Mountains Site Comprehensive Guide to Asheville Mission-St. Weather Information and Links Asheville rests on a high, fertile plateau framed by the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina. It offers a unique quality of life, maintaining the intimacy and charm of a small city, while offering the cultural, recreational, and educational opportunities of a large one. The medical referral population of the western region is greater than 750,000. At an average elevation of 2,340 feet above sea level, Asheville enjoys four distinct seasons.
Spring arrives early with a flood of floral variety.
The average spring temperature is 62.3 degrees, and April 12 is the average last date of temperatures falling below freezing. Summers are cool, with average high temperature of 82 degrees and average low of 61 degrees. Fall brings brilliant foliage, painting area peaks and an average temperature of 48 degrees. Winter s average temperature is 42 degrees. Man-made snow affords skiing on the East s highest and most southern slopes.