Banner Elk weather
A real Banner Elk forecast, not a stamped regional copy. Every source we track, pulled at Banner Elk's own coordinates, blended into one consensus and graded daily against Banner Elk's own actuals.
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The 5-day | Banner Elk
What they're predicting for Banner Elk
Here's what each forecast says for Monday, October 26: Logged before the actuals exist. Come back once the day's in to see who was right.
| Source | High | Low | Wind | Precip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open-Meteo | 63° | 38° | 7 mph | No precip |
| Ray's Weather | 62° | 33° | — | No precip |
| NWS | 60° | 44° | 3 mph | No precip |
| Met.no | 62° | 51° | 5 mph | No precip |
| OpenWeatherMap | 59° | 56° | 4 mph | No precip |
| WeatherAPI | 61° | 45° | 6 mph | No precip |
| Visual Crossing | 61° | 34° | 5 mph | No precip |
| Tomorrow.io | 62° | 42° | 6 mph | No precip |
| Google Weather | 63° | 35° | 5 mph | Rain |
- Hi / Lo
- 63° / 38°
- Wind
- 7 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 62° / 33°
- Wind
- —
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 60° / 44°
- Wind
- 3 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 62° / 51°
- Wind
- 5 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 59° / 56°
- Wind
- 4 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 61° / 45°
- Wind
- 6 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 61° / 34°
- Wind
- 5 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 62° / 42°
- Wind
- 6 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 63° / 35°
- Wind
- 5 mph
- Precip
- Rain
See how each of these did once the day is in the books: Banner Elk's accuracy board | How we grade
When Banner Elk peaks
October 14–24
Predicted peak window, fall 2026
Banner Elk sits at 3,701 feet, high enough to turn well ahead of the valley towns, a step behind the exposed ridges. Peak color reaches 5,000 feet around October 6, 2026, then slides about 6.5 days later for every 1,000 feet it descends, which puts Banner Elk about 8 days behind the 5,000 foot ridges.
September ran 2.3°F warmer than Banner Elk's own normal, which moved the window 4.1 days later. Warm autumns delay the shutdown that lets the color show. Cold ones hurry it along.
A peak window is a claim about October, so it gets graded like every other forecast here. Once the leaves actually turn we score these dates against the published fall color reports and the result goes on the board, flattering or not. This is the model's first live fall, so read the window as a first attempt with its work shown, not a settled number. Every town's window, and how the model gets a date.
3,500 to 5,000 feet | Model leaf-v1