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Weather in Sugar Mountain, NC · National Weather Service + NOAA

Sugar Mountain is snow country

Sugar Mountain 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°.

Winter 40°/24°Spring 56°/38°Summer 72°/56°Fall 59°/41°
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Sunrise 6:51 am · sunset 5:30 pm

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What stands out about Sugar Mountain’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 67 inches a winter, more than 760 of 761 North Carolina towns.Among North Carolina’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 22°, colder than 769 of 773 North Carolina towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 74°, cooler than 99% of U.S. towns.A short growing season160 frost-free days, from May 5 to Oct 13.
A normal year

Where today sits in Sugar Mountain’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
40° / 24°
26 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
56° / 38°
Last frost around May 5
Summer
72° / 56°
90° days are rare
Fall now
59° / 41°
First frost around Oct 13
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 13). Last frost next spring: May 5
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Sugar Mountain get?About 67 inches a winter.When is it wettest?July, with 5.6 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.1° vs. the 20th century.

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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 Sugar Mountain itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Beech Mtn, NC (4 mi, snow) and Grandfather Mtn, NC (3 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.