Clear
Golden5,686 ft
Right where the foothills begin, the first to catch a mountain storm.
The outlook
Critical fire weather conditions are expected today with dry air and gusty winds. A cold front moves in tonight bringing cooler temperatures for Thursday, but it warms up again Friday. Expect a more significant cooldown with a better chance of showers starting Sunday.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Clear
Tomorrow
Thu
Clear · colder
Fri
Overcast · milder
Rest of the week
Sat–Tue
Temperatures cooling, rain Sun
2026 is running 7.7° warmer than the archive average so far.
The record high for June 10 is 94°, set in 2021.
This heating season is running 22% milder than normal so far.
Today brings 0 min 39 sec more daylight than yesterday.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph NE
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 8Very high
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 40°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Wed, Jun 10 → Fri, Jun 12Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today84°57°
Overcast
- Thu77°53°
Clear
- Fri91°57°
Overcast
- Sat79°60°
Rain · 75% precip
- Sun66°51°
Rain · 86% precip
- Mon62°47°
Rain · 83% precip
- Tue61°47°
Rain · 58% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
5:32 AM
sunset
8:28 PM
Daylight
14 hr 56 min
+0 min 39 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
0 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
13,780 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 0% · high 0%
Soil temp
85°
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· Since Oct 1
4,361(-22% vs normal)
Cooling degree-days· Since May 1
51(season just getting underway)
Year to date
+7.7°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.
June 10, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is June 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 (June 10, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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