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Truckee mountain conditions.

Live weather plus practical mountain information for Truckee, California. Reference elevation: 5,817 feet.

🏔️ 5,817 ft
🌡️ Live NWS weather
❄️ Snow resources
🚧 Road resources

Current Truckee Weather

The live values below come from the National Weather Service forecast point near 39.3279, -120.1833.

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Mountain conditions vary over short distances and with elevation. Verify official alerts before travel.

Planning for Truckee

The reference elevation is about 5,817 feet; conditions at higher nearby terrain can be substantially colder, windier or snowier. Pacific storms, marine influence and rapid elevation changes can all matter when planning mountain travel in this part of the West.

Elevation matters

Use the forecast elevation as a reference, then account for your actual trailhead, pass, campsite or summit elevation.

Watch wind & precipitation

Temperature alone can understate mountain exposure. Wind and precipitation probability are useful quick checks before departure.

Check snow level

When available from NWS grid data, snow level helps distinguish rain from snow potential across changing elevations.

Verify access

Road, park and forest closures can change independently of the weather forecast.

Official Planning Resources

Use primary agency sources for rapidly changing conditions.

NWS Forecast

Official point forecast for this location.

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Snowpack

Western SNOTEL and snow-course conditions.

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Trails & public land

Check agency alerts for access, closures and hazards.

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Water

Real-time streamflow, level and temperature where sensors exist.

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Regional Sierra snow observations

Measured snow depth and snow water equivalent are station readings, not resort snow reports. Forecast snow level on weather pages is a separate estimate of the rain/snow transition.

Truckee River downstream at Farad

Flow and gauge height apply to the exact monitoring station, not every reach of a river. Measurements are provisional; missing sensors are shown as not measured.