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Asheville, NC 35.432°N, 82.538°W · station AVLthr · 151 years of record
89°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 2020
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Asheville.
73° MON 7/13 77° TUE 7/14 85° WED 7/15 88° THU 7/16 89° FRI 7/17 88° SAT 7/18 87° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #17 / 134
warmest Jul 17 in 134 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 94°F
set in 1932
Coolest Jul 17 ever 72°F
set in 1891
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Asheville. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
72 83 94 1877: 79°F 1878: 89°F 1887: 85°F 1889: 82°F 1890: 86°F 1891: 72°F 1893: 88°F 1894: 82°F 1895: 89°F 1896: 82°F 1897: 78°F 1903: 82°F 1904: 84°F 1905: 86°F 1906: 74°F 1907: 84°F 1908: 82°F 1909: 80°F 1910: 78°F 1911: 76°F 1912: 79°F 1913: 90°F 1914: 80°F 1915: 86°F 1916: 75°F 1917: 72°F 1918: 82°F 1919: 80°F 1920: 81°F 1921: 82°F 1922: 84°F 1923: 80°F 1924: 84°F 1925: 79°F 1926: 82°F 1927: 82°F 1928: 83°F 1929: 80°F 1930: 79°F 1931: 90°F 1932: 94°F 1933: 79°F 1934: 92°F 1935: 81°F 1936: 87°F 1937: 87°F 1938: 88°F 1939: 90°F 1940: 84°F 1941: 84°F 1942: 92°F 1943: 92°F 1944: 91°F 1945: 83°F 1946: 77°F 1947: 82°F 1948: 86°F 1949: 78°F 1950: 87°F 1951: 91°F 1952: 90°F 1953: 82°F 1954: 84°F 1955: 86°F 1956: 85°F 1957: 85°F 1958: 83°F 1959: 81°F 1960: 82°F 1961: 85°F 1962: 87°F 1963: 87°F 1964: 84°F 1965: 86°F 1966: 73°F 1967: 77°F 1968: 87°F 1969: 88°F 1970: 85°F 1971: 88°F 1972: 79°F 1973: 81°F 1974: 82°F 1975: 79°F 1976: 83°F 1977: 90°F 1978: 86°F 1979: 90°F 1980: 94°F 1981: 89°F 1982: 83°F 1983: 88°F 1984: 79°F 1985: 83°F 1986: 94°F 1987: 82°F 1988: 94°F 1989: 81°F 1990: 83°F 1991: 76°F 1992: 86°F 1993: 89°F 1994: 85°F 1995: 89°F 1996: 85°F 1997: 85°F 1998: 87°F 1999: 82°F 2000: 83°F 2001: 84°F 2002: 86°F 2003: 85°F 2004: 80°F 2005: 87°F 2006: 85°F 2007: 83°F 2008: 83°F 2009: 83°F 2010: 83°F 2011: 81°F 2012: 88°F 2013: 87°F 2014: 77°F 2015: 87°F 2016: 81°F 2017: 84°F 2018: 87°F 2019: 88°F 2020: 90°F 2021: 86°F 2022: 88°F 2023: 87°F 2024: 88°F 2025: 87°F 89° forecast 1877 1932 2025 Forecast high · Jul 17 89°F Hottest this date since 2020 This-date record 94°F This-date rank #17 of 134
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 100°F (1983) Odds to tie/break 2.0% (daily) Period of record 1876–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Asheville in each calendar month, and for the whole 1876–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 80°F 1999 -16°F 1985 Feb 80°F 1932 -9°F 1895 Mar 87°F 1929 2°F 1993 Apr 90°F 1896 20°F 1923 May 93°F 1890 28°F 1989 Jun 98°F 1936 35°F 1966 Jul 99°F 1936 44°F 1988 Aug 100°F 1983 42°F 1986 Sep 95°F 1897 30°F 1967 Oct 91°F 2019 20°F 1910 Nov 83°F 1950 1°F 1950 Dec 81°F 1951 -7°F 1983 All-time 100°F 1983 -16°F 1985
Records set or tied at Asheville so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 16 days
record run, ended Jul 21 1977
So far in 2026 5 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Asheville's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 84°F · forecast is +4° vs normal .
Jan: 48°F Jan: 28°F Feb: 52°F Feb: 31°F Mar: 59°F Mar: 36°F Apr: 68°F Apr: 44°F May: 75°F May: 53°F Jun: 82°F Jun: 60°F Jul: 84°F Jul: 64°F Aug: 83°F Aug: 64°F Sep: 78°F Sep: 57°F Oct: 69°F Oct: 46°F Nov: 59°F Nov: 36°F Dec: 51°F Dec: 31°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:25 AM Sunset 6:47 PM Solar noon 11:36 AM Daylight 14h 22m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 35.43°N, 82.54°W Asheville's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Asheville's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Asheville, coloured by temperature — 151 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Asheville — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
5 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 37th most in 151 years. Normal for this point: 3 . Record: 16 in 1969.
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