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This Month's Climate Data for Banner Elk
| Records and Averages for May (Data since 09-01-1907) | ||
| Description | Value | Date(s) |
| Average high temp | 68.59°F | |
| Average low temp | 44.84°F | |
| Record high temp | 89°F | 5/6/1932 |
| Record low temp | 19°F | 5/1/1935 |
| Average precipitation | 4.47" | |
| Most precipitation | 8.97" | 1929 |
| Least precipitation | 0.51" | 2005 |
| Average snow | 0.18" | |
| Most snow | 11.5" | 1914 |
| Least snow | 0" | 1917 and many, many other years |