Clear
Broomfield5,397 ft
Midway between Denver and Boulder, higher and breezier.
The outlook
It will be unseasonably warm through Wednesday. Expect a high near 88 today, then highs in the mid-80s Tuesday and Wednesday with overcast skies. There is a slight chance for isolated showers over the higher elevations Tuesday and Wednesday.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Overcast
Tomorrow
Tue
Overcast
Wed
Overcast · colder
Rest of the week
Thu–Sun
Temperatures cooling, rain Sun
The record high for October 5 is 84°, set in 2024.
Today is running 16° above the seasonal average for this date.
2026 is running 6.1° warmer than the archive average so far.
Today loses 2 min 34 sec of daylight against yesterday.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph S
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 6Moderate
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 34°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Mon, Oct 5 → Wed, Oct 7Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today88°53°
Overcast
- Tue85°57°
Overcast
- Wed83°58°
Overcast · 16% precip
- Thu82°58°
Rain
- Fri84°59°
Drizzle
- Sat81°60°
Rain · 20% precip
- Sun74°58°
Rain · 57% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
7:00 AM
sunset
6:35 PM
Daylight
11 hr 35 min
−2 min 34 sec vs yesterday
Moon
Waning 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
0 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
15,223 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 0% · high 0%
Soil temp
98°
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
1,165(+46% vs normal)
Year to date
+6.1°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.
October 5, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is October 5 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 5, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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