As of 3:30 PM

Drizzle

Feels like

Today55°42°

Wind6mph NNW

Humidity80%

UV index–

Lakewood5,522 ft

West metro, the last flat ground before the foothills.

The outlook

The drizzle should stop by evening. Expect more showers Thursday, with a chance of stronger storms on the plains late. Friday brings scattered rain, mostly south of I-70.

Next 10 hours47°–55°

55°47°

54°Now

55°4 PM

55°5 PM

54°6 PM

53°7 PM

50°8 PM

50°9 PM

47°10 PM

47°11 PM

47°12 AM

The days ahead

Rest of today

through midnight

55°47°

Drizzle, 59% precip

Tomorrow

Thu

71°41°

Overcast · much milder

Fri

68°42°

Rain · much milder

Rest of the week

Sat–Tue

87°48°

Temperatures warming, drizzle Tue

2026 is running 8.2° warmer than the archive average so far.

Today is running 8° below the seasonal average for this date.

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

The record low for May 20 is 23°, set in 2017.

Right now

Conditions

Wind: mph NNW
Humidity
Pressure

Minute-by-minute precipitation isn't available for this city right now.

Next 48 hours

Hourly forecast

Wed, May 20 → Fri, May 22Mountain · midnight starts a new day

Wed, May 20Now54°59%6 mph

4 PM55°50%3 mph

5 PM55°51%5 mph

6 PM54°33%4 mph

7 PM53°15%6 mph

8 PM50°10%6 mph

9 PM50°8%5 mph

10 PM47°7%4 mph

11 PM47°7%4 mph

Thu, May 2112 AM47°5%3 mph

1 AM45°4%4 mph

2 AM44°1%3 mph

3 AM43°–4 mph

4 AM42°–4 mph

5 AM41°–5 mph

6 AM41°–4 mph

7 AM45°–3 mph

8 AM48°–1 mph

9 AM51°–3 mph

10 AM54°–3 mph

11 AM57°1%3 mph

12 PM61°2%4 mph

1 PM64°4%6 mph

2 PM68°10%3 mph

3 PM68°10%3 mph

4 PM70°14%1 mph

5 PM71°13%3 mph

6 PM70°14%4 mph

7 PM65°15%13 mph

8 PM61°15%8 mph

9 PM57°16%7 mph

10 PM53°13%8 mph

11 PM50°11%5 mph

Fri, May 2212 AM48°13%5 mph

1 AM48°56%5 mph

2 AM48°56%4 mph

3 AM47°56%4 mph

4 AM46°56%4 mph

5 AM44°56%9 mph

6 AM42°56%5 mph

7 AM42°14%2 mph

8 AM44°14%3 mph

9 AM47°14%5 mph

10 AM49°14%6 mph

11 AM54°14%6 mph

12 PM58°14%6 mph

1 PM62°23%9 mph

2 PM64°23%8 mph

7-day outlook

The week ahead

Today
Rain · 59% precip
55°42°
Thu
Overcast · 16% precip
71°41°
Fri
Rain · 56% precip
68°42°
Sat
Rain · 29% precip
72°48°
Sun
Drizzle
81°55°
Mon
Drizzle · 24% precip
83°59°
Tue
Drizzle · 46% precip
87°59°

Sun & Moon

Light of day

sunrise

5:41 AM

sunset

8:12 PM

Daylight

14 hr 31 min

+1 min 39 sec vs yesterday

Moon

Waxing 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.

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

13(season just getting underway)

Year to date

+8.2°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.

May 20, across the years

2017–2025

Each 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.

Blended fromOpenWeatherOpen-MeteoNOAA GFSECMWFDWD ICONNWSradar by RainViewerupdated 3:36 PM Denver time

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