Friday, October 16, 2026

Incline Village News

Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Lakeshore62°Diamond Peak59°Mt Rose summit54°Lake59°Air42AQI All conditions

Conditions

Right now, from the lake to the pass

Readings from the lake to the pass, each with its own time. The water is 59 degrees and the summit is 8 degrees cooler than the shore. Every road we watch is listed below, the one with a problem first.Checked .
7,000 ft 8,000 ft 9,000 ft 10,000 ft Mt Rose, 10,776 ft Reno, 15 mi down the east side 59° Lake surface, 6,226.65 ft 3:59 PM, nearest buoy 62° Lakeshore SR 28 Crystal Bay, 6,437 ft 5 PM. Wind 5 mph, gusts 7 59° Diamond Peak NWS NV030, 7,335 ft 4:40 PM. Wind 5 mph 54° Mt Rose summit Road station on SR 431, 8,904 ft 5 PM. Wind 5 mph, gusts 8 Brake check West Side Meadows
Mt Rose, 10,776 ft Reno, 15 mi down the east side 59° Lake surface 62° Lakeshore 59° Diamond Peak 54° Mt Rose summit West Side Meadows Brake check

Heights to scale. The lakeshore and summit stations sit on the road. Diamond Peak is the NWS station at 7,335 ft on the ridge south of the highway. It runs up to an hour behind the road stations. The slope is drawn, not surveyed.

Readings by height, with each source and time
Mt Rose summitStation, 8,904 ft. 54° 5 mph, gusts 8
Diamond PeakStation, 7,335 ft. 59° 5 mph
TownStation, 6,495 ft. 67° 4 mph, gusts 8
LakeshoreStation, 6,437 ft. 62° 5 mph, gusts 7
Lake surface6,226.65 ft. 59°

The lake

Lake page
Surface temperatureNearest buoy, NASA JPL and UC Davis 59°
Surface elevationTahoe City gauge, USGS 10337000 6,226.65 ft
Room to the legal maximum6,229.1 ft, USGS 2.45 ftUSGS,
Wind at the waterNevada DOT 4 mph, gusts 10 , Sand Harbor station

Power

Outages
Out nowNV Energy, Incline Village and Crystal Bay 0 out now

Roads

Roads page
SR 28, the shore roadTahoe City to US 50 Open Nevada 511,
Mt Rose Highway, SR 431 Open Nevada 511,
Brockway Summit, SR 267Kings Beach to Truckee Open Caltrans,
Chain controls within 25 miles No chain controls Caltrans,
Reno airport No FAA delays at RNO FAA, RNO,

Air

Weather
Air quality 42 AQI, good AirNow,
NWS watches and warnings None listed NWS Reno,

Fire

Fire page
Evacuation notices None listed NIFC, NWS and the fire district,
Nearest active fire2027 Tmu Rx Support prescribed burn, containment unknown 22.2 miles NIFC,
Red flag warning None listed NWS via the fire feed,

Mt Rose Highway, bottom to top

All cameras
  • East of SR28 camera, SR-431
    Nevada DOT
    East of SR28 SR-431, camera at 6,455 ft.
  • Brake Check Area camera, SR-431
    Nevada DOT
    Brake Check Area SR-431, camera at 8,206 ft.
  • West Side Meadows camera, SR-431
    Nevada DOT
    West Side Meadows SR-431, camera at 8,570 ft.
  • Mt Rose Summit camera, SR-431
    Nevada DOT
    Mt Rose Summit SR-431, camera at 8,887 ft.

Nevada DOT cameras. Newest snapshot . Each frame refreshes while you watch.

The week ahead

Hour by hour and seven days

Friday through Sunday sunny, highs 63 to 67; Monday mostly sunny, high 57; Tuesday chance light rain, high 48, rain 53 percent; Wednesday chance rain and snow, high 46, rain 47 percent; Thursday chance light rain, high 47, rain 34 percent.

National Weather Service, Incline Village, issued .