Clear
Denver5,246 ft
The Mile High City, where the plains meet the Front Range.
The outlook
Expect a warm and dry day today, with highs reaching the upper 80s. Rain chances return Friday and continue through the weekend.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Overcast
Tomorrow
Fri
Rain
Sat
Rain · colder
Rest of the week
Sun–Wed
Temperatures cooling, rain Tue
2026 is running 7.1° warmer than the archive average so far.
The record high for September 10 is 96°, set in 2021.
Today is running 10° above the seasonal average for this date.
This heating season is running 25% milder than normal so far.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph NNE
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 0Low
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 41°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Thu, Sep 10 → Sat, Sep 12Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today89°53°
Overcast
- Fri90°57°
Rain · 53% precip
- Sat80°56°
Rain · 56% precip
- Sun93°68°
Rain · 17% precip
- Mon85°73°
Rain · 28% precip
- Tue71°61°
Rain · 74% precip
- Wed81°60°
Rain · 73% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
6:36 AM
sunset
7:16 PM
Daylight
12 hr 40 min
−2 min 35 sec vs yesterday
Moon
New 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
0 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
16,109 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 0% · high 0%
Soil temp
75°
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
1,275(+59% vs normal)
Year to date
+7.1°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.
September 10, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is September 10 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 (September 10, 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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