As of 5:08 PM

Clear

Feels like

Today98°58°

Wind9mph E

Humidity9%

UV index3Low

Denver5,246 ft

The Mile High City, where the plains meet the Front Range.

The outlook

An Air Quality Alert is in effect until Friday afternoon. Expect another hot day Friday, with clear skies. Saturday will be even hotter, reaching over 100 degrees, and will be overcast.

Next 10 hours68°–96°

96°68°

96°Now

96°6 PM

94°7 PM

89°8 PM

82°9 PM

76°10 PM

74°11 PM

71°12 AM

70°1 AM

68°2 AM

The days ahead

Rest of today

through midnight

96°74°

Clear

Tomorrow

Fri

98°63°

Clear

Sat

103°67°

Overcast · milder

Rest of the week

Sun–Wed

102°75°

Temperatures cooling

The record high for August 6 is 99°, set in 2025.

2026 is running 7.6° warmer than the archive average so far.

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

This heating season is running 25% milder than normal so far.

Right now

Conditions

Wind: mph E
Humidity
Pressure
UV index: 3Low
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew point: 34°

Next hour

Minute-by-minute

No precipitation expected in the next hour.

Now5:23 PM5:38 PM5:53 PM6:08 PM

Next 48 hours

Hourly forecast

Thu, Aug 6 → Sat, Aug 8Mountain · midnight starts a new day

Thu, Aug 6Now96°–11 mph

6 PM96°–9 mph

7 PM94°–9 mph

8 PM89°–7 mph

9 PM82°–2 mph

10 PM76°–4 mph

11 PM74°–1 mph

Fri, Aug 712 AM71°–6 mph

1 AM70°–4 mph

2 AM68°–4 mph

3 AM67°–5 mph

4 AM65°–4 mph

5 AM64°–6 mph

6 AM63°–6 mph

7 AM66°–4 mph

8 AM73°–4 mph

9 AM80°–4 mph

10 AM85°–4 mph

11 AM88°–5 mph

12 PM91°–6 mph

1 PM95°–7 mph

2 PM96°–8 mph

3 PM98°–7 mph

4 PM98°–8 mph

5 PM98°–8 mph

6 PM96°–9 mph

7 PM94°–10 mph

8 PM88°–8 mph

9 PM83°1%9 mph

10 PM79°–5 mph

11 PM76°–7 mph

Sat, Aug 812 AM74°–7 mph

1 AM73°–7 mph

2 AM71°–8 mph

3 AM70°–7 mph

4 AM69°–6 mph

5 AM67°–7 mph

6 AM67°–5 mph

7 AM73°–5 mph

8 AM80°–4 mph

9 AM88°–3 mph

10 AM94°–3 mph

11 AM99°–2 mph

12 PM100°–6 mph

1 PM102°1%7 mph

2 PM103°1%7 mph

3 PM103°1%9 mph

4 PM99°1%7 mph

7-day outlook

The week ahead

Today
Clear
98°58°
Fri
Clear
98°63°
Sat
Overcast
103°67°
Sun
Overcast
102°79°
Mon
Overcast · 21% precip
99°77°
Tue
Overcast · 24% precip
100°75°
Wed
Overcast · 32% precip
89°76°

Sun & Moon

Light of day

sunrise

6:04 AM

sunset

8:07 PM

Daylight

14 hr 04 min

−2 min 05 sec vs yesterday

Moon

Last Quarter

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

Atmospheric readings

Instability

0 J/kg

Stable air

Freezing level

17,060 ft

Altitude of the 32°F line

Cloud layers

low 0% · mid 0% · high 0%

Soil temp

100°

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· Since Oct 1

4,141(-25% vs normal)

Cooling degree-days· Since May 1

863(+64% vs normal)

Year to date

+7.6°warmer than the archive average

The year in temperature

2016–2025 avg

Average temperature each month, with heating and cooling degree-days, averaged across these years. This month is outlined.

August 6, across the years

2017–2025

Each bar is August 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 (August 6, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.

A year of temperatures, hour by hour

KDEN hourly

Hours per year in each temperature band, from NOAA station observations for Denver.

Blended fromOpenWeatherOpen-MeteoNOAA GFSECMWFDWD ICONNWSradar by RainViewerupdated 5:08 PM Denver time

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