As of 4:15 AM

Clear

Feels like

Today99°68°

Wind6mph SSW

Humidity19%

UV index–

Littleton5,358 ft

Historic south metro along the South Platte.

The outlook

A Heat Advisory is in effect until 8 PM tonight. Expect very warm temperatures today, with a chance for scattered showers and gusty winds this afternoon. Monday will remain hot before rain chances increase later in the week.

Next 10 hours68°–99°

99°68°

68°Now

69°5 AM

68°6 AM

70°7 AM

78°8 AM

87°9 AM

92°10 AM

95°11 AM

98°12 PM

99°1 PM

The days ahead

Rest of today

through midnight

99°68°

Overcast

Tomorrow

Mon

95°69°

Rain

Tue

99°74°

Overcast

Rest of the week

Wed–Sat

97°65°

Temperatures cooling, rain Thu

The record high for August 9 is 93°, set in 2020.

Today is running 14° above the seasonal average for this date.

2026 is running 6.4° warmer than the archive average so far.

This heating season is running 22% 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

Sun, Aug 9 → Tue, Aug 11Mountain · midnight starts a new day

Sun, Aug 9Now68°–6 mph

5 AM69°–3 mph

6 AM68°–7 mph

7 AM70°–6 mph

8 AM78°–3 mph

9 AM87°–4 mph

10 AM92°–2 mph

11 AM95°–1 mph

12 PM98°–3 mph

1 PM99°2%5 mph

2 PM99°4%9 mph

3 PM97°6%18 mph

4 PM96°5%4 mph

5 PM94°4%19 mph

6 PM91°4%15 mph

7 PM90°4%9 mph

8 PM86°5%4 mph

9 PM84°4%6 mph

10 PM82°2%5 mph

11 PM81°2%7 mph

Mon, Aug 1012 AM76°2%4 mph

1 AM73°1%1 mph

2 AM73°1%5 mph

3 AM73°1%3 mph

4 AM71°1%4 mph

5 AM70°1%6 mph

6 AM69°–6 mph

7 AM71°–3 mph

8 AM76°–4 mph

9 AM84°–4 mph

10 AM87°–2 mph

11 AM91°1%1 mph

12 PM92°2%4 mph

1 PM92°3%9 mph

2 PM93°5%7 mph

3 PM93°5%2 mph

4 PM95°23%3 mph

5 PM77°23%19 mph

6 PM77°23%4 mph

7 PM78°16%6 mph

8 PM75°16%7 mph

9 PM72°16%7 mph

10 PM75°16%9 mph

11 PM77°16%9 mph

Tue, Aug 1112 AM77°16%9 mph

1 AM78°–10 mph

2 AM78°–7 mph

3 AM77°–7 mph

7-day outlook

The week ahead

Today
Overcast
99°68°
Mon
Rain · 23% precip
95°69°
Tue
Overcast · 16% precip
99°74°
Wed
Rain · 64% precip
97°67°
Thu
Rain · 90% precip
86°68°
Fri
Drizzle · 86% precip
86°65°
Sat
Rain · 68% precip
88°66°

Sun & Moon

Light of day

sunrise

6:07 AM

sunset

8:03 PM

Daylight

13 hr 57 min

−2 min 07 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

0 J/kg

Stable air

Freezing level

17,060 ft

Altitude of the 32°F line

Cloud layers

low 0% · mid 0% · high 0%

Soil temp

61°

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

4,264(-22% vs normal)

Cooling degree-days· Since May 1

796(+49% vs normal)

Year to date

+6.4°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.

August 9, across the years

2017–2025

Each 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.

Blended fromOpenWeatherOpen-MeteoNOAA GFSECMWFDWD ICONNWSradar by RainViewerupdated 4:28 AM Denver time

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