As of 9:55 PM

Mostly cloudy

Feels like

Today87°60°

Wind4mph SE

Humidity80%

UV index0Low

Denver5,246 ft

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

The outlook

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 11 PM tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening, with some potentially becoming severe. Rain chances decrease Thursday and Friday, but temperatures will climb back into the 90s.

Next 10 hours60°–69°

69°60°

69°Now

67°10 PM

66°11 PM

65°12 AM

65°1 AM

64°2 AM

62°3 AM

62°4 AM

62°5 AM

60°6 AM

The days ahead

Overnight

into the morning

62°

Overcast

Tomorrow

Thu

93°60°

Rain · milder

Fri

95°64°

Overcast · milder

Rest of the week

Sat–Tue

96°68°

Temperatures cooling, rain Mon

2026 is running 7.3° warmer than the archive average so far.

The record high for August 26 is 93°, set in 2020.

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

Today is running 3° above the seasonal average for this date.

Right now

Conditions

Wind: mph SE
Humidity
Pressure
UV index: 0Low
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew point: 60°

Next hour

Minute-by-minute

No precipitation expected in the next hour.

Now10:10 PM10:25 PM10:40 PM10:55 PM

Next 48 hours

Hourly forecast

Wed, Aug 26 → Fri, Aug 28Mountain · midnight starts a new day

Wed, Aug 26Now69°56%4 mph

10 PM67°42%4 mph

11 PM66°41%6 mph

Thu, Aug 2712 AM65°41%6 mph

1 AM65°1%3 mph

2 AM64°1%5 mph

3 AM62°1%7 mph

4 AM62°–4 mph

5 AM62°–3 mph

6 AM60°–3 mph

7 AM62°–3 mph

8 AM67°–2 mph

9 AM72°–2 mph

10 AM77°–3 mph

11 AM82°–5 mph

12 PM84°–7 mph

1 PM86°1%8 mph

2 PM89°1%9 mph

3 PM88°2%10 mph

4 PM86°2%8 mph

5 PM88°2%9 mph

6 PM90°2%11 mph

7 PM84°6%12 mph

8 PM78°54%8 mph

9 PM73°42%8 mph

10 PM72°41%6 mph

11 PM71°44%7 mph

Fri, Aug 2812 AM69°23%7 mph

1 AM68°1%7 mph

2 AM67°1%6 mph

3 AM67°–5 mph

4 AM66°–5 mph

5 AM65°–4 mph

6 AM64°–4 mph

7 AM65°–4 mph

8 AM74°–5 mph

9 AM81°–5 mph

10 AM86°–4 mph

11 AM90°–3 mph

12 PM91°–5 mph

1 PM94°3%6 mph

2 PM95°3%7 mph

3 PM95°3%11 mph

4 PM94°3%8 mph

5 PM93°3%10 mph

6 PM93°3%9 mph

7 PM90°6%12 mph

8 PM86°6%11 mph

7-day outlook

The week ahead

Today
Rain · 71% precip
87°60°
Thu
Rain · 54% precip
93°60°
Fri
Overcast · 28% precip
95°64°
Sat
Drizzle · 20% precip
96°75°
Sun
Overcast · 24% precip
87°71°
Mon
Rain · 77% precip
85°69°
Tue
Overcast · 20% precip
89°68°

Sun & Moon

Light of day

sunrise

6:22 AM

sunset

7:40 PM

Daylight

13 hr 18 min

−2 min 26 sec vs yesterday

Moon

Waxing Gibbous

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

1,680 J/kg

Moderately unstable

Freezing level

15,846 ft

Altitude of the 32°F line

Cloud layers

low 0% · mid 98% · high 0%

Soil temp

69°

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

1,123(+59% vs normal)

Year to date

+7.3°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 26, across the years

2017–2025

Each bar is August 26 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 26, 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.

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