As of 8:28 PM

Clear

Feels like

Today80°59°

Wind7mph W

Humidity24%

UV index0Low

Golden5,686 ft

Right where the foothills begin, the first to catch a mountain storm.

The outlook

Critical fire weather conditions are expected today and Wednesday. Expect very warm temperatures today, with highs in the low to mid 90s. Brief relief arrives Thursday before another cooldown begins Sunday.

Next 10 hours57°–75°

75°57°

75°Now

73°9 PM

71°10 PM

69°11 PM

68°12 AM

63°1 AM

62°2 AM

60°3 AM

58°4 AM

57°5 AM

The days ahead

Rest of today

through midnight

75°69°

Clear

Tomorrow

Wed

87°55°

Overcast · milder

Thu

79°52°

Clear

Rest of the week

Fri–Mon

90°47°

Temperatures cooling, rain Sun

2026 is running 7.7° warmer than the archive average so far.

The record high for June 9 is 89°, set in 2017.

This heating season is running 22% milder than normal so far.

Today is running 2° above the seasonal average for this date.

Right now

Conditions

Wind: mph W
Humidity
Pressure
UV index: 0Low
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew point: 44°

Next hour

Minute-by-minute

No precipitation expected in the next hour.

Now8:43 PM8:58 PM9:13 PM9:28 PM

Next 48 hours

Hourly forecast

Tue, Jun 9 → Thu, Jun 11Mountain · midnight starts a new day

Tue, Jun 9Now75°–3 mph

9 PM73°–7 mph

10 PM71°–8 mph

11 PM69°–8 mph

Wed, Jun 1012 AM68°1%11 mph

1 AM63°3%11 mph

2 AM62°–8 mph

3 AM60°–5 mph

4 AM58°–5 mph

5 AM57°–6 mph

6 AM56°–4 mph

7 AM61°–4 mph

8 AM65°–4 mph

9 AM67°–5 mph

10 AM70°–9 mph

11 AM71°–9 mph

12 PM80°–11 mph

1 PM83°–11 mph

2 PM84°–9 mph

3 PM82°–11 mph

4 PM84°–13 mph

5 PM87°–14 mph

6 PM86°–12 mph

7 PM82°–9 mph

8 PM80°–4 mph

9 PM76°–3 mph

10 PM72°–6 mph

11 PM71°–6 mph

Thu, Jun 1112 AM66°–8 mph

1 AM63°–10 mph

2 AM60°1%4 mph

3 AM57°1%5 mph

4 AM54°–4 mph

5 AM52°–2 mph

6 AM52°–3 mph

7 AM56°–4 mph

8 AM59°–5 mph

9 AM62°–7 mph

10 AM64°–10 mph

11 AM65°–12 mph

12 PM74°–11 mph

1 PM78°–11 mph

2 PM79°–13 mph

3 PM79°–17 mph

4 PM79°–12 mph

5 PM79°–13 mph

6 PM77°–12 mph

7 PM75°–12 mph

7-day outlook

The week ahead

Today
Thunderstorms
80°59°
Wed
Overcast
87°55°
Thu
Clear
79°52°
Fri
Overcast
90°58°
Sat
Overcast · 15% precip
86°64°
Sun
Rain · 83% precip
85°57°
Mon
Rain · 76% precip
71°47°

Sun & Moon

Light of day

sunrise

5:32 AM

sunset

8:27 PM

Daylight

14 hr 55 min

+0 min 42 sec vs yesterday

Moon

Waning Crescent

Storm tracker

Live radar

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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

380 J/kg

Marginally unstable

Freezing level

15,486 ft

Altitude of the 32°F line

Cloud layers

low 0% · mid 0% · high 0%

Soil temp

69°

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 avg

Average temperature each month, with heating and cooling degree-days, averaged across these years. This month is outlined.

June 9, across the years

2017–2025

Each bar is June 9 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 9, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.

Blended fromOpenWeatherOpen-MeteoNOAA GFSECMWFDWD ICONNWSradar by RainViewerupdated 8:28 PM Denver time

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