Asheville, NC

North Carolina · Records since 1876–2026

🌙 58°F Feels like 53°
Currently in Asheville
As of 10:00 PM EDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

86°F

September 26, 2019

+10° from 76° normal

❄ Record Low

38°F

September 26, 1943

-16° from 54° normal
🌞 Normal high: 76°F 🌑 Normal low: 54°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Asheville

🔥
100°F
Hottest Day Ever
Aug 21, 1983
❄
-16°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 21, 1985
🌧
6.40"
Wettest Day Ever
Oct 18, 1879
☃
16.3"
Most Snow in One Day
Dec 3, 1971

First & Last Dates — Asheville

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
235 days
Longest growing season
2012
139 days
Shortest growing season
1895
191 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 86°F September 26, 2019
2 86°F September 26, 1945
3 86°F September 26, 1933
4 85°F September 26, 2017
5 85°F September 26, 1998
6 85°F September 26, 1986
7 85°F September 26, 1970
8 85°F September 26, 1958
9 85°F September 26, 1946
10 85°F September 26, 1897

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 38°F September 26, 1943
2 39°F September 26, 1964
3 39°F September 26, 1928
4 40°F September 26, 2001
5 40°F September 26, 1909
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1876–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Asheville

threshold: 89°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.4
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
93°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
9
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
4
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1877–2026
17
2026 so far
10
Avg/year 1970–2025
12
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
32
Most in a year (1952)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Asheville

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 10, 1932 – Jul 29, 1932 20 97°F (Jul 20) 92°F 66°F
2 Jul 6, 1977 – Jul 21, 1977 16 94°F (Jul 13) 92°F 66°F
3 Jun 30, 1993 – Jul 13, 1993 14 95°F (Jul 7) 92°F 65°F
4 Jun 25, 1969 – Jul 6, 1969 12 96°F (Jun 28) 93°F 66°F
5 Jul 20, 1940 – Jul 29, 1940 10 95°F (Jul 27) 92°F 67°F
6 Aug 13, 2007 – Aug 22, 2007 10 94°F (Aug 16) 91°F 63°F
7 Jun 22, 1952 – Jun 30, 1952 9 98°F (Jun 28) 94°F 68°F
8 Aug 17, 1983 – Aug 24, 1983 8 100°F (Aug 21) 95°F 66°F
9 Jul 23, 1949 – Jul 30, 1949 8 97°F (Jul 29) 93°F 66°F
10 Jul 26, 1941 – Aug 2, 1941 8 94°F (Jul 29) 91°F 67°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

63
2026 total
above-normal nights
37.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
67
Most in a summer
2016

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1869–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1869, annual totals have trended +1.16" per decade, about +18.1" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Asheville is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

156 of 266 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

34.95"
2026 YTD
Normal: 37.47"
-2.52"
2.08"
September so far
September normal: 4.13"
-2.05"
8
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Asheville is 2.52" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Aug 26 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
74.2°F
Average temperature
2nd-warmest of 134
+5.0°
vs. average
Normal: 69.2°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Aug 26 – Sep 25

1879–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.12° per decade (warming since 1879)

Precipitation by Year — Aug 26 – Sep 25

1871–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.08" per decade (wetter since 1871)

Warmest Aug 26 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2018 74.7°F
2 2026 74.2°F
3 1925 73.9°F
4 2016 73.2°F
5 1970 72.9°F
6 1931 72.6°F
7 2019 72.4°F
8 1980 72.3°F
9 1926 72.2°F
10 1978 72.1°F

Coolest Aug 26 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1967 62.8°F
2 1902 63.3°F
3 1918 63.4°F
4 1966 63.6°F
5 1968 64.0°F
6 1976 64.1°F
7 1879 64.3°F
8 1984 65.1°F
9 1917 65.2°F
10 1913 65.3°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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