Clear
Lakewood5,522 ft
West metro, the last flat ground before the foothills.
The outlook
A Heat Advisory is in effect until 8 PM tonight. Expect very warm to hot temperatures today with a chance of high-based showers and gusty winds. The heat continues into Monday before cooler temperatures and a better chance of rain arrive later in the week.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Overcast
Tomorrow
Mon
Drizzle · colder
Tue
Drizzle
Rest of the week
Wed–Sat
Temperatures cooling, drizzle Thu
The record high for August 9 is 94°, set in 2020.
Today is running 15° above the seasonal average for this date.
2026 is running 6.5° warmer than the archive average so far.
This heating season is running 21% milder than normal so far.
Right now
Conditions
- Wind
- mph SSE
- Humidity
- Pressure
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Sun, Aug 9 → Tue, Aug 11Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today99°69°
Overcast
- Mon93°71°
Drizzle · 23% precip
- Tue98°75°
Drizzle · 18% precip
- Wed94°66°
Rain · 64% precip
- Thu83°67°
Drizzle · 91% precip
- Fri81°65°
Overcast · 85% precip
- Sat87°66°
Rain · 68% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
6:07 AM
sunset
8:04 PM
Daylight
13 hr 57 min
−2 min 07 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
16,995 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 0% · high 0%
Soil temp
65°
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
4,375(-21% vs normal)
Cooling degree-days· Since May 1
688(+53% vs normal)
Year to date
+6.5°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.
August 9, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is August 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 (August 9, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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