Banner Elk is snow country
Banner Elk has chilly, snowy winters and cool summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 74°, a January night drops to 22°, and about 67 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 49° and a normal night drops to 31°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Banner Elk’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Banner Elk’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Banner Elk.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Banner Elk itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Beech Mtn, NC (2 mi, snow) and Grandfather Mtn, NC (5 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.