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Broomfield, Colorado

Updated: 18-Apr-2024 12:20pm

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Updated: 18-Apr-2024 @ 12:20pm (0 sec ago)

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 35.4°F Wind Chill: 35.4°F ---
High Today 39.1°F 12:00 AM	Low Today 32.3°F 6:07 AM
Yest High 75.4°F 3:37 PM	Yest Low 39.1°F 11:57 PM
Sta* High 83.6°F 2014	Sta* Low 10.5°F 2013
* This Station's Records Since 12/2012


	Cloudy, Stopped raining
	Wind: NE 1.4 Gusting to: 1.0 mph
	Rain: 0.03 in
	Current CBI Fire Danger: -1.9 of 100

Today Patchy Freezing Drizzle then Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers	Tonight Slight Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers	Friday Mostly Cloudy then Chance Showers And T-Storms
Hi 38°F ↓	Lo 34°F	Hi 52°F ↓

Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	32.5°F
Last Hour:	1°F
High 2:07 AM:	32.8°F
Low 5:35 AM:	29.2°F
Record High:	81.5°F on 5-Aug-2013
Record Low:	-67.4°F on 27-Nov-2015
Wetbulb:	34.3°F
Leaf Wet:⁷	15

Today:	0.03 in
Rate (/hr):	0.019 in
Storm Rain:	0.03 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.02 in
Apr Rain:	0.49 in
Apr to Date Avg:¹⁰	0.00 in
Apr to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	0.49 in
Apr Avg:	1.36 in
Diff from Avg:	0.87 in
Season:¹	6.29 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	2.58 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	3.71 in
66 rain days in 2024
5 days in April 0 days since last rain

Current:	NE 1.4 mph
1Hr Average:	0.3 mph
Wind Run:	12.78 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	1.0 mph
Today:	10.4 mph 12:04 AM
Month:	33.4 mph 6-Apr
Year:	33.4 mph 6-Apr
Record Gust:	55.2 mph 14-Mar-2014

Sunlight:

13 h 18 m 37 s
of Sunlight Yesterday
13 h 20 m 51 s
of Sunlight Today Which is
2 min 14 sec longer than
yesterday
13 h 23 m 5 s
of Sunlight Tomorrow
(Noon)

(Midnight)
Legend

Waxing Gibbous

77%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	89%
Last Hour:	0%
High 6:03 AM:	89%
Low 12:00 AM:	77%
Record High:	100% 21-Oct-2013
Record Low:	0% 17-Jun-2016

Current:	30.714 inHg
Last Hour:	Steady
High 10:57 AM:	30.728
Low 12:00 AM:	30.516
Record High:	31.547 inHg 23-Dec-2022
Record Low:	26.001 inHg 4-Jun-2021

Heating Degree Days

Coming Soon

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	14.5
Apr:	205.7
2024 to Date:	2386.8
Cooling Degree Days
2024 to Date:	0.0

Current:	35.4°F
Low 4:51 AM:	29.6°F
Yesterday:	36.3°F
Record:	-35.0°F 12-Jun-2021

Quality
Index⁶:
76

Moderate

Density:
1.31 kg/m³

Current UV Index

Current Solar Energy⁹

1.4

Sunburn in

80 Minutes

Highest:
11:45 AM
1.5

155 W/m²
16%
W/m² ⇒ SI

High Today:
11:23 AM
188 W/m²
Record:
1371 W/m²

Soil Conditions⁸

Irrigation Index⁵

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

0.5 in:	134.0 cb \| 55°F
1 in:	45.0 cb \| 51°F
Growing conditions at the depth of: 0.5 in:
Soil moisture range is from 0-Wet to 200-Dry/Frozen

Updated at Midnight
Current ET:	0.03 in
7-Days Rain:	0.02 in
7-Days ET:	0.99 in
7-Day:	0.968 in
April:	1.58 in

HIGHS:	LOWS:
103.8°F 23-Jul-2016	-12.8°F 22-Dec-2022
Daytime Records
96.8°F°F 09-Jul-2022	-4.7°F°F 22-Dec-2022
Nitetime Records
81.9°F°F 18-Jul-2022	-8.1°F°F 23-Dec-2022
ICN:18 \| S3C2:0 \| Ajax 3.xx ISS:Station 8 Low \| CON:4.4 \| RCP:99%

¹ Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st. ⁵ Estimated amount of water needed to replace the water used by plants and evaporation from the past week. (Negative numbers mean amount of water needed, positive numbers mean excess water is present). ⁶ Air Quality Index is provided by Minnesota Polution Control Agency and is updated hourly between the hours of 6AM and Midnight. ⁷ Leaf Wetness is surface moisture on foliage. 0 being totally dry and 15 being totally saturated. ⁸ Soil moisture and temperatures are from sensors burried in the ground at the levels specified. ⁹ Solar Index represents either an absolute scale of solar energy (W/m²) using the station’s recorded maximum or a percentage of computed theoretical solar maximum using the station’s location and time of day. These indices differ most when the sun is low on the horizon. The current scale is shown, and will toggle if it or the icon is clicked. ¹⁰ Historical average only to day 18 of just the month of April for this station since 2013. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 18 of April for this station since 2013.

NWS Weather Forecast - Outlook Today & Tonight

Today

Patchy Freezing Drizzle then Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers

Hi 38°F ↓

NWS forecast: Patchy freezing drizzle and a slight chance of rain and snow before noon, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy. High near 38, with temperatures falling to around 34 in the afternoon. East northeast wind around 7 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Local station forecast: Partly cloudy with little temp change.

Tonight

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Slight Chance Rain And Snow Showers

Lo 34°F

NWS forecast: A slight chance of rain showers before 5am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. East northeast wind 5 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

NWS Short Term Weather Forecast

Friday Mostly Cloudy then Chance Showers And T-Storms	Friday Night Rain And Snow Showers	Saturday Chance Snow Showers then Rain And Snow Showers Likely	Saturday Night Slight Chance Showers And T-Storms then Mostly Cloudy	Sunday Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers	Sunday Night Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy	Monday Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And T-Storms
Hi 52°F ↓	Lo 34°F	Hi 48°F	Lo 35°F	Hi 70°F	Lo 45°F	Hi 72°F

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