Mostly cloudy
Golden5,686 ft
Right where the foothills begin, the first to catch a mountain storm.
The outlook
Rain is likely today, especially this afternoon. Expect more rain Thursday, with a chance of stronger storms on the plains. The weather should dry out and warm up by the weekend.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Rain
Tomorrow
Thu
Rain · much milder
Fri
Rain · much milder
Rest of the week
Sat–Tue
Temperatures warming, rain Mon
2026 is running 8.4° warmer than the archive average so far.
Today is running 9° below the seasonal average for this date.
This heating season is running 22% milder than normal so far.
The record low for May 20 is 23°, set in 2017.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph NNW
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 4Moderate
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 44°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Wed, May 20 → Fri, May 22Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today54°41°
Snow · 79% precip
- Thu69°42°
Rain · 56% precip
- Fri66°43°
Rain · 73% precip
- Sat72°48°
Rain · 68% precip
- Sun80°54°
Rain · 23% precip
- Mon83°58°
Rain · 69% precip
- Tue86°58°
Rain · 40% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
5:41 AM
sunset
8:13 PM
Daylight
14 hr 32 min
+1 min 39 sec vs yesterday
Moon
Waxing 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
40 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
10,827 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 56% · mid 79% · high 0%
Soil temp
61°
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
13(season just getting underway)
Year to date
+8.4°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.
May 20, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is May 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 (May 20, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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