Overcast
Aurora
The metro's eastern edge, open to plains weather.
The outlook
Expect unsettled weather through Thursday, with a few strong storms possible on the plains late in the day. Showers will linger into Friday, mainly south of I-70. It stays cool.
The days ahead
Overnight
into the morning
Clear
2026 is running 8.1° warmer than the archive average so far.
This heating season is running 23% milder than normal so far.
The record high for May 20 is 86°, set in 2020.
On May 20, Aurora normally reaches 65°.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph NNE
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 4Moderate
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 44°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
Heavy rain starting in 10 min, easing by 29 min from now.
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
5:40 AM
sunset
8:11 PM
Daylight
14 hr 31 min
Moon
Waxing Crescent
Storm tracker
Live radar
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
150 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
10,564 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 83% · mid 91% · high 3%
Soil temp
62°
Ground surface
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· Since Oct 1
4,110(-23% vs normal)
Cooling degree-days· Since May 1
26(season just getting underway)
Year to date
+8.1°warmer than the archive average
The year in temperature
2016–2026 avgAverage temperature each month, with heating and cooling degree-days, averaged across these years. This month is outlined.
May 20, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is May 20 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 (May 20, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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