Zip 28805 (Asheville, NC) Climate

Asheville, NC has a humid subtropical climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are hot and humid, while winters are mild and wet. Spring and fall are generally mild with moderate temperatures but can be somewhat unpredictable due to weather patterns between cold fronts from the north and warm fronts from the south. The average annual temperature for Asheville is 58°F (14°C). Precipitation typically ranges between 40-45 inches (102-114 cm) per year.

Asheville (zip 28805), North Carolina gets 42 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Asheville (zip 28805) averages 11 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 212 sunny days per year in Asheville (zip 28805). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Asheville (zip 28805) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 125 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 25
Rain: averages 42 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 11 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 28805 zip code is 7.6 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in North Carolina.

8.6 Summer - 6.1 Winter

September, June and May are the most pleasant months in the 28805 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Asheville, North Carolina	United States
	42.0 in.	38.1 in.
	10.7 in.	27.8 in.
	124.6 days	106.2 days
	212 days	205 days
	84.0°	85.8°
	25.4°	21.7°
	7.6	7
	4.8	4.3
	2323 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the 28805 zip code with an average high temperature of 84.0°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in North Carolina. In the 28805 zip code, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 28805 zip code are September, June and May.

In the 28805 zip code, there are 6.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in North Carolina.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 28805 zip code with an average of 25.4°. This is colder than most places in North Carolina.

In the 28805 zip code, there are 97.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in North Carolina.

In the 28805 zip code, there are 0.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in North Carolina.

The humidity is usually acceptable in the 28805 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most uncomfortably humid months in the 28805 zip code.

June is the wettest month in the 28805 zip code with 4.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.5 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 42.0 inches in the 28805 zip code means that it is one of the driest places in North Carolina.

July is the rainiest month in the 28805 zip code with 12.8 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 8.0 rainy days. There are 124.6 rainy days annually in the 28805 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in North Carolina. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 10.7 inches in the 28805 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in North Carolina. January is the snowiest month in the 28805 zip code with 3.3 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.