Is this weather normal in Yancey County?

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

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Yancey County's warmest year in 131 on record was 2024, at 53.4° on average. Yancey County has warmed about 0.5° per decade since 1970.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 58°, lows near 37°

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

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The last 12 months

Oct: +0.5°OctNov: +0.9°NovDec: -0.6°DecJan 2026: -2.4°JanFeb: -0.9°FebMar: +6.4°MarApr: +4.7°AprMay: -0.5°MayJun: 0.0°JunJul: +1.8°JulAug: +1.8°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: -0.8 inOctNov: -2.1 inNovDec: -2.6 inDecJan 2026: -1.8 inJanFeb: -1.1 inFebMar: -2.1 inMarApr: -2.7 inAprMay: +0.6 inMayJun: -1.9 inJunJul: +4.5 inJulAug: +0.3 inAugSep: -2.5 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 Yancey County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January43° / 24°4.6 in44.9° 195019.6° 1977
February46° / 26°3.9 in45.7° 201823.0° 1895
March53° / 32°4.5 in52.3° 201227.2° 1960
April63° / 40°4.7 in55.9° 202643.2° 1901
May70° / 48°5.0 in64.6° 189652.5° 1917
June76° / 55°4.8 in71.2° 195260.6° 1955
July78° / 59°5.4 in71.9° 199364.1° 1918
August77° / 58°4.8 in71.9° 200764.2° 1927
September72° / 52°4.4 in68.8° 192556.2° 1967
October63° / 42°3.9 in60.2° 191945.0° 1988
November54° / 32°4.0 in50.8° 198535.6° 1976
December46° / 27°4.6 in47.6° 201524.9° 1963

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

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