Mostly cloudy
Centennial5,823 ft
South-central suburbs on the gentle Palmer Divide rise.
The outlook
Scattered storms with gusty winds are possible this afternoon and evening. Saturday will be warm with increasing chances for thunderstorms. Sunday brings more widespread rain.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Overcast
Tomorrow
Sat
Drizzle
Sun
Rain · colder
Rest of the week
Mon–Thu
Holding steady, rain Thu
The record high for August 28 is 91°, set in 2021.
2026 is running 5.3° warmer than the archive average so far.
Today is running 9° above the seasonal average for this date.
This heating season is running 21% milder than normal so far.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph SSE
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 0Low
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 52°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Fri, Aug 28 → Sun, Aug 30Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today92°62°
Drizzle
- Sat88°64°
Drizzle
- Sun85°62°
Rain · 28% precip
- Mon87°68°
Rain · 47% precip
- Tue87°65°
Overcast · 24% precip
- Wed89°66°
Partly cloudy
- Thu88°67°
Rain · 56% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
6:24 AM
sunset
7:36 PM
Daylight
13 hr 12 min
−2 min 25 sec vs yesterday
Moon
Full Moon
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
70 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
16,601 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 98% · high 90%
Soil temp
70°
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
4,237(-21% vs normal)
Cooling degree-days· Since May 1
936(+35% vs normal)
Year to date
+5.3°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 28, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is August 28 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 28, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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