Editing Mount Mitchell (section)

===Climate===
{{climate chart
| Mount Mitchell
| 17.0 | 33.4 | 6.54
| 18.2 | 35.3 | 5.86
| 23.7 | 40.7 | 7.05
| 31.3 | 49.0 | 5.70
| 41.2 | 57.0 | 5.32
| 49.0 | 63.1 | 5.74
| 52.3 | 65.9 | 5.81
| 51.7 | 65.1 | 7.16
| 46.0 | 60.4 | 7.49
| 36.7 | 53.1 | 5.09
| 28.3 | 45.0 | 6.68
| 20.6 | 36.4 | 6.23
| units = imperial
| float = right
| clear = none
| source = NOAA<ref name = NCDC /> }}
The summit area of Mount Mitchell is marked by a warm-summer [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfb''), with mild summers and long, moderately cold winters, being more similar to southeastern Canada than the [[U.S. Southern States|southeastern U.S.]] The monthly daily average temperature ranges from {{convert|25.1|°F|1}} in January to {{convert|59.6|°F|1}} in July. The coldest temperature ever recorded in the state occurred there on January 21, 1985, when it fell to  {{convert|-34|°F|1}}, during a [[January 1985 Arctic outbreak|severe cold spell]]. It is also the coldest average reporting station in the state at {{convert|42.9|°F|1}}, well below any other station.<ref name="weather">
  {{cite web
 |url         = http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climate/extremes.html
 |title       = Extreme Weather Records
 |publisher   = State Climate Office of North Carolina
 |access-date  = 2007-03-27
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070512231842/http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climate/extremes.html
 |archive-date = 2007-05-12
}}</ref>

Unlike the lower elevations in the surrounding regions, heavy snows often fall from December to March, with {{convert|50|in|m|2}} accumulating in the [[Storm of the Century (1993)|Great Blizzard of 1993]] and {{convert|33|in|m|2}} in the [[January 2016 United States blizzard|January 2016 blizzard]].<ref name="Jan2016SnowfallReport">{{cite report|author=Chris Stachelski|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|date=May 6, 2016|access-date=August 23, 2017|title=SCEC Decision: New 24 Hour Snowfall Record For North Carolina|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/extremes/scec/20160506-NorthCarolina-24-Hour-Snow-Rejected.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824010415/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/extremes/scec/20160506-NorthCarolina-24-Hour-Snow-Rejected.pdf|archive-date=August 24, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="weather"/> Due to the high elevation, precipitation is heavy and reliable year-round, averaging {{convert|81.09|in|mm|sigfig=3}} for the year, with no month receiving less than {{convert|5|in|0|abbr=on}} of average precipitation. The summit is often windy, with recorded gusts of up to {{convert|178|mph|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="wind">{{cite web
  | url = http://www.ncparks.gov/News/newsletter/print/aug2003.pdf
  | title = Mount Mitchell Webcam Activated
  | work = The Steward
  | date = August 2003
  | page = 3
  | publisher = North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation
  | access-date = 2010-01-06
  | archive-date = 2010-04-16
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100416222523/http://www.ncparks.gov/News/newsletter/print/aug2003.pdf
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>

Mount Mitchell recorded a new state record of {{convert|139.94|in|mm|1}} of precipitation in 2018, which is also the highest total rainfall recorded during a calendar year anywhere east of the [[Cascade Range]] in the [[Contiguous United States]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/12/05/inches-rain-deluged-sperryville-virginia-setting-new-state-record/|title=In 2018, 94 inches of rain deluged Sperryville, Va., setting a state record|last=Livingston|first=Ian|date=2019-12-05|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=2019-12-08|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=2019-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208145204/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/12/05/inches-rain-deluged-sperryville-virginia-setting-new-state-record/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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{{Weather box
| location = Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1980–present)
| single line = Y
| Jan record high F = 61
| Feb record high F = 62
| Mar record high F = 73
| Apr record high F = 73
| May record high F = 78
| Jun record high F = 79
| Jul record high F = 80
| Aug record high F = 81
| Sep record high F = 77
| Oct record high F = 73
| Nov record high F = 67
| Dec record high F = 64
| year record high F = 81

|Jan avg record high F = 51.0
|Feb avg record high F = 52.3
|Mar avg record high F = 58.6
|Apr avg record high F = 66.6
|May avg record high F = 69.6
|Jun avg record high F = 72.7
|Jul avg record high F = 74.0
|Aug avg record high F = 73.3
|Sep avg record high F = 70.8
|Oct avg record high F = 66.5
|Nov avg record high F = 59.0
|Dec avg record high F = 53.5
|year avg record high F = 75.2

| Jan high F = 33.5
| Feb high F = 35.5
| Mar high F = 41.0
| Apr high F = 50.2
| May high F = 57.8
| Jun high F = 63.8
| Jul high F = 66.8
| Aug high F = 66.0
| Sep high F = 61.4
| Oct high F = 53.6
| Nov high F = 44.8
| Dec high F = 37.7
| year high F = 51.0
| Jan mean F = 25.1
| Feb mean F = 27.0
| Mar mean F = 32.3
| Apr mean F = 41.1
| May mean F = 49.5
| Jun mean F = 56.3
| Jul mean F = 59.6
| Aug mean F = 58.6
| Sep mean F = 53.8
| Oct mean F = 45.2
| Nov mean F = 36.2
| Dec mean F = 29.6
| year mean F = 42.9
| Jan low F = 16.7
| Feb low F = 18.5
| Mar low F = 23.6
| Apr low F = 32.0
| May low F = 41.3
| Jun low F = 48.7
| Jul low F = 52.3
| Aug low F = 51.2
| Sep low F = 46.2
| Oct low F = 36.9
| Nov low F = 27.6
| Dec low F = 21.4
| year low F = 34.7

|Jan avg record low F = -6.5
|Feb avg record low F = -0.7
|Mar avg record low F = 3.9
|Apr avg record low F = 14.7
|May avg record low F = 26.2
|Jun avg record low F = 38.9
|Jul avg record low F = 45.4
|Aug avg record low F = 45.5
|Sep avg record low F = 35.2
|Oct avg record low F = 19.8
|Nov avg record low F = 9.2
|Dec avg record low F = 1.6
|year avg record low F = -9.5

| Jan record low F = −34
| Feb record low F = −23
| Mar record low F = -15
| Apr record low F = 1
| May record low F = 13
| Jun record low F = 27
| Jul record low F = 36
| Aug record low F = 32
| Sep record low F = 23
| Oct record low F = 5
| Nov record low F = -19
| Dec record low F = -22
| year record low F = −34
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 7.47
| Feb precipitation inch = 5.62
| Mar precipitation inch = 7.22
| Apr precipitation inch = 6.52
| May precipitation inch = 6.08
| Jun precipitation inch = 5.46
| Jul precipitation inch = 6.92
| Aug precipitation inch = 7.69
| Sep precipitation inch = 8.76
| Oct precipitation inch = 6.29
| Nov precipitation inch = 6.17
| Dec precipitation inch = 6.89
| year precipitation inch = 81.09
| Jan snow inch = 19.2
| Feb snow inch = 18.6
| Mar snow inch = 18.5
| Apr snow inch = 7.1
| May snow inch = 1.4
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 0.7
| Nov snow inch = 3.9
| Dec snow inch = 19.7
| year snow inch = 89.1
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 14.1
| Feb precipitation days = 12.4
| Mar precipitation days = 14.1
| Apr precipitation days = 12.6
| May precipitation days = 14.2
| Jun precipitation days = 16.1
| Jul precipitation days = 17.8
| Aug precipitation days = 16.1
| Sep precipitation days = 12.7
| Oct precipitation days = 10.3
| Nov precipitation days = 10.4
| Dec precipitation days = 13.1
| year precipitation days = 163.9
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days = 6.4
| Feb snow days = 6.5
| Mar snow days = 4.9
| Apr snow days = 2.5
| May snow days = 0.3
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.4
| Nov snow days = 2.0
| Dec snow days = 5.2
| year snow days = 28.2
| source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=nws>{{cite web
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=gsp
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = May 11, 2021
| archive-date = June 28, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150628163725/http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=gsp
| url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name=NCDC>{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00315923&format=pdf
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| title = Station: MT Mitchell, NC
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| access-date = May 11, 2021
| archive-date = 2021-05-11
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210511211910/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00315923&format=pdf
| url-status = live
}}</ref>
}}