Partly cloudy
Denver5,246 ft
The Mile High City, where the plains meet the Front Range.
The outlook
Expect unseasonably warm weather to continue through Saturday. Tomorrow will be overcast with a high near 81 degrees. Thursday will also be overcast, with highs climbing back to 84.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Overcast
Tomorrow
Wed
Overcast · colder
Thu
Overcast
Rest of the week
Fri–Mon
Temperatures cooling
The record high for October 6 is 85°, set in 2020.
Today is running 18° above the seasonal average for this date.
2026 is running 6.8° warmer than the archive average so far.
Today loses 2 min 33 sec of daylight against yesterday.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph N
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 6Moderate
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 36°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Tue, Oct 6 → Thu, Oct 8Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today86°55°
Overcast
- Wed81°54°
Overcast · 18% precip
- Thu84°58°
Overcast · 18% precip
- Fri85°60°
Rain
- Sat82°59°
Rain
- Sun80°60°
Overcast
- Mon74°56°
Overcast
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
7:01 AM
sunset
6:34 PM
Daylight
11 hr 33 min
−2 min 33 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
50 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
14,993 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 0% · high 0%
Soil temp
99°
Ground surface
Vertical profile
Temperature and wind from the surface up through the upper atmosphere.
Climate
How today sits against the record
NOAA KDEN station, 2016–2025
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
1,359(+60% vs normal)
Year to date
+6.8°warmer than the archive average
The year in temperature
2016–2025 avgAverage temperature each month, with heating and cooling degree-days, averaged across these years. This month is outlined.
October 6, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is October 6 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 6, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
A year of temperatures, hour by hour
KDEN hourlyHours per year in each temperature band, from NOAA station observations for Denver.
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