May
May · September · June
79climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Biltmore Forest.
May leads for comfortable weather in Biltmore Forest: typically 24.2°C by day, 10.2°C at night, with 88 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortMay
Typical high24.2°C
Typical low10.2°C
Rain in May88 mm
August
August · July · June
68climate match
October
October · April · May
82climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 79 — days reach only 8.3°C, 16° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -3.6°C.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
58.3° / -3.6°
Feb
1510.9° / -2.4°
Mar
3015° / 0.9°
Apr
5720.5° / 5.1°
May
7924.2° / 10.2°
Jun
7027.3° / 14.6°
Jul
6329° / 16.8°
Aug
7028.4° / 16.3°
Sep
7825.4° / 12.9°
Oct
6320.3° / 6.4°
Nov
3214.5° / 0.5°
Dec
119.9° / -1.9°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C | -3.6°C | 96 mm | 7.6 | 10 h | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 10.9°C | -2.4°C | 81 mm | 7.2 | 10 h 50 | 15 | Strong coverage |
| March | 15°C | 0.9°C | 101 mm | 8.7 | 11 h 52 | 30 | Strong coverage |
| April | 20.5°C | 5.1°C | 95 mm | 8.4 | 13 h 02 | 57 | Strong coverage |
| May | 24.2°C | 10.2°C | 88 mm | 7.4 | 14 h 01 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| June | 27.3°C | 14.6°C | 115 mm | 10.6 | 14 h 33 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| July | 29°C | 16.8°C | 116 mm | 9.7 | 14 h 20 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| August | 28.4°C | 16.3°C | 94 mm | 8.9 | 13 h 30 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| September | 25.4°C | 12.9°C | 108 mm | 6.8 | 12 h 21 | 78 | Strong coverage |
| October | 20.3°C | 6.4°C | 83 mm | 5.4 | 11 h 13 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| November | 14.5°C | 0.5°C | 89 mm | 6.3 | 10 h 14 | 32 | Strong coverage |
| December | 9.9°C | -1.9°C | 94 mm | 7.3 | 9 h 46 | 11 | Good coverage |
What has changed
Biltmore Forest runs -0.2°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
Jan
-0.7
Feb
+0.8
Mar
-0.3
Apr
-0.3
May
-0.4
Jun
-0.1
Jul
+0.2
Aug
-0.5
Sep
+0.1
Oct
-0.2
Nov
-1.4
Dec
+0.5
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C1 Jan 1952 | -26.7°C21 Jan 1985 | 88 mm14 Jan 1995 | 287 mm1998 · driest 1 mm in 2021 | 76 |
| February | 27.2°C26 Feb 1977 | -20.6°C5 Feb 1996 | 97 mm13 Feb 1966 | 184 mm1990 · driest 10 mm in 1980 | 75 |
| March | 31.7°C29 Mar 2020 | -18.3°C15 Mar 1993 | 105 mm12 Mar 1968 | 271 mm1952 · driest 0 mm in 2023 | 75 |
| April | 32.2°C27 Apr 1986 | -8.3°C11 Apr 1960 | 103 mm5 Apr 1957 | 211 mm1998 · driest 1 mm in 2020 | 75 |
| May | 32.8°C19 May 1996 | -3.3°C4 May 1971 | 120 mm28 May 1973 | 259 mm2003 · driest 0 mm in 2019 | 75 |
| June | 36.7°C29 Jun 1952 | 0.6°C2 Jun 1966 | 84 mm4 Jun 1967 | 281 mm2005 · driest 4 mm in 2021 | 75 |
| July | 36.7°C1 Jul 2012 | 4.4°C11 Jul 1963 | 77 mm1 Jul 2003 | 277 mm2003 · driest 5 mm in 2021 | 75 |
| August | 37.8°C21 Aug 1983 | 3.3°C15 Aug 1963 | 100 mm27 Aug 2008 | 333 mm1961 · driest 6 mm in 1997 | 75 |
| September | 36.1°C7 Sep 1954 | -1.7°C30 Sep 1967 | 114 mm24 Sep 1997 | 406 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 2019 | 73 |
| October | 31.7°C6 Oct 1954 | -9.4°C22 Oct 1952 | 125 mm4 Oct 1964 | 259 mm1964 · driest 0 mm in 2021 | 75 |
| November | 28.3°C17 Nov 1955 | -18.3°C26 Nov 1950 | 114 mm2 Nov 1979 | 266 mm1979 · driest 2 mm in 2020 | 75 |
| December | 24.4°C9 Dec 1956 | -22.8°C13 Dec 1962 | 96 mm28 Dec 1958 | 232 mm2015 · driest 1 mm in 2020 | 75 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | <1 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | <1 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | <1 |
| April | 8 | <1 | 5 | 3 | <1 |
| May | 16 | 2 | <1 | 2 | 0 |
| June | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 29 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 28 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 5 | <1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | <1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3% | 25% | 9% | 29% | 5.5–11.8°C |
| February | 6% | 27% | 11% | 31% | 8.2–13.4°C |
| March | 19% | 30% | 12% | 36% | 12.2–17.7°C |
| April | 46% | 27% | 10% | 33% | 18.4–22.5°C |
| May | 63% | 29% | 10% | 37% | 22.1–26.1°C |
| June | 66% | 33% | 11% | 44% | 25.7–29.2°C |
| July | 66% | 34% | 12% | 44% | 27.3–30.3°C |
| August | 70% | 30% | 11% | 37% | 27.1–30.5°C |
| September | 73% | 23% | 11% | 24% | 23.7–27.1°C |
| October | 52% | 20% | 8% | 21% | 18.7–22.4°C |
| November | 17% | 23% | 9% | 22% | 12.4–17.4°C |
| December | 4% | 24% | 9% | 26% | 7.4–12.6°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 4455999
- NOAA station
- USC00310724 · BENT CREEK
- Station distance
- 7 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 23 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 35.53°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.