Is this weather normal in Mitchell County?

North Carolina · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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Mitchell County has warmed about 0.5° per decade since 1970. Mitchell County just had its 9th-warmest September in 132 years, +4° against the usual.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 59°, lows near 37°

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

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The last 12 months

Oct: -0.2°OctNov: +0.5°NovDec: -0.7°DecJan 2026: -2.5°JanFeb: -1.3°FebMar: +6.2°MarApr: +4.5°AprMay: -0.9°MayJun: -0.5°JunJul: +1.5°JulAug: +1.3°AugSep: +3.6°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: -0.6 inOctNov: -1.7 inNovDec: -2.2 inDecJan 2026: -1.9 inJanFeb: -0.5 inFebMar: -1.8 inMarApr: -2.4 inAprMay: -0.2 inMayJun: -1.3 inJunJul: +4.3 inJulAug: +0.5 inAugSep: -1.6 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 Mitchell County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January43° / 24°4.4 in44.8° 193719.3° 1977
February46° / 26°3.8 in45.5° 201823.1° 1895
March53° / 32°4.3 in52.4° 201227.1° 1960
April63° / 40°4.5 in55.9° 200643.5° 1907
May70° / 48°4.9 in64.6° 189652.7° 1917
June76° / 55°4.7 in71.2° 195260.5° 1955
July79° / 59°5.3 in72.5° 199364.3° 1918
August78° / 58°4.7 in72.5° 200764.4° 1927
September73° / 52°4.2 in68.9° 192556.3° 1967
October64° / 42°3.8 in60.4° 191945.2° 1988
November54° / 32°3.9 in51.2° 198535.3° 1976
December46° / 27°4.4 in47.5° 201524.9° 1917

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

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