Clear
Golden5,686 ft
Right where the foothills begin, the first to catch a mountain storm.
The outlook
A Heat Advisory is in effect until 9 p.m. tonight. Expect temperatures to remain very warm through Wednesday, with scattered rain chances increasing each day.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Overcast
Tomorrow
Tue
Rain
Wed
Rain
Rest of the week
Thu–Sun
Temperatures warming, rain Thu
The record high for July 20 is 93°, set in 2018.
2026 is running 6.7° warmer than the archive average so far.
Today is running 11° above the seasonal average for this date.
This heating season is running 22% milder than normal so far.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph NE
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 4Moderate
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 51°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Mon, Jul 20 → Wed, Jul 22Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today99°72°
Overcast
- Tue97°68°
Rain · 22% precip
- Wed95°66°
Rain · 83% precip
- Thu87°69°
Rain · 93% precip
- Fri97°72°
Overcast · 32% precip
- Sat100°76°
Overcast · 16% precip
- Sun97°77°
Rain · 62% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
5:49 AM
sunset
8:24 PM
Daylight
14 hr 35 min
−1 min 30 sec vs yesterday
Moon
First Quarter
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.
Climate
How today sits against the record
Open-Meteo archive, 2016–2026
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
4,361(-22% vs normal)
Cooling degree-days· Since May 1
404(+43% vs normal)
Year to date
+6.7°warmer than the archive average
The year in temperature
2016–2026 avgAverage temperature each month, with heating and cooling degree-days, averaged across these years. This month is outlined.
July 20, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is July 20 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 20, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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