Clear
Denver5,246 ft
The Mile High City, where the plains meet the Front Range.
The outlook
A Heat Advisory is in effect until Monday evening. Expect very hot conditions continuing through the weekend, with temperatures potentially reaching 100 degrees on Sunday. The mountains may see some isolated storms, but the plains should stay dry.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Overcast
Tomorrow
Sat
Clear
Sun
Clear · milder
Rest of the week
Mon–Thu
Temperatures cooling, rain Thu
2026 is running 7.8° warmer than the archive average so far.
The record high for July 17 is 99°, set in 2023.
This heating season is running 25% milder than normal so far.
Today loses 1 min 22 sec of daylight against yesterday.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph ENE
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 11Very high
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 53°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Fri, Jul 17 → Sun, Jul 19Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today93°67°
Overcast · 22% precip
- Sat95°66°
Clear
- Sun100°70°
Clear
- Mon103°80°
Rain · 33% precip
- Tue99°76°
Overcast · 27% precip
- Wed98°73°
Rain · 71% precip
- Thu86°68°
Rain · 90% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
5:46 AM
sunset
8:25 PM
Daylight
14 hr 39 min
−1 min 22 sec vs yesterday
Moon
Waxing 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
220 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
15,978 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 80% · high 0%
Soil temp
111°
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
538(+68% vs normal)
Year to date
+7.8°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.
July 17, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is July 17 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 (July 17, 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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