Asheville Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Asheville, North Carolina during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the city, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.
To find out how often it rises over 70, 80 or 90 °F each month in Asheville, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.
The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 28 | January | 8 | -2 |
| 52 | 33 | February | 11 | 0 |
| 58 | 39 | March | 15 | 4 |
| 70 | 48 | April | 21 | 9 |
| 77 | 56 | May | 25 | 13 |
| 84 | 63 | June | 29 | 17 |
| 87 | 66 | July | 30 | 19 |
| 85 | 65 | August | 29 | 18 |
| 80 | 60 | September | 27 | 16 |
| 69 | 48 | October | 21 | 9 |
| 58 | 37 | November | 15 | 3 |
| 51 | 34 | December | 11 | 1 |
| 68 | 48 | Year | 20 | 9 |
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 29 | January | 9 | -2 |
| 52 | 32 | February | 11 | 0 |
| 59 | 38 | March | 15 | 3 |
| 69 | 46 | April | 21 | 8 |
| 76 | 54 | May | 25 | 12 |
| 83 | 61 | June | 28 | 16 |
| 86 | 65 | July | 30 | 18 |
| 85 | 64 | August | 29 | 18 |
| 79 | 58 | September | 26 | 14 |
| 69 | 47 | October | 21 | 8 |
| 59 | 37 | November | 15 | 3 |
| 51 | 32 | December | 10 | 0 |
| 68 | 47 | Year | 20 | 8 |
Days of Hot Weather in Asheville
Asheville averages 16 days a year when the temperature peaks in the 90s F. The 90-degree heat can show up anytime from May to October.
Even during its hottest weather, the city doesn't normally get above 100 degrees F (38 °C).
| 70 °F 21 °C |
80 °F 27 °C |
90 °F 32 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| April | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 24 | 12 | 0 |
| June | 29 | 22 | 3 |
| July | 31 | 27 | 7 |
| August | 31 | 26 | 4 |
| September | 26 | 15 | 1 |
| October | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Year | 182 | 109 | 16 |
How Often Asheville Has Cold Temperatures
On Asheville's coldest nights the temperature drops down to between 0 and 10 degrees F (-18 to -12 °C). The city averages three nights a year with lows in the single digits.
Even after a freezing night, most days during winter warm up to above freezing. Just seven days a year on average stay frosty for the entire day.
| 20 °F -8 °C |
32 °F 0 °C |
40 °F 4 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 20 | 26 |
| February | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| March | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| April | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| November | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| December | 3 | 18 | 25 |
| Year | 14 | 77 | 131 |
References
Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.