Clear
Golden
Right where the foothills begin, the first to catch a mountain storm.
The outlook
It will be unseasonably warm today and Sunday. Southwest winds will pick up this afternoon, leading to elevated fire weather conditions. Cooler weather arrives by Tuesday.
The days ahead
Overnight
into the morning
Clear
2026 is running 5.9° warmer than the archive average so far.
The record high for October 10 is 84°, set in 2024.
On October 10, Golden normally reaches 62°.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph SSE
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 0Low
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 34°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
7:05 AM
sunset
6:29 PM
Daylight
11 hr 24 min
Moon
New Moon
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
14,698 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 0% · high 0%
Soil temp
52°
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
1,005(+49% vs normal)
Year to date
+5.9°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 10, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is October 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 (October 10, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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