Biltmore Forest weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Biltmore Forest, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Asheville Regional Airport, 12 km from Biltmore Forest; records cover 1876–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 49.6 in1260 mm
- Snow a year
- 10 in26 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 10
- First fall freeze
- Oct 22
- Heating degree days
- 3,840
- Cooling degree days
- 1,048
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 13°−11° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Biltmore Forest in January
Highs average 49°9° and lows 29°−2°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1999)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 814
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Biltmore Forest in February
Highs average 53°12° and lows 31°0°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1932)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 643
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Biltmore Forest in March
Highs average 60°15° and lows 37°3°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1929)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 515
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Biltmore Forest in April
Highs average 69°21° and lows 45°7°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1896)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 254
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Biltmore Forest in May
Highs average 76°25° and lows 53°12°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1890)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 84
- Cooling degree days
- 76
Biltmore Forest in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 61°16°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1936)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 212
Biltmore Forest in July
Highs average 85°30° and lows 65°18°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1936)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 313
Biltmore Forest in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 64°18°, with 5 in128 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1983)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 279
Biltmore Forest in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 58°14°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1897)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 34
- Cooling degree days
- 133
Biltmore Forest in OctoberThis month
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2019)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 239
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Biltmore Forest in November
Highs average 60°15° and lows 36°2°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1950)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 517
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Biltmore Forest in December
Highs average 52°11° and lows 31°0°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1951)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 732
- Cooling degree days
- 0