Asheville Weather in 1961

Historical record of Asheville, North Carolina weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Asheville Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	90 °F	September 3
Lowest temperature	3 °F	January 22
Highest daily low	68 °F	September 1
Lowest daily high	20 °F	January 21
Most daily precipitation	2.9 inches	August 24
Most daily snow	3.0 inches	February 3
Total annual precipitation	45.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	5.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Asheville in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Asheville, North Carolina in 1961 was 90 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Asheville in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	90 °F	Sep 3
1	90 °F	Aug 1
3	89 °F	Aug 28
3	89 °F	Aug 3
3	89 °F	Aug 2
3	89 °F	Jul 30
7	88 °F	Jul 31
7	88 °F	Jul 29
7	88 °F	Jul 28
7	88 °F	Jul 23
7	88 °F	Jul 20
7	88 °F	Jul 5
7	88 °F	Jun 2

What was the coldest temperature in Asheville in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Asheville, North Carolina in 1961 was 3 °F which happened on Jan 22.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Asheville in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	January 22
2	7 °F	January 21
3	9 °F	January 28
4	10 °F	January 25
5	11 °F	December 29
6	15 °F	February 5
6	15 °F	January 27
8	16 °F	January 24
9	17 °F	December 26
10	18 °F	December 28
10	18 °F	February 4
10	18 °F	January 29
10	18 °F	January 20
10	18 °F	January 10
10	18 °F	January 9

January 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	31	0.01	0.0
January 2	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	46	25	0.00	0.0
January 5	53	27	0.00	0.0
January 6	53	30	0.00	0.0
January 7	53	29	0.00	0.0
January 8	45	27	0.00	0.0
January 9	43	18	0.00	0.0
January 10	54	18	0.00	0.0
January 11	56	22	0.00	0.0
January 12	63	25	0.00	0.0
January 13	51	25	0.00	0.0
January 14	48	43	1.17	0.0
January 15	52	41	0.06	0.0
January 16	41	35	0.02	0.0
January 17	48	35	0.00	0.0
January 18	53	33	0.00	0.0
January 19	47	25	0.09	0.4
January 20	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 21	20	7	0.00	0.1
January 22	30	3	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 24	46	16	0.00	0.0
January 25	31	10	0.00	0.0
January 26	33	20	0.10	0.3
January 27	25	15	0.00	0.0
January 28	31	9	0.00	0.0
January 29	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 30	40	21	0.00	0.0
January 31	52	21	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	53	27	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 3	36	21	0.29	3.0
February 4	35	18	0.00	0.0
February 5	48	15	0.00	0.0
February 6	37	25	0.00	0.0
February 7	37	32	0.49	0.0
February 8	42	32	0.00	0.0
February 9	34	29	0.00	0.0
February 10	47	29	0.00	0.0
February 11	54	30	0.00	0.0
February 12	67	33	0.00	0.0
February 13	63	37	0.00	0.0
February 14	64	42	0.00	0.0
February 15	64	43	0.00	0.0
February 16	70	45	0.00	0.0
February 17	56	46	0.00	0.0
February 18	59	53	0.37	0.0
February 19	57	47	0.36	0.0
February 20	53	40	0.53	0.0
February 21	48	39	0.54	0.0
February 22	58	42	0.15	0.0
February 23	66	44	0.69	0.0
February 24	67	37	0.47	0.0
February 25	61	29	1.25	0.0
February 26	57	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	69	30	0.00	0.0
February 28	66	42	0.04	0.0

March 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	55	38	0.01
March 2	59	34	0.00
March 3	68	30	0.00
March 4	78	47	0.00
March 5	76	56	0.00
March 6	67	58	0.10
March 7	71	53	0.32
March 8	73	36	0.86
March 9	36	27	0.00
March 10	44	27	0.00
March 11	66	25	0.00
March 12	70	36	0.00
March 13	63	53	0.10
March 14	55	40	0.07
March 15	66	35	0.00
March 16	52	39	0.09
March 17	60	31	0.00
March 18	40	31	0.40
March 19	62	36	0.00
March 20	63	40	0.00
March 21	45	40	0.25
March 22	56	39	0.00
March 23	53	40	0.14
March 24	43	37	0.00
March 25	63	39	0.00
March 26	74	32	0.00
March 27	72	41	0.00
March 28	66	45	0.14
March 29	68	47	0.00
March 30	65	43	0.00
March 31	56	46	0.71

April 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	51	37	0.06
April 2	53	36	0.00
April 3	58	35	0.04
April 4	46	34	0.00
April 5	67	30	0.00
April 6	51	39	0.00
April 7	53	36	0.00
April 8	61	30	0.00
April 9	50	39	1.52
April 10	46	35	0.00
April 11	68	31	0.00
April 12	52	42	0.82
April 13	42	37	0.01
April 14	68	34	0.00
April 15	60	50	0.26
April 16	55	34	0.02
April 17	57	37	0.00
April 18	48	36	0.00
April 19	56	38	0.00
April 20	67	33	0.00
April 21	69	49	0.00
April 22	78	49	0.00
April 23	81	59	0.08
April 24	86	58	0.00
April 25	76	55	0.00
April 26	68	53	0.05
April 27	54	46	0.12
April 28	72	43	0.00
April 29	57	36	0.00
April 30	62	40	0.00

May 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	50	0.26
May 2	60	43	0.01
May 3	65	35	0.00
May 4	72	44	0.00
May 5	56	48	0.00
May 6	75	47	0.00
May 7	81	63	0.00
May 8	84	64	0.00
May 9	70	50	0.48
May 10	56	50	0.31
May 11	65	52	1.40
May 12	59	49	0.06
May 13	75	51	0.00
May 14	83	50	0.00
May 15	77	61	0.00
May 16	71	54	0.00
May 17	78	49	0.00
May 18	66	59	0.06
May 19	73	56	0.00
May 20	78	51	0.00
May 21	71	57	0.00
May 22	70	47	0.07
May 23	68	50	0.00
May 24	77	43	0.00
May 25	69	46	0.27
May 26	68	41	0.12
May 27	55	36	0.00
May 28	72	35	0.00
May 29	75	45	0.00
May 30	74	53	0.00
May 31	84	44	0.00

June 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	54	0.00
June 2	88	57	0.00
June 3	84	58	0.02
June 4	80	57	0.00
June 5	82	59	0.35
June 6	81	60	0.00
June 7	85	62	0.00
June 8	84	60	0.00
June 9	83	62	0.00
June 10	83	64	0.43
June 11	85	62	0.00
June 12	86	62	0.05
June 13	85	63	0.64
June 14	85	59	0.03
June 15	76	51	0.72
June 16	62	49	0.02
June 17	72	55	0.00
June 18	75	52	0.00
June 19	80	50	0.00
June 20	72	54	0.45
June 21	76	61	0.82
June 22	78	60	0.00
June 23	79	55	0.00
June 24	76	55	0.00
June 25	77	55	0.00
June 26	65	57	0.79
June 27	78	59	0.02
June 28	78	60	0.00
June 29	82	56	0.00
June 30	85	59	0.10

July 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	60	0.00
July 2	84	58	0.76
July 3	77	62	0.01
July 4	84	57	0.00
July 5	88	56	0.00
July 6	82	61	0.00
July 7	72	64	0.49
July 8	80	62	0.00
July 9	76	56	0.00
July 10	81	49	0.00
July 11	75	50	0.22
July 12	75	57	0.15
July 13	84	62	0.00
July 14	86	60	0.05
July 15	87	63	0.09
July 16	85	61	0.02
July 17	85	62	0.03
July 18	82	64	0.03
July 19	83	62	0.49
July 20	88	61	0.00
July 21	86	65	0.00
July 22	83	65	0.08
July 23	88	64	0.00
July 24	87	65	0.06
July 25	86	66	0.00
July 26	85	63	0.06
July 27	87	63	0.00
July 28	88	63	0.00
July 29	88	62	0.00
July 30	89	65	0.00
July 31	88	68	0.00

August 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	67	0.00
August 2	89	65	0.51
August 3	89	65	0.02
August 4	80	67	0.55
August 5	84	65	0.00
August 6	86	62	0.07
August 7	83	63	0.13
August 8	83	64	0.00
August 9	80	65	0.53
August 10	85	63	0.23
August 11	86	65	0.11
August 12	87	63	0.01
August 13	81	63	0.00
August 14	76	58	0.00
August 15	78	55	0.00
August 16	84	55	0.00
August 17	83	58	0.00
August 18	80	59	0.00
August 19	80	57	0.00
August 20	70	59	0.01
August 21	75	55	0.32
August 22	76	57	0.26
August 23	80	58	0.11
August 24	71	62	2.92
August 25	74	62	0.84
August 26	80	63	1.30
August 27	85	63	0.00
August 28	89	66	0.00
August 29	87	67	0.00
August 30	86	65	0.21
August 31	86	64	0.00

September 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	68	0.10
September 2	86	65	0.00
September 3	90	64	0.00
September 4	86	64	0.00
September 5	83	65	0.00
September 6	84	62	0.00
September 7	83	64	0.00
September 8	83	62	0.00
September 9	83	65	0.00
September 10	84	62	0.00
September 11	85	64	0.00
September 12	86	64	0.00
September 13	82	63	0.00
September 14	75	61	0.07
September 15	63	48	0.00
September 16	68	43	0.00
September 17	65	42	0.00
September 18	63	47	0.11
September 19	66	56	0.79
September 20	75	60	0.00
September 21	76	53	0.00
September 22	82	53	0.00
September 23	85	58	0.00
September 24	86	62	0.00
September 25	87	58	0.00
September 26	78	56	0.00
September 27	78	51	0.00
September 28	78	48	0.00
September 29	75	48	0.00
September 30	72	55	0.00

October 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	77	52	0.00
October 2	73	51	0.00
October 3	61	45	1.66
October 4	62	43	0.00
October 5	68	36	0.00
October 6	71	37	0.00
October 7	72	38	0.00
October 8	74	40	0.00
October 9	76	42	0.00
October 10	78	45	0.00
October 11	79	46	0.00
October 12	80	46	0.00
October 13	80	49	0.00
October 14	61	41	0.00
October 15	56	36	0.00
October 16	68	40	0.00
October 17	75	41	0.00
October 18	76	43	0.00
October 19	73	38	0.32
October 20	42	35	0.01
October 21	59	41	0.01
October 22	60	43	0.00
October 23	71	35	0.00
October 24	73	40	0.00
October 25	75	43	0.00
October 26	55	37	0.00
October 27	64	28	0.00
October 28	61	31	0.00
October 29	72	43	0.00
October 30	75	46	0.00
October 31	72	60	0.36

November 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	57	1.15
November 2	73	53	0.00
November 3	73	64	0.00
November 4	75	62	0.02
November 5	78	62	0.00
November 6	71	53	0.19
November 7	60	42	0.00
November 8	45	32	0.00
November 9	51	28	0.00
November 10	60	38	0.00
November 11	64	35	0.00
November 12	67	49	0.00
November 13	65	52	0.18
November 14	67	56	0.54
November 15	70	55	0.01
November 16	68	54	0.10
November 17	54	38	0.00
November 18	48	35	0.00
November 19	42	34	0.02
November 20	40	32	0.00
November 21	53	27	0.00
November 22	50	30	0.00
November 23	52	45	2.63
November 24	51	40	0.00
November 25	67	32	0.00
November 26	61	33	0.00
November 27	50	42	0.01
November 28	44	29	0.00
November 29	40	23	0.00
November 30	59	24	0.00

December 1961 Asheville Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	58	30	0.00	0.0
December 2	59	32	0.02	0.0
December 3	65	45	0.04	0.0
December 4	66	47	0.00	0.0
December 5	59	39	0.15	0.0
December 6	58	37	0.03	0.0
December 7	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	43	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	38	30	0.44	0.0
December 10	50	36	0.68	0.0
December 11	50	46	1.57	0.0
December 12	57	41	0.98	0.0
December 13	41	26	0.03	0.0
December 14	42	24	0.14	0.0
December 15	52	36	0.02	0.0
December 16	47	36	0.54	0.0
December 17	56	42	0.91	0.0
December 18	67	48	0.38	0.0
December 19	59	39	0.00	0.0
December 20	39	31	0.00	0.0
December 21	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 22	55	23	0.00	0.0
December 23	48	26	0.03	0.0
December 24	28	22	0.00	0.0
December 25	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	58	17	0.00	0.0
December 27	52	29	0.20	0.9
December 28	30	18	0.03	0.3
December 29	26	11	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 31	39	21	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1965–2024	Asheville Regional Airport	location
1876–1964	Asheville	location