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Elevation: 3691 feet Latitude: 35 03N Longitude: 083 11W

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TEMPERATURE

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		52.4		35.7		37.2		43.8		52		59.6		65.8		68.4		67.8		63		53.7		44.1		37.2

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		62.6		45.1		47.2		54.5		63.4		70.7		76.1		78.1		77.3		72.7		64.4		54.6		46.6

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		42.2		26.3		27.1		33		40.6		48.6		55.6		58.8		58.4		53.3		42.9		33.7		27.8

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		98		75		78		84		90		91		97		98		98		97		87		82		75

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		-19		-19		-19		-7		13		24		32		34		42		27		12		-3		-12

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		1.3		---		---		---		---		---		0.3		0.5		0.3		0.2		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 80F/26C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		41		---		---		---		0.7		2		9.3		15		11.1		2.9		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		138.5		---		0.1		1.9		8.4		18.5		25.6		29.5		28.6		19.7		5.8		0.5		---

Average Number of Days Above 60F/15C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		212.5		0.6		1.8		10.2		19.5		28.6		29.7		31		30.9		29.4		22		7.5		1.3

Average Number of Days Above 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		283		7.7		12.1		22.2		27.6		30.8		30		31		31		30		29.8		20.8		10.1

Average Number of Days Above 40F/4C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		334.8		20.1		21.8		29.2		29.6		30.9		30		31		31		30		30.9		28.1		22.2

Average Number of Days Below 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		365		31		28		31		30		31		30		31		31		30		31		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 60F/15C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		335.6		31		28		31		30		30.5		25.7		19.1		21		27.8		30.7		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		236.4		30.8		27.8		30.3		26.8		18.6		5.1		0.8		1.7		10.9		24.7		28.4		30.4

Average Number of Days Below 40F/4C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		167.5		28.9		25.6		24.3		15.6		5.9		0.4		---		---		2.6		13.6		22.8		27.7

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		104		21.7		19.6		15		6.4		0.8		---		---		---		0.2		4.8		14.2		21.3

Average Number of Days Below 20F/-6C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		29.1		10.7		6.2		2.5		0.4		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		2.2		6.9

Average Number of Days Below 10F/-12C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		6.6		3.2		1.3		0.3		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		1.6

Average Number of Days Below 0F/-17C

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		1.2		0.5		0.4		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.3

PRECIPITATION

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		82.3		7		6.7		8		6.3		6.1		7.1		7.8		7.2		6.5		5.8		6.2		7.6

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		141		12		11		13		11		12		13		16		15		11		8		9		11

Most Precipitation Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		21.1		7.1		6.6		8.9		7		8.2		7.6		21.1		9.7		11.9		9.9		5.8		6

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.1in/2.5mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		101.9		8		8.1		8.3		8.4		9.2		9.9		10		9.1		7.5		6.3		8.2		8.9

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.2in/5mm

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		101		8		8		9		8		9		10		11		10		7		6		7		8

Avg. # of Days w/Precip. Above 0.4in/10mm

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		52		5		4		5		4		4		5		5		5		4		3		4		5

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.5in/13mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		52.8		4.3		4.3		4.8		4.6		4.5		4.6		4		3.9		3.9		3.6		5.1		5.2

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 1in/25mm

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		27		2		2		3		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		2		3

PRECIPITATION - RAIN

Most Rain Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		111.2		19.1		15.9		20.1		14.8		24.1		19.3		35.5		30.7		32.4		22.7		19.2		18.5

Least Rain Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		53.4		0.2		1.1		1.4		---		0.2		0.8		1.3		0.7		0.3		0.1		---		0.4

PRECIPITATION - SNOW

Average Snowfall

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		12.9		3.6		3.6		2.4		0.5		0.1		---		---		---		---		---		0.5		2.2

Average Number of Days With Snow

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		5.6		1.6		1.3		0.9		0.2		0.1		---		---		---		---		---		0.2		1.3

Most Snow Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 133

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		41		26		42		22.4		9		5.5		---		---		---		---		1		7.5		14.6

Avg. No. of Days w/Snow Above 1in/2.5cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		3.8		1		1		0.5		0.2		0.1		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		0.9

Avg. No. of Days w/Snow Above 3in/7.5cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		1.7		0.7		0.4		0.2		0.1		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.3

Avg. No. of Days w/Snow Above 5in/12.7cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		0.6		0.2		0.1		0.1		0.1		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.1

Avg. # of Days w/Snow Depth Above 1in/2.5cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		9.8		4.8		2.2		1.1		0.3		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		1.3

Avg. # of Days w/Snow Depth Above 3in/7.5cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		4.5		2.4		0.9		0.5		0.2		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.5

Avg. # of Days w/Snow Depth Above 5in/12.7cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2.8		1.6		0.3		0.3		0.2		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		0.4

Avg. # of Days w/Snow Depth Above 10in/25cm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		1.1		0.9		---		0.2		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---

DEGREE DAYS

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		5136		970		781		654		415		199		47		8		16		117		387		639		901

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		351		---		---		---		1		13		70		131		109		26		1		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2598		2		5		35		117		288		473		587		558		361		137		29		6

SKY CONDITIONS

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.6		10.6		11.4		12.4		13.6		14.5		15		14.7		13.9		12.8		11.7		10.8		10.3

SOLAR RADIATION

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.1		2.4		3.1		4.2		5.1		5.5		5.6		5.6		5		4.5		3.8		2.7		2.3

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.7		0.9		1.2		1.6		2		2.4		2.5		2.4		2.2		1.8		1.3		1		0.9

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.5		3.5		3.8		4.7		5.1		5		5		5		4.8		4.8		4.9		3.9		3.5

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.4		3.7		3.8		4.5		4.8		4.7		4.7		4.7		4.4		4.6		5		4.1		3.7

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.1		2.4		3.1		4.2		5.1		5.5		5.6		5.6		5		4.5		3.8		2.7		2.3

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.7		1		1.3		1.7		2.1		2.4		2.5		2.5		2.2		1.8		1.4		1.1		0.9

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.4		4.3		4.9		5.4		5.9		5.6		5.5		5.9		5.8		5.7		6		5.2		4

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.9		4.8		5.3		5.7		6.3		5.9		5.8		6.7		6.3		6.1		6.9		6.1		4.5

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		3.4		2.1		2.7		3.3		3.8		4.7		4.8		4.7		4.3		3.8		3		2		2

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.5		0.9		1.1		1.5		1.9		2.2		2.4		2.2		2		1.6		1		0.8		0.8

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		3.6		2.9		3.2		3.7		3.8		4.3		4.3		4.2		4.1		4		3.6		2.6		2.9

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		3		2.7		2.9		2.9		2.7		3.5		3.4		3.3		3.2		3.3		3.1		2.3		2.9

NEARBY - MAP

NEARBY - LIST

Moody Cove, South Carolina (8 mi / 12 km)
Tuckasegee, North Carolina (12 mi / 20 km)
Franklin, North Carolina (14 mi / 23 km)
Otto, North Carolina (14 mi / 22 km)
Lake Toxaway, North Carolina (15 mi / 24 km)

GEOBA.SE

Highlands, North Carolina