As of 10:53 PM

Clear

Feels like

Today84°53°

Wind5mph SSE

Humidity32%

UV index0Low

Arvada5,344 ft

Northwest metro, tucked against the foothills.

The outlook

Expect unseasonably warm temperatures to continue through Sunday. Friday will be mostly overcast with highs in the mid-80s. Saturday brings a chance of rain with highs in the low 80s.

Next 10 hours55°–67°

67°55°

67°Now

67°11 PM

65°12 AM

63°1 AM

61°2 AM

59°3 AM

57°4 AM

55°5 AM

55°6 AM

55°7 AM

The days ahead

Overnight

into the morning

55°

Partly cloudy

Tomorrow

Fri

85°55°

Overcast

Sat

81°57°

Rain

Rest of the week

Sun–Wed

80°53°

Temperatures cooling, rain Wed

The record high for October 8 is 86°, set in 2020.

2026 is running 6.7° warmer than the archive average so far.

Today is running 13° above the seasonal average for this date.

Today loses 2 min 32 sec of daylight against yesterday.

Right now

Conditions

Wind: mph SSE
Humidity
Pressure
UV index: 0Low
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew point: 39°

Next hour

Minute-by-minute

No precipitation expected in the next hour.

Now11:08 PM11:23 PM11:38 PM11:53 PM

Next 48 hours

Hourly forecast

Thu, Oct 8 → Sat, Oct 10Mountain · midnight starts a new day

Thu, Oct 8Now67°1%5 mph

11 PM67°1%5 mph

Fri, Oct 912 AM65°–5 mph

1 AM63°–5 mph

2 AM61°–5 mph

3 AM59°–4 mph

4 AM57°–3 mph

5 AM55°–4 mph

6 AM55°–4 mph

7 AM55°–3 mph

8 AM59°–3 mph

9 AM68°–2 mph

10 AM76°–2 mph

11 AM80°–5 mph

12 PM82°–6 mph

1 PM84°–8 mph

2 PM84°–7 mph

3 PM85°–10 mph

4 PM84°1%8 mph

5 PM83°1%9 mph

6 PM78°1%5 mph

7 PM72°1%6 mph

8 PM70°2%7 mph

9 PM67°1%6 mph

10 PM67°1%7 mph

11 PM65°1%7 mph

Sat, Oct 1012 AM64°–6 mph

1 AM63°–6 mph

2 AM62°–6 mph

3 AM61°–6 mph

4 AM60°–6 mph

5 AM59°–7 mph

6 AM59°–6 mph

7 AM57°–6 mph

8 AM62°–6 mph

9 AM70°1%6 mph

10 AM75°–6 mph

11 AM78°–8 mph

12 PM80°–7 mph

1 PM80°11%10 mph

2 PM81°20%5 mph

3 PM79°35%5 mph

4 PM80°1%8 mph

5 PM79°36%6 mph

6 PM75°11%7 mph

7 PM73°–4 mph

8 PM71°–3 mph

9 PM69°–4 mph

7-day outlook

The week ahead

Today
Rain · 24% precip
84°53°
Fri
Overcast
85°55°
Sat
Rain · 36% precip
81°57°
Sun
Overcast
80°62°
Mon
Overcast
80°58°
Tue
Rain · 45% precip
67°58°
Wed
Rain · 67% precip
65°53°

Sun & Moon

Light of day

sunrise

7:03 AM

sunset

6:31 PM

Daylight

11 hr 28 min

−2 min 32 sec vs yesterday

Moon

Waning Crescent

Storm tracker

Live radar

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Radar by RainViewer · 7-day precipitation forecast by Open-Meteo · basemap OpenFreeMap. Radar covers the past two hours plus a 30-minute nowcast; the 7-day layer is a precipitation forecast.

AdvancedAtmospheric detail & vertical profile

Atmospheric readings

Instability

10 J/kg

Stable air

Freezing level

14,665 ft

Altitude of the 32°F line

Cloud layers

low 0% · mid 75% · high 0%

Soil temp

61°

Ground surface

Vertical profile

Temperature and wind from the surface up through the upper atmosphere.

Climate

How today sits against the record

Open-Meteo archive, 2016–2026

This season's pace

A running total of heating and cooling demand in degree-days, measured against the multi-year average. It is a sum of degrees, not a count of days.

Heating degree-days

Not enough archive data yet.

Cooling degree-days· Since May 1

1,305(+56% vs normal)

Year to date

+6.7°warmer than the archive average

The year in temperature

2016–2026 avg

Average temperature each month, with heating and cooling degree-days, averaged across these years. This month is outlined.

October 8, across the years

2017–2025

Each bar is October 8 only: observed low at the bottom, high at the top. Accent fill is 2026. Dashed lines are the archive’s typical high/low for that date.

Legend

Frosted bars = other years
Solid accent = 2026
Accent dashes: avg high (October 8, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.

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