Charlotte temperatures to plummet below freezing, NWS says. Snow in mountains.
Charlotte should brace for subfreezing temperatures early in the week, while snow is expected in the mountains, National Weather Service meteorologists said Saturday.
Late Monday and early Tuesday, temperatures across the Charlotte region could bottom out at 28 degrees, according to the NWS forecast. That’s four degrees below freezing.
“Widespread freezing temperatures are likely Monday night,” according to an NWS hazardous weather outlook bulletin. “In many places this could amount to a hard freeze and end the growing season.”
The alert included Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and Rowan counties and parts of the mountains.
Charlotte had a 50% chance of showers late Saturday and early Sunday, before skies were expected to remain clear through the week, the forecast showed.
After a predicted high of 74 on Saturday and Sunday, highs were forecast to fall to 47 on Monday and 49 on Tuesday before rebounding to 63 on Wednesday and 66 on Thursday and Friday, according to the NWS.
Lows are forecast to improve to 37 late Tuesday and early Wednesday, 40 late Wednesday and early Thursday, and 38 late Thursday and early Friday.
Mountain snow forecast
The North Carolina mountains could see their “first significant snowfall of the season” Sunday night into Monday, mainly near Tennessee, NWS forecasters said on X Saturday.
Four to six inches could fall in the Smokies “and locally higher amounts up to 10” at the highest peaks of the Smokies,” NWS meteorologists posted on X.
Park closures announced
Due to the severe weather threat, U.S. 441/Newfound Gap Road will close at 6 p.m. Sunday in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rangers said on social media site X on Saturday.
Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail also will close at 6 p.m. Sunday.
“The park will reassess conditions on Monday morning,” rangers said.
This story was originally published November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM.