in Asheville?
Summers in Asheville are warm by this site's scale (hottest-month high 80 to under 90°F). July has the highest normal daily high, 85.3°F (29.6°C), with nights averaging 64.9°F (18.3°C).
The high reaches 90°F or more on 9.1 days in a normal year.
What is the wettest month in Asheville?
Asheville gets 49.59 in (1260 mm) of precipitation in a normal year, which this site classes as wet (40 to under 60 in a year). The wettest month is August with 5.04 in (128 mm); the driest is October with 3.37 in (86 mm).
Measurable precipitation (0.01 in or more) falls on 130.5 days a year.
Does it snow in Asheville?
Normal annual snowfall in Asheville is 10.3 in (26 cm), which this site classes as light (1 to under 12 in a year).
January is the snowiest month, with 3.6 in (9 cm).
A day with 1.0 in or more of snowfall comes 2.8 times a year on average.
Which months are mild in Asheville?
5 months in Asheville meet this site's comfort thresholds (normal high 65–85°F, low 45°F or higher, fewer than 10 days with 0.10 in or more of precipitation): May, June and August to October.
Two months miss by one threshold only: April (normal low 44.6°F, below the 45°F limit) and July (normal high 85.3°F, above the 85°F limit).
Thresholds and their limits: methodology.
Frost dates and growing season in Asheville
In Asheville the median last spring night at or below 32°F is April 9, and the median first autumn one is October 28 (NOAA P50 dates). NOAA's median length of the freeze-free season is 201 days. NOAA takes that median over each year's own season, so it need not equal the 202 days between the two median dates.
There is still a 10% chance of a 32°F night on or after April 27, and a 10% chance that the first one has come by October 14.
The chance that the last spring 32°F night comes on or after March 22 is 90%.
For a hard freeze (28°F or lower) the median dates are March 26 in spring and November 8 in autumn.
| Chance | Last spring 32°F night on or after | First autumn 32°F night by | Freeze-free season, days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | April 27 | October 14 | 222 |
| 20% | April 20 | October 19 | 215 |
| 30% | April 17 | October 22 | 211 |
| 40% | April 13 | October 25 | 205 |
| 50% | April 9 | October 28 | 201 |
| 60% | April 6 | October 31 | 197 |
| 70% | April 2 | November 2 | 192 |
| 80% | March 30 | November 5 | 187 |
| 90% | March 22 | November 9 | 180 |
| Threshold | Median last date (spring) | Median first date (autumn or winter) | Median season, days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36°F | April 23 | October 18 | 178 |
| 32°F | April 9 | October 28 | 201 |
| 28°F | March 26 | November 8 | 228 |
| 24°F | March 12 | November 22 | 255 |
| 20°F | February 25 | December 9 | 290 |
| 16°F | February 4 | December 30 | 326 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 100% | 99% | 74% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 62% | 100% | 100% |
Nearby and similar places
Of the places on this site, the closest to Asheville by station distance are Charlotte, NC at 90 mi (145 km), Atlanta, GA at 165 mi (266 km) and Nashville, TN at 238 mi (382 km).
Among places whose winter, summer and precipitation words are each within one band of Asheville's (winter: cool, summer: warm, precipitation: wet), the closest monthly temperature and precipitation patterns are New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA and Charlotte, NC.
Compared with Charlotte, NC, Asheville's peak-month normal high is 5.0°F (2.8°C) lower, its coldest-month mean is 3.4°F (1.9°C) lower, and its annual precipitation is 5.99 in more.
| Place | Listed as | Station distance | Coldest mean °F | Warmest high °F | Precip. in/yr | Snow in/yr | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asheville, NC | this page | – | 38.7 | 85.3 | 49.6 | 10.3 | April 9 |
| Charlotte, NC | nearby, similar | 90 mi (145 km) | 42.1 | 90.3 | 43.6 | 3.5 | March 30 |
| Atlanta, GA | nearby | 165 mi (266 km) | 44.8 | 90.1 | 50.4 | 2.2 | March 15 |
| Nashville, TN | nearby | 238 mi (382 km) | 39.6 | 90.9 | 50.5 | 4.7 | March 31 |
| New York, NY | similar | 594 mi (956 km) | 33.7 | 84.9 | 49.5 | 29.8 | March 30 |
| Philadelphia, PA | similar | 503 mi (810 km) | 33.7 | 87.8 | 44.1 | 23.1 | April 2 |
How nearby and similar places are chosen: methodology.
Source and station
The data for Asheville come from NOAA station ASHEVILLE RGNL AP, NC US (USW00003812) at 35.4319, -82.5375, elevation 2,117 ft (645 m). It lies 10 mi (16 km) in a straight line from the center point of Asheville city, the “internal point” in the US Census 2024 Gazetteer.
Each monthly normal used here rests on at least 29 years of data from 1991–2020 (NOAA's per-field year counts).
NOAA completeness flags on the monthly fields used here:
- S: Standard: meets WMO standards for data availability for 24 or more years.
Cite the data as:
Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station USW00003812 (ASHEVILLE RGNL AP, NC US). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/wck8-er13. Accessed 2026-10-09.
Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station USW00003812 (ASHEVILLE RGNL AP, NC US). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/4ek7-fk11. Accessed 2026-10-09.
Files used: monthly normals CSV, annual/seasonal normals CSV (retrieved 2026-10-09). The values on this page as JSON: /us/nc/asheville/data.json.