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Watauga County | 2,746 ft

Vilas weather

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

Dave's Sweater Index | Mon, Oct 26
High 65° | Low 41° | No precip
The average of 8 independent (and free) forecasters
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The 5-day | Vilas

Mon
Oct 26
Dry, cool
Wind: 5 mph
65° 41°
Tue
Oct 27
Dry, cool
Wind: 7 mph
66° 44°
Wed
Oct 28
Dry, cool
Wind: 7 mph
62° 44°
Thu
Oct 29
Dry, cool
Wind: 4 mph
67° 45°
Fri
Oct 30
Dry, mild
Wind: 4 mph
69° 47°

See the scoreboard|How we grade

What they're predicting for Vilas

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
68° / 34°
Wind
6 mph
Precip
No precip
Ray's Weather
Hi / Lo
67° / 34°
Wind
—
Precip
No precip
NWS
Hi / Lo
66° / 42°
Wind
3 mph
Precip
No precip
Met.no
Hi / Lo
64° / 52°
Wind
5 mph
Precip
No precip
OpenWeatherMap
Hi / Lo
64° / 60°
Wind
3 mph
Precip
No precip
WeatherAPI
Hi / Lo
65° / 39°
Wind
5 mph
Precip
No precip
Visual Crossing
Hi / Lo
64° / 32°
Wind
5 mph
Precip
No precip
Tomorrow.io
Hi / Lo
67° / 36°
Wind
6 mph
Precip
No precip
Google Weather
Hi / Lo
65° / 31°
Wind
5 mph
Precip
Rain

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

Fall color

When Vilas peaks

October 20–30

Predicted peak window, fall 2026

Vilas sits at 2,746 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 Vilas about 15 days behind the 5,000 foot ridges.

September ran 2.6°F warmer than Vilas'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