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This Month's Climate Data for Banner Elk
| Records and Averages for January (Data since 09-01-1907) | ||
| Description | Value | Date(s) |
| Average high temp | 42.47°F | |
| Average low temp | 22.36°F | |
| Record high temp | 74°F | 1/9/1930 |
| Record low temp | -31°F | 1/21/1985 |
| Average precipitation | 3.94" | |
| Most precipitation | 12.68" | 1995 |
| Least precipitation | 0.4" | 2001 |
| Average snow | 9.38" | |
| Most snow | 46" | 1977 |
| Least snow | 0" | 1924, 1929, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1974, 1998 |