As of 3:15 AM

Clear

Feels like

Today101°72°

Wind6mph SSW

Humidity31%

UV index–

Lakewood5,522 ft

West metro, the last flat ground before the foothills.

The outlook

A Heat Advisory is in effect until 9 PM tonight. Expect very hot conditions today, with highs near 100 degrees. Monsoonal moisture arrives Tuesday, bringing a chance of storms with locally heavy rain through Thursday.

Next 10 hours72°–96°

96°72°

74°Now

73°4 AM

73°5 AM

72°6 AM

75°7 AM

80°8 AM

84°9 AM

89°10 AM

93°11 AM

96°12 PM

The days ahead

Rest of today

through midnight

101°72°

Overcast

Tomorrow

Tue

95°71°

Overcast · colder

Wed

93°70°

Rain · colder

Rest of the week

Thu–Sun

102°71°

Temperatures warming, rain Thu

The record high for July 20 is 93°, set in 2018.

2026 is running 6.6° warmer than the archive average so far.

Today is running 13° above the seasonal average for this date.

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

Right now

Conditions

Wind: mph SSW
Humidity
Pressure

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

Next 48 hours

Hourly forecast

Mon, Jul 20 → Wed, Jul 22Mountain · midnight starts a new day

Mon, Jul 20Now74°–6 mph

4 AM73°–5 mph

5 AM73°–6 mph

6 AM72°–6 mph

7 AM75°–4 mph

8 AM80°–3 mph

9 AM84°–3 mph

10 AM89°–4 mph

11 AM93°–6 mph

12 PM96°–4 mph

1 PM98°–6 mph

2 PM99°1%6 mph

3 PM101°1%13 mph

4 PM100°3%12 mph

5 PM100°5%8 mph

6 PM96°7%10 mph

7 PM93°10%12 mph

8 PM92°16%1 mph

9 PM88°21%6 mph

10 PM85°14%7 mph

11 PM83°16%7 mph

Tue, Jul 2112 AM81°7%6 mph

1 AM79°3%3 mph

2 AM77°2%4 mph

3 AM75°1%2 mph

4 AM75°2%9 mph

5 AM73°1%5 mph

6 AM71°1%4 mph

7 AM75°1%4 mph

8 AM77°1%12 mph

9 AM79°1%12 mph

10 AM82°1%10 mph

11 AM85°1%9 mph

12 PM88°2%8 mph

1 PM91°3%6 mph

2 PM93°3%6 mph

3 PM95°32%6 mph

4 PM93°32%15 mph

5 PM89°32%10 mph

6 PM89°32%13 mph

7 PM87°40%14 mph

8 PM84°40%11 mph

9 PM82°40%5 mph

10 PM81°40%6 mph

11 PM78°40%9 mph

Wed, Jul 2212 AM75°40%6 mph

1 AM76°–4 mph

2 AM76°–3 mph

7-day outlook

The week ahead

Today
Overcast · 21% precip
101°72°
Tue
Overcast · 40% precip
95°71°
Wed
Rain · 59% precip
93°70°
Thu
Rain · 90% precip
91°71°
Fri
Overcast · 66% precip
97°71°
Sat
Drizzle · 27% precip
99°75°
Sun
Overcast · 38% precip
102°74°

Sun & Moon

Light of day

sunrise

5:49 AM

sunset

8:24 PM

Daylight

14 hr 35 min

−1 min 30 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.

AdvancedAtmospheric detail & vertical profile

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

420(+44% vs normal)

Year to date

+6.6°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.

July 20, across the years

2017–2025

Each bar is July 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 (July 20, archive mean).Neutral dashes: avg low for the same date.

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