Bed and Breakfast
at Prospect Hill
A Century-Old Victorian Inn in the
Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina

Today's Weather
in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina

View from the Porch at Prospect Hill
Thursday, July 29

Time 9:30 AM

Temperature on the front porch - 79 degrees

It's a very pleasant morning in Waynesville, a little overcast, and we probably will have an afternoon thundershower, but it's a nice change from the high temperatures we've had lately.

Today's weather in the Great Smoky Mountains
Each morning (well, almost every morning . . . some mornings I don't make it out there to shoot a picture) we report on the weather here in the Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina, with a temperature check on the front porch of Prospect Hill and a photograph taken to show what the day looks like here in Waynesville.  Prospect Hill is at an elevation of nearly 3000 feet, several of the peaks around us are over 6000 feet..  For the benefit of guests coming up to stay at Prospect Hill for hiking, shopping, relaxing or to see the Spring flowers or Fall colors, we venture a weather outlook for the next few days based on several scientific factors known only to mountain folk.  Factors such as how high the birds are flying; which way the wind is blowing the flag down at the Legion Post,  and whether or not I get wet when I step off the porch (that's a sure sign of rain).

We also keep track of the high temperature and low temperature recorded on the front porch.
Low Temperature on the Front Porch this Year - 5 degrees - January 16
High Temperature on the Front Porch this Year - 90 degrees  - July 8

Lowest Temperature in the Prospect Hill Record Book  -  4 degrees  -  Jan 25. 2003
Highest Temperature in the Prospect Hill Record Book  -  92 degrees  -  July 18, 2008