Clear
Highlands Ranch5,702 ft
High suburban shelf south of the city.
The outlook
Expect a warm day today, likely tying the record high. Rain chances increase Tuesday and Wednesday, but precipitation will be isolated and mainly over higher elevations.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Cloudy
Tomorrow
Tue
Rain
Wed
Rain
Rest of the week
Thu–Sun
Temperatures cooling, rain Sun
The record high for October 5 is 84°, set in 2024.
2026 is running 5.3° warmer than the archive average so far.
Today is running 13° above the seasonal average for this date.
Today loses 2 min 33 sec of daylight against yesterday.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph SW
- Humidity
- Pressure
- UV index
- 5Moderate
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 34°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Mon, Oct 5 → Wed, Oct 7Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today85°54°
Partly cloudy
- Tue84°59°
Rain · 25% precip
- Wed84°55°
Rain · 42% precip
- Thu83°54°
Overcast
- Fri85°54°
Overcast
- Sat81°54°
Rain · 16% precip
- Sun75°54°
Rain · 57% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
7:00 AM
sunset
6:35 PM
Daylight
11 hr 36 min
−2 min 33 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
15,354 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 0% · high 0%
Soil temp
94°
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
1,034(+39% vs normal)
Year to date
+5.3°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 5, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is October 5 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 5, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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