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As of 4:35 PM

Mostly cloudy

Feels like
Today80°52°
Wind7mph N
Humidity16%
UV index1Low

Castle Pines6,558 ft

The high south end of the metro, often the coolest of the thirteen.

The outlook

Expect unseasonably warm temperatures through Sunday. Friday and Saturday will be mostly dry with highs in the upper 80s. Rain chances increase Sunday.

Next 10 hours58°–79°
79°58°
79°Now
78°5 PM
76°6 PM
72°7 PM
70°8 PM
65°9 PM
62°10 PM
61°11 PM
58°12 AM
58°1 AM

The days ahead

Rest of today

through midnight

79°61°

Overcast

Tomorrow

Fri

80°54°

Overcast

Sat

80°51°

Rain

Rest of the week

Sun–Wed

81°47°

Temperatures cooling, rain Wed

The record high for October 8 is 81°, set in 2020.

2026 is running 5.0° warmer than the archive average so far.

Today is running 11° above the seasonal average for this date.

Today loses 2 min 30 sec of daylight against yesterday.

Right now

Conditions

Wind
mph N
Humidity
Pressure
UV index
1Low
Visibility
6 mi
Dew point
34°

Next hour

Minute-by-minute

No precipitation expected in the next hour.

Now4:50 PM5:05 PM5:20 PM5:35 PM

Next 48 hours

Hourly forecast

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

Thu, Oct 8Now79°1%5 mph
5 PM78°4%6 mph
6 PM76°1%5 mph
7 PM72°10%11 mph
8 PM70°1%5 mph
9 PM65°1%6 mph
10 PM62°–8 mph
11 PM61°–8 mph
Fri, Oct 912 AM58°–8 mph
1 AM58°–7 mph
2 AM57°–5 mph
3 AM56°–9 mph
4 AM55°–8 mph
5 AM55°–6 mph
6 AM54°–6 mph
7 AM55°–5 mph
8 AM57°–6 mph
9 AM64°–5 mph
10 AM71°–5 mph
11 AM76°–5 mph
12 PM78°–3 mph
1 PM79°–6 mph
2 PM80°–12 mph
3 PM80°–15 mph
4 PM79°–12 mph
5 PM77°–13 mph
6 PM72°1%11 mph
7 PM66°1%9 mph
8 PM64°1%10 mph
9 PM64°1%8 mph
10 PM62°–7 mph
11 PM60°–7 mph
Sat, Oct 1012 AM59°–7 mph
1 AM58°–8 mph
2 AM56°–8 mph
3 AM56°–8 mph
4 AM56°–7 mph
5 AM54°–8 mph
6 AM54°–7 mph
7 AM51°–9 mph
8 AM54°–7 mph
9 AM63°–7 mph
10 AM69°–8 mph
11 AM74°–9 mph
12 PM77°–7 mph
1 PM79°1%7 mph
2 PM80°3%9 mph
3 PM79°15%11 mph

7-day outlook

The week ahead

  • Today

    Overcast

    80°52°
  • Fri

    Overcast

    80°54°
  • Sat

    Rain · 17% precip

    80°51°
  • Sun

    Overcast

    79°58°
  • Mon

    Partly cloudy

    81°55°
  • Tue

    Rain · 57% precip

    71°52°
  • Wed

    Rain · 62% precip

    67°47°

Sun & Moon

Light of day

sunrise

7:02 AM

sunset

6:30 PM

Daylight

11 hr 28 min

−2 min 30 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

Vertical profile

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

250 hPa35.3k ft-56°6300 hPa31.3k ft-40°4500 hPa19.2k ft11°13700 hPa10.3k ft57°1850 hPa4.8k ft84°2925 hPa2.4k ft93°21000 hPa0.2k ft101°2Temperature →Wind mph

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

664(+66% vs normal)

Year to date

+5.0°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.

Blended fromOpenWeatherOpen-MeteoNOAA GFSECMWFDWD ICONNWSradar by RainViewerupdated 4:35 PM Denver time

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