Overcast
Golden5,686 ft
Right where the foothills begin, the first to catch a mountain storm.
The outlook
Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon, with some bringing heavy rain and hail. Sunday will be drier, but scattered afternoon storms may still develop, especially south of I-70. Temperatures will be cooler Sunday and Monday before warming up again.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Rain
Tomorrow
Sun
Drizzle · colder
Mon
Overcast
Rest of the week
Tue–Fri
Holding steady
2026 is running 6.1° warmer than the archive average so far.
The record high for September 19 is 87°, set in 2018.
Today is running 8° below the seasonal average for this date.
This heating season is running 22% milder than normal so far.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph WNW
- Humidity
- Pressure
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Sat, Sep 19 → Mon, Sep 21Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today75°56°
Rain · 55% precip
- Sun70°51°
Drizzle · 37% precip
- Mon74°56°
Overcast · 37% precip
- Tue80°59°
Overcast · 21% precip
- Wed76°64°
Drizzle · 21% precip
- Thu79°60°
Overcast
- Fri80°61°
Overcast · 24% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
6:45 AM
sunset
7:02 PM
Daylight
12 hr 17 min
−2 min 33 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.
AdvancedAtmospheric detail & vertical profile
Atmospheric readings
Instability
70 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
14,731 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 61% · high 72%
Soil temp
54°
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
986(+49% vs normal)
Year to date
+6.1°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.
September 19, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is September 19 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 (September 19, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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