Hendersonville, North Carolina climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hendersonville's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 59.0 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.3°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,500 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHendersonville (1 mi NE)
- Station IDUSC00313976
- Location35.33°N 82.45°W
- Elevation2,160 ft (658 m)
- Population15,656
On October 22, the normal high in Hendersonville is 67°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hendersonville.
- Jan 48° 27°
- Feb 52° 29°
- Mar 59° 35°
- Apr 68° 43°
- May 75° 52°
- Jun 82° 60°
- Jul 85° 64°
- Aug 83° 63°
- Sep 78° 56°
- Oct 69° 45°
- Nov 59° 34°
- Dec 51° 29°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Hendersonville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.79 in), the least in October (4.06 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 27°F | 37.3°F | 5.28 | 2.9 | 10 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 52°F | 29°F | 40.6°F | 4.26 | 0.6 | 9 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 35°F | 46.8°F | 4.95 | 1.0 | 11 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 43°F | 55.5°F | 4.84 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 75°F | 52°F | 63.7°F | 4.40 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 82°F | 60°F | 70.7°F | 4.95 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 85°F | 64°F | 74.2°F | 5.79 | 0.0 | 13 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 83°F | 63°F | 72.8°F | 5.73 | 0.0 | 13 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 78°F | 56°F | 67.0°F | 4.97 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 45°F | 56.6°F | 4.06 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 34°F | 46.5°F | 4.55 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 29°F | 39.9°F | 5.27 | 2.1 | 10 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 45°F | 56.0°F | 59.05 | 6.7 | 121 | 10 | 88 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −3°C | 2.9°C | 134 mm | 7 cm |
| February | 11°C | −2°C | 4.8°C | 108 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 15°C | 2°C | 8.2°C | 126 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 20°C | 6°C | 13.1°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 11°C | 17.6°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.5°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 18°C | 23.4°C | 147 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 17°C | 22.7°C | 146 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 14°C | 19.4°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 7°C | 13.7°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | 1°C | 8.1°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 10°C | −2°C | 4.4°C | 134 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00313976; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Hendersonville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (8).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00313976.
When is the last frost in Hendersonville?
In Hendersonville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after May 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 25 in half of years and before October 12 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 141 year in 10 after May 1; 9 in 10 after March 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 251 year in 10 before October 12; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 192 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 216 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 2 in half of springs and before November 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hendersonville in zone 7b in ZIP code 28726, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hendersonville's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (16 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in North Carolina · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00313976; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Hendersonville?
In a normal year in Hendersonville, 10 days a year reach 90°F, 88 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 121 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 88a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 121a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1898) is 101°F, on August 23, 1983; the lowest is −14°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1901, with 92.60 in; the snowiest season is 1968–69, with 43.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00313976; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00313976. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hendersonville?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hendersonville, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. November is the sunniest month (77%) and February the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.6 |
| February | 70% | 3.3 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 74% | 5.4 |
| May | 74% | 5.9 |
| June | 76% | 6.2 |
| July | 75% | 5.8 |
| August | 76% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.8 |
| November | 77% | 3.0 |
| December | 71% | 2.3 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Hendersonville need?
A normal year in Hendersonville brings 4,168 heating degree days, 22% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 897 cooling degree days, 1% fewer than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,612 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 859 | 0 |
| February | 685 | 0 |
| March | 565 | 0 |
| April | 293 | 9 |
| May | 100 | 60 |
| June | 13 | 182 |
| July | 1 | 286 |
| August | 2 | 242 |
| September | 46 | 104 |
| October | 273 | 13 |
| November | 556 | 1 |
| December | 778 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,168 | 897 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00313976. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Hendersonville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 56.1°F, 0.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.0°F. 3 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.0°F | at normal | 49.01 | 6.9 |
| 2022 | 55.3°F | −0.7°F | 55.48 | 11.0 |
| 2023 | 56.5°F | +0.5°F | 45.02 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 56.9°F | +0.9°F | 75.99 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 56.1°F | +0.1°F | 45.62 | 2.3 |
Over 87 complete years from 1899 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.6°F per century (+0.04°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00313976; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hendersonville's climate compare?
Hendersonville is warmer than 22 of the other 130 places with their own NOAA record in North Carolina, and wetter than 111. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.0°F is warmer than 64%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hendersonville is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Hendersonville share this climate record?
10 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- East Flat Rock, NC6,468 people · 4 mi SE
- Dana, NC3,824 people · 5 mi E
- Flat Rock, NC3,602 people · 4 mi S
- Mountain Home, NC3,518 people · 4 mi NW
- Edneyville, NC2,698 people · 8 mi NE
- Valley Hill, NC2,540 people · 3 mi SW
- Fruitland, NC2,417 people · 5 mi N
- Laurel Park, NC2,319 people · 3 mi W
- Balfour, NC1,132 people · 3 mi NW
- Barker Heights, NC1,025 people · 2 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Hendersonville's climate
What is the coldest month in Hendersonville?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Hendersonville?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hendersonville?
July, with 5.79 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 4.06 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hendersonville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hendersonville in zone 7b in ZIP code 28726, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hendersonville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Hendersonville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after May 1. Waiting until May 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Hendersonville in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- North Carolina climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Asheville, NC9 miles from this station, 57.3°F a year
- Fletcher, NC9 miles from this station, 55.2°F a year
- Pisgah Forest (3 mi NE), NC12 miles from this station, 55.6°F a year
- Tryon, NC14 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
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