Valle Crucis weather
A real Valle Crucis forecast, not a stamped regional copy. Every source we track, pulled at Valle Crucis's own coordinates, blended into one consensus and graded daily against Valle Crucis's own actuals.
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The 5-day | Valle Crucis
What they're predicting for Valle Crucis
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 | 67° | 36° | 7 mph | No precip |
| Ray's Weather | 66° | 34° | — | No precip |
| NWS | 66° | 42° | 3 mph | No precip |
| Met.no | 64° | 53° | 5 mph | No precip |
| OpenWeatherMap | 64° | 60° | 4 mph | No precip |
| WeatherAPI | 65° | 39° | 5 mph | No precip |
| Visual Crossing | 63° | 32° | 5 mph | No precip |
| Tomorrow.io | 66° | 36° | 6 mph | No precip |
| Google Weather | 65° | 31° | 5 mph | Rain |
- Hi / Lo
- 67° / 36°
- Wind
- 7 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 66° / 34°
- Wind
- —
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 66° / 42°
- Wind
- 3 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 64° / 53°
- Wind
- 5 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 64° / 60°
- Wind
- 4 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 65° / 39°
- Wind
- 5 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 63° / 32°
- Wind
- 5 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 66° / 36°
- Wind
- 6 mph
- Precip
- No precip
- Hi / Lo
- 65° / 31°
- Wind
- 5 mph
- Precip
- Rain
See how each of these did once the day is in the books: Valle Crucis's accuracy board | How we grade
When Valle Crucis peaks
October 21–31
Predicted peak window, fall 2026
Valle Crucis sits at 2,677 feet, the mid band, where most of the High Country's towns sit and where the season runs longest. 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 Valle Crucis about 15 days behind the 5,000 foot ridges.
September ran 2.6°F warmer than Valle Crucis's own normal, which moved the window 4.7 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.
2,500 to 3,500 feet | Model leaf-v1