As of 7:23 PM

Clear

Feels like

Today85°56°

Wind10mph N

Humidity21%

UV index1Low

Lakewood5,522 ft

West metro, the last flat ground before the foothills.

The outlook

Critical fire weather conditions are expected today and Wednesday. Expect strong winds this afternoon, with temperatures climbing into the mid 80s. Relief from the heat arrives Thursday.

Next 10 hours58°–83°

83°58°

83°Now

79°8 PM

77°9 PM

74°10 PM

72°11 PM

68°12 AM

65°1 AM

62°2 AM

59°3 AM

58°4 AM

The days ahead

Rest of today

through midnight

83°72°

Clear

Tomorrow

Wed

89°56°

Overcast

Thu

81°53°

Clear

Rest of the week

Fri–Mon

90°48°

Temperatures cooling, rain Sun

The record high for June 9 is 90°, set in 2017.

2026 is running 7.5° warmer than the archive average so far.

This heating season is running 21% milder than normal so far.

Today is running 7° above the seasonal average for this date.

Right now

Conditions

Wind: mph N
Humidity
Pressure
UV index: 1Low
Visibility: 6 mi
Dew point: 51°

Next hour

Minute-by-minute

No precipitation expected in the next hour.

Now7:38 PM7:53 PM8:08 PM8:23 PM

Next 48 hours

Hourly forecast

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

Tue, Jun 9Now83°–9 mph

8 PM79°–4 mph

9 PM77°–5 mph

10 PM74°–5 mph

11 PM72°–5 mph

Wed, Jun 1012 AM68°1%11 mph

1 AM65°–8 mph

2 AM62°–5 mph

3 AM59°–3 mph

4 AM58°–4 mph

5 AM56°–5 mph

6 AM57°–4 mph

7 AM62°–2 mph

8 AM66°–4 mph

9 AM68°–6 mph

10 AM70°–4 mph

11 AM73°–10 mph

12 PM82°–9 mph

1 PM84°–9 mph

2 PM86°–11 mph

3 PM84°–9 mph

4 PM87°–9 mph

5 PM89°–12 mph

6 PM87°–14 mph

7 PM84°–9 mph

8 PM82°–7 mph

9 PM78°–5 mph

10 PM73°–5 mph

11 PM73°–9 mph

Thu, Jun 1112 AM70°–15 mph

1 AM64°–10 mph

2 AM61°1%8 mph

3 AM59°1%4 mph

4 AM55°–6 mph

5 AM53°–4 mph

6 AM53°–3 mph

7 AM57°–4 mph

8 AM59°–4 mph

9 AM62°–6 mph

10 AM65°–11 mph

11 AM66°–11 mph

12 PM75°–12 mph

1 PM80°–13 mph

2 PM80°–16 mph

3 PM80°–16 mph

4 PM80°–14 mph

5 PM80°–14 mph

6 PM78°–13 mph

7-day outlook

The week ahead

Today
Overcast
85°56°
Wed
Overcast
89°56°
Thu
Clear
81°53°
Fri
Overcast
90°59°
Sat
Overcast
89°65°
Sun
Rain · 81% precip
81°59°
Mon
Overcast · 65% precip
72°48°

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

770 J/kg

Marginally unstable

Freezing level

15,748 ft

Altitude of the 32°F line

Cloud layers

low 0% · mid 4% · high 0%

Soil temp

79°

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

4,376(-21% vs normal)

Cooling degree-days· Since May 1

52(+100% vs normal)

Year to date

+7.5°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 7:23 PM Denver time

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