DRIESTSINCE
North Carolina · precipitation record 1869–2026

Asheville, NC

IN 90 DAYS · 2026
WETTEST IN 90 DAYS SINCE 2018
19.72in
8th wettest of 147 years · normal 11.4"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.55in
18th wettest of 146 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
8.2in
9th wettest of 146 yrs
220% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
19.72in
8th wettest of 147 yrs
173% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
28.66in
38th wettest of 150 yrs
115% 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

4days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 17 days

Year to Date vs Normal

115%
28.66" of a normal 25.01" · wettest 51.53" (2013) · driest 11.57" (1986)

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 Jul 28 ever

2.60in
set in 1874

Rain on Jul 28

42%
of 146 years had measurable rain
1869: 0.00″1871: 0.20″1872: 0.00″1873: 0.10″1874: 2.60″1875: 0.00″1876: 0.30″1877: 0.00″1878: 0.96″1888: 0.00″1889: 0.00″1890: 0.86″1891: 0.15″1892: 0.00″1893: 0.12″1894: 0.00″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.09″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.22″1899: 0.30″1900: 0.04″1901: 0.00″1903: 1.24″1904: 0.49″1905: 0.30″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.01″1908: 0.63″1909: 0.02″1910: 0.73″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.36″1915: 0.08″1916: 0.34″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.07″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.26″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.01″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.83″1934: 0.13″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.10″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.82″1945: 0.30″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.07″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.01″1951: 0.20″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.56″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.03″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.02″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.42″1967: 0.21″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.16″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.78″1981: 0.15″1982: 1.32″1983: 0.00″1984: 1.37″1985: 0.90″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.02″1991: 0.36″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.10″1996: 0.90″1997: 0.01″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.01″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.03″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.95″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.37″2008: 0.01″2009: 0.28″2010: 0.19″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.60″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.03″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.03″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.83″2023: 0.02″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.55″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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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Asheville's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
Asheville, NC — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:35 AM
Sunset6:37 PM
Solar noon11:36 AM
Daylight14h 02m
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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