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Asheville, NC

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
32.87in
year to date · normal 29.1"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.1in
34th wettest of 147 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
4.2in
43rd wettest of 146 yrs
134% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
16.1in
23rd wettest of 147 yrs
131% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
32.87in
40th wettest of 150 yrs
113% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

6.4in
on Oct 18, 1879 · in 158 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 39 days (to Nov 3, 2000)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 17 days

Year to Date vs Normal

113%
32.87" of a normal 29.1" · wettest 58.68" (2013) · driest 13.0" (1885)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 141-year record (1871–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 43.2" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1201879.48in
2201375.22in
3202466.05in
4197364.91in
5202064.71in

Driest Years on Record

1192522.79in
2193024.47in
3198826.58in
4190430.07in
5193330.3in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jul (~4.03") and driest in Nov (~2.54"). Wettest calendar month ever: Sep 2024, 17.9".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Asheville — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

2.92in
set in 1961

Rain on Aug 24

39%
of 147 years had measurable rain
1871: 1.10″1872: 0.00″1873: 0.00″1874: 0.00″1875: 0.00″1876: 0.00″1877: 0.00″1878: 0.00″1879: 0.20″1887: 0.03″1888: 0.00″1889: 0.26″1890: 0.00″1891: 1.98″1893: 0.00″1894: 0.03″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.10″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.02″1901: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.47″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.01″1908: 0.57″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.05″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.08″1915: 0.00″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.24″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.05″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.02″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.04″1925: 0.00″1926: 1.51″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.16″1929: 0.05″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.07″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.51″1938: 0.12″1939: 0.03″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.26″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.54″1946: 0.04″1947: 1.76″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.23″1959: 0.20″1960: 0.04″1961: 2.92″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.32″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.83″1968: 0.03″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.06″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.73″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.39″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.01″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.52″1983: 0.21″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.35″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.01″1990: 0.02″1991: 0.01″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.18″1996: 0.42″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 1.07″2000: 0.24″2001: 0.19″2002: 0.01″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.47″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.02″2010: 0.05″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.70″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.15″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.50″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.10″0″1″2″3″18901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Asheville's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Asheville, NC — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Asheville's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Asheville, NC — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:57 AM
Sunset6:07 PM
Solar noon11:32 AM
Daylight13h 10m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

35.43°N, 82.54°W

Nearby Stations

Greenville-Spartanburg, SC40 mi SEBristol-Johnson City, TN72 mi NKnoxville, TN85 mi WCharlotte, NC90 mi EOak Ridge, TN103 mi WAthens, GA111 mi SW

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