Overcast
Lakewood5,522 ft
West metro, the last flat ground before the foothills.
The outlook
Showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening, with a 60% chance of rain. The active monsoon pattern continues through Monday with more chances of rain. By Tuesday, the weather should become warmer and drier.
The days ahead
Rest of today
through midnight
Rain
Tomorrow
Sun
Rain
Mon
Rain
Rest of the week
Tue–Fri
Holding steady, rain Tue
The record high for August 29 is 89°, set in 2019.
2026 is running 6.3° 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
- 6High
- Visibility
- 6 mi
- Dew point
- 49°
Next hour
Minute-by-minute
No precipitation expected in the next hour.
Next 48 hours
Hourly forecast
Sat, Aug 29 → Mon, Aug 31Mountain · midnight starts a new day
7-day outlook
The week ahead
- Today90°65°
Rain · 60% precip
- Sun88°61°
Rain · 50% precip
- Mon86°63°
Rain · 68% precip
- Tue87°66°
Rain · 56% precip
- Wed91°70°
Overcast · 25% precip
- Thu92°69°
Overcast
- Fri86°71°
Rain · 22% precip
Sun & Moon
Light of day
sunrise
6:26 AM
sunset
7:36 PM
Daylight
13 hr 10 min
−2 min 25 sec vs yesterday
Moon
Waning Gibbous
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
10 J/kg
Stable air
Freezing level
16,470 ft
Altitude of the 32°F line
Cloud layers
low 0% · mid 28% · high 100%
Soil temp
92°
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
878(+51% vs normal)
Year to date
+6.3°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.
August 29, across the years
2017–2025Each bar is August 29 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 29, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.
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