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For indoor living, the humidity won't matter much in the colder months because your inside relative humidity will drop quickly as the air is heated.
We recently relocated to Beech Mountain, which is a little town on top of a hill right above Banner Elk. We go to Banner Elk for groceries, banking, etc... Temp and snow amounts change a surprising amount with fairly minor differences in elevation around here.
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We live full-time outside Banner Elk at the foot of Grandfather Mountain. Our elevation is approx 3750 ft, and we are hard up against some thick woods behind our house and a hundred feet or so above the headwaters of the Watauga River (really just a stream at this point). We have excellent cross-ventilation with windows and sliding doors open and rarely, if ever, use our A/C, but do sometimes run the fan component of our heat pump to keep the air stirring. We also run a portable dehumidifier frequently in the warmer months.
Ray's weather (linked above) is a really good resource for weather in the High Country.
It is damp in the mountains — lots of moisture loving moss, y'know, and low clouds and fog. But it's not Hot-n-Humid™ so much as it is Damp-n-Cool™. The higher you go, the cooler it is.
It actually is pretty humid in the mountains, all of my family is from there. Looking at humidity tables for several years, Asheville is number one out of six major cities spread out around the state. The readings were taken over a period of 30 years during July. The information is on currentresults.com
Humidity isn't the best measure to go by, dew point is, as that relates more accurately to how you feel. Once above 3,000 feet, dew points are much lower. For example, for July of this year the average dew point in Raleigh was 70 degrees, but it was 60 degrees in Boone. That makes a huge difference.
It actually is pretty humid in the mountains, all of my family is from there. Looking at humidity tables for several years, Asheville is number one out of six major cities spread out around the state. The readings were taken over a period of 30 years during July. The information is on currentresults.com
I agree that it's humid in most areas of the mountains in WNC, but there are many, many micro-climates, and readings from Asheville aren't necessarily relevent to Banner Elk.
It is damp in the mountains — lots of moisture loving moss, y'know, and low clouds and fog. But it's not Hot-n-Humid™ so much as it is Damp-n-Cool™. The higher you go, the cooler it is.
And, at higher elevations, eg Banner Elk and where we are above Waynesville, the 'summer time' regular rain(s) tend to crank up the RH.
In Spring, Fall and Winter, (Autumn especially in terms of some very dry periods), the RH falls considerably, in our experience.
Even on very 'humid' days the 'Feels Like Temps' at higher altitudes are never in the same league as FL or much of the southern states, or even like the northern states/cities during their heat wave, summer feel, imo.
Heading down our Mtn to Waynesville, or over to Asheville/down to S'burg/Greenville, those lower altitudes tend to exacerbate the humid summer feel on many days.
GL, mD
jactay The comment on Micro - climates is true even in banner elk from one open valley to a shady hill side area. Now how will humidity and temps compared to texas ?? No real comparison . Warmer days will be closer to upper 70's but temps in the 80's is possible for a month or two and average low will run in the 20* range most mornings in December thru early march winter but drier feeling and both can be higher in to the low 90's and well below zero like -20 or -30* for a few hours . Yet it will still depend on the land you buy .
Humidity !! It can be as high as in most parts of the south with foggy mornings in late summer but when its 50* out it seems to not matter as it will be gone in a couple hours and start drying out again . This morning visibility is low , fogged in with 150 yards range and 52* at 7:16am but will clear up quickly and become very nice morning with far lower moisture level in a couple hours .. Those 85* plus 5:30am mornings with 100% humidity and 95 to 105* still humid days will be for ever in the past up here ..
Comfort in Blowing rock will depend far more on the land you buy and the terrain as in hill or valley property with lots of trees or a northern or southern view and how early the sun lays on your land and home . Get the idea !! Being a home builder and hour and a half south of blowing rock I still find those days from june thru late august can take far more work up here to break a sweat than early AM's back down south ! HA
I spent my first ten year here on a hill top near enough to Mt Michell to have weather was influenced by what went on up there and snow , wind, ice on the roads or rain and lightning in the the warmer months were more common around that mountain but 5 or 6 miles away might be clear sky's .
Last 10 years here have been on a hill and low valley setting with a second hill north of us to break winds , two creeks on the lower edge holds temps a little higher in winter and good early AM sunshine year round .
So buy land smart , don't let your heart strings direct your purchase . Winter weather can also turn a 20 minute ride into an 1hour or more in bad winter weather even with a 4x4 or quality awd with tire chains if getting around has to be done mid late winter .
Over all , life is great up here .
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