Old Fort weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Old Fort, North Carolina: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mt. Mitchell, 17 km from Old Fort; records cover 1925–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 81.1 in2060 mm
- Snow a year
- 89 in226 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 18
- First fall freeze
- Oct 10
- Heating degree days
- 8,055
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −3°−19° (heating, 99%) and 74°23° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Old Fort in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 17°−8°, with 7.5 in190 mm of precipitation and 19 in49 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1934)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1237
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Fort in February
Highs average 36°2° and lows 19°−7°, with 5.6 in143 mm of precipitation and 19 in47 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1951)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 1064
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Fort in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 24°−5°, with 7.2 in183 mm of precipitation and 19 in47 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1929)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1014
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Fort in April
Highs average 50°10° and lows 32°0°, with 6.5 in166 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2006)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 717
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Fort in May
Highs average 58°14° and lows 41°5°, with 6.1 in154 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1965)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 479
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Fort in June
Highs average 64°18° and lows 49°9°, with 5.5 in139 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1927)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 263
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Old Fort in July
Highs average 67°19° and lows 52°11°, with 6.9 in176 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1925)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 170
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Old Fort in August
Highs average 66°19° and lows 51°11°, with 7.7 in195 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1999)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 200
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Old Fort in September
Highs average 61°16° and lows 46°8°, with 8.8 in223 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1925)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 336
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Fort in OctoberThis month
Highs average 54°12° and lows 37°3°, with 6.3 in160 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1941)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 612
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Fort in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 28°−2°, with 6.2 in157 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1946)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 864
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Old Fort in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 21°−6°, with 6.9 in175 mm of precipitation and 20 in50 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1946)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1099
- Cooling degree days
- 0