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Avery/Watauga County | 3,970 ft

Seven Devils weather

A real Seven Devils forecast, not a stamped regional copy. Every source we track, pulled at Seven Devils's own coordinates, blended into one consensus and graded daily against Seven Devils's own actuals.

Dave's Sweater Index | Mon, Oct 26
High 60° | Low 42° | No precip
The average of 8 independent (and free) forecasters
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The 5-day | Seven Devils

Mon
Oct 26
Dry, cool
Wind: 5 mph
60° 42°
Tue
Oct 27
Dry, cool
Wind: 7 mph
61° 44°
Wed
Oct 28
Dry, cool
Wind: 7 mph
59° 43°
Thu
Oct 29
Dry, cool
Wind: 5 mph
63° 44°
Fri
Oct 30
Dry, cool
Wind: 5 mph
66° 47°

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What they're predicting for Seven Devils

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.

Open-Meteo
Hi / Lo
61° / 37°
Wind
8 mph
Precip
No precip
NWS
Hi / Lo
58° / 44°
Wind
3 mph
Precip
No precip
Met.no
Hi / Lo
59° / 48°
Wind
5 mph
Precip
No precip
OpenWeatherMap
Hi / Lo
58° / 56°
Wind
4 mph
Precip
No precip
WeatherAPI
Hi / Lo
61° / 45°
Wind
6 mph
Precip
No precip
Visual Crossing
Hi / Lo
61° / 33°
Wind
5 mph
Precip
No precip
Tomorrow.io
Hi / Lo
60° / 39°
Wind
6 mph
Precip
No precip
Google Weather
Hi / Lo
63° / 34°
Wind
4 mph
Precip
Rain

See how each of these did once the day is in the books: Seven Devils's accuracy board | How we grade

Fall color

When Seven Devils peaks

October 13–23

Predicted peak window, fall 2026

Seven Devils sits at 3,970 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 Seven Devils about 7 days behind the 5,000 foot ridges.

September ran 2.8°F warmer than Seven Devils's own normal, which moved the window 5.0 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