Oceanic
Avery Creek, North Carolina
Buncombe County, North Carolina · Population 3k · 2,238 ft elevation
Living in Avery Creek
Avery Creek has a oceanic climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 25°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets light snow (10″ a season).
Skies are sunny (63% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 31 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Avery Creek is an outdoor hub: about 18% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,400 ft around town.
Avery Creek at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 2,238 ft
- Average daily high
- 66°F50th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 10″46th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,802 hrs50th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $326k62th percentile
- Median household income
- $108k79th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.59%16th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.315th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9291th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 19%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 18%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,445 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 25°F | 4.0″ | 3.6″ | 189 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 28°F | 3.3″ | 1.9″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 59°F | 33°F | 4.1″ | 1.9″ | 214 hrs |
| Apr | 68°F | 41°F | 4.7″ | 0.2″ | 247 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 49°F | 4.4″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 57°F | 4.4″ | — | 289 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 60°F | 5.7″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 54°F | 4.6″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 42°F | 3.5″ | — | 233 hrs |
| Nov | 58°F | 32°F | 4.3″ | 0.2″ | 208 hrs |
| Dec | 50°F | 28°F | 4.0″ | 2.5″ | 177 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology