Overcast
Broomfield5,397 ft
Midway between Denver and Boulder, higher and breezier.
The outlook
Showers and thunderstorms are possible this evening. Expect rain on Monday, with highs in the mid 80s. Tuesday will be overcast with highs in the mid 80s as well.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Drizzle, 43% precip
Tomorrow
Mon
Rain
Tue
Overcast
Rest of the week
Wed–Sat
Holding steady, rain Fri
2026 is running 6.6° warmer than the archive average so far.
The record high for August 30 is 92°, set in 2021.
This heating season is running 24% milder than normal so far.
Today loses 2 min 28 sec of daylight against yesterday.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph WSW
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 0Low
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 51°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Sun, Aug 30 → Mon, Aug 31Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today86°64°
Rain · 51% precip
- Mon84°61°
Rain · 80% precip
- Tue86°64°
Overcast · 72% precip
- Wed89°68°
Drizzle
- Thu91°69°
Rain · 49% precip
- Fri91°70°
Rain · 50% precip
- Sat89°67°
Rain · 26% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
6:26 AM
sunset
7:35 PM
Daylight
13 hr 08 min
−2 min 28 sec vs yesterday
Moon
Waning Gibbous
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
0 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
15,879 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 0% · high 100%
Soil temp
65°
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· Since Oct 1
4,221(-24% vs normal)
Cooling degree-days· Since May 1
1,000(+48% vs normal)
Year to date
+6.6°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.
August 30, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is August 30 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 (August 30, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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