Humid subtropical
Weaverville, North Carolina
Buncombe County, North Carolina · Population 4.6k · 2,182 ft elevation
Living in Weaverville
Weaverville has a humid subtropical climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 29°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it gets light snow (12″ a season).
Skies are sunny (63% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 36 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Weaverville: about 23% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,700 ft around town.
Weaverville at a glance
- Population
- 4.6k
- Elevation
- 2,182 ft
- Average daily high
- 68°F58th percentile
- Average daily low
- 47°F57th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 12″48th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,802 hrs50th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $453k77th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,642/mo73th percentile
- Median household income
- $90k66th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.61%17th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.461th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 34%31th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 44%
- Violent crime rate
- 82 per 100k26th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,452 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 23%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,723 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 29°F | 3.3″ | 3.8″ | 189 hrs |
| Feb | 52°F | 32°F | 2.9″ | 2.2″ | 171 hrs |
| Mar | 59°F | 38°F | 3.5″ | 2.0″ | 214 hrs |
| Apr | 69°F | 46°F | 3.7″ | 0.3″ | 247 hrs |
| May | 77°F | 54°F | 3.5″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 62°F | 3.4″ | — | 289 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 65°F | 4.1″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 64°F | 3.6″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 58°F | 3.7″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 69°F | 47°F | 2.6″ | — | 233 hrs |
| Nov | 59°F | 37°F | 3.0″ | 0.5″ | 208 hrs |
| Dec | 51°F | 32°F | 3.3″ | 2.7″ | 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