Partly cloudy
Golden5,686 ft
Right where the foothills begin, the first to catch a mountain storm.
The outlook
Expect warm weather today, possibly tying the record high of 87 degrees. Tomorrow will be cooler with overcast skies, and a slight chance of isolated showers in the higher elevations. Wednesday looks similar to Tuesday.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Overcast
Tomorrow
Tue
Overcast
Wed
Overcast · colder
Rest of the week
Thu–Sun
Temperatures cooling, rain Sun
The record high for October 5 is 84°, set in 2024.
Today is running 16° above the seasonal average for this date.
2026 is running 5.8° warmer than the archive average so far.
Today loses 2 min 34 sec of daylight against yesterday.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph ESE
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 2Low
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 33°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Mon, Oct 5 → Wed, Oct 7Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today87°57°
Overcast
- Tue84°61°
Overcast
- Wed80°57°
Overcast · 18% precip
- Thu80°56°
Overcast · 21% precip
- Fri81°56°
Rain · 16% precip
- Sat79°56°
Rain · 30% precip
- Sun71°54°
Rain · 66% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
7:01 AM
sunset
6:36 PM
Daylight
11 hr 35 min
−2 min 34 sec vs yesterday
Moon
Waning 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
90 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
15,715 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 100% · high 2%
Soil temp
90°
Ground surface
Vertical profile
Temperature and wind from the surface up through the upper atmosphere.
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
Not enough archive data yet.
Cooling degree-days· Since May 1
992(+47% vs normal)
Year to date
+5.8°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.
October 5, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is October 5 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 (October 5, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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