Is this weather normal in Ashe County?

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Ashe County just had its 3rd-warmest September in 132 years, +5° against the usual. Ashe County's warmest year in 131 on record was 2024, at 53.0° on average.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 58°, lows near 36°

That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Ashe County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

Oct: +0.2°OctNov: +1.7°NovDec: +0.1°DecJan 2026: -2.3°JanFeb: -0.5°FebMar: +6.6°MarApr: +5.1°AprMay: 0.0°MayJun: +0.3°JunJul: +2.3°JulAug: +2.3°AugSep: +4.7°Sepwarmercooler

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.

Every year since 1895

18952025

Rain and drought

Oct: -0.7 inOctNov: -2.2 inNovDec: -1.6 inDecJan 2026: -2.0 inJanFeb: -0.9 inFebMar: -1.6 inMarApr: -2.2 inAprMay: -1.4 inMayJun: -1.4 inJunJul: +0.5 inJulAug: +3.0 inAugSep: -0.5 inSepwetterdrier

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Ashe County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January42° / 23°4.2 in44.2° 195018.6° 1977
February45° / 26°3.5 in44.4° 201821.9° 1895
March52° / 31°4.3 in50.0° 194525.8° 1960
April62° / 38°4.8 in55.3° 202641.8° 1907
May70° / 46°5.1 in63.6° 189651.9° 1997
June76° / 54°4.9 in70.1° 195259.4° 1955
July79° / 58°5.2 in71.8° 199363.8° 1918
August78° / 57°4.9 in71.6° 200763.5° 1927
September73° / 51°4.7 in68.0° 201855.2° 1918
October63° / 40°3.9 in60.2° 191944.5° 1895
November53° / 31°3.8 in50.3° 198534.6° 1901
December45° / 26°4.1 in46.4° 201522.8° 1917

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

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