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Broomfield, Colorado

Updated: 08-May-2024 5:41pm

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Updated: 08-May-2024 @ 5:41pm (0 sec ago)

Temperature

Current Conditions

Forecast / Storm Prediction

Currently Outside: 61.1°F ---
High Today 63.2°F 2:42 PM	Low Today 39.2°F 6:16 AM
Yest High 58.7°F 3:13 PM	Yest Low 43.1°F 11:52 PM
Sta* High 77.6°F 2018	Sta* Low 33.5°F 2019
* This Station's Records Since 12/2012


	Mainly cloudy, Dry
	Wind: WSW 2.7 Gusting to: 4.0 mph
	Rain: 0.00 in
	Current CBI Fire Danger: 79.5 of 100

This Afternoon Mostly Sunny	Tonight Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers	Thursday Showers And T-Storms Likely
Hi 59°F ↓	Lo 37°F ↑	Hi 52°F

Dew Point

Liquid Precipitation

Wind Speed

Sun/Moon

Current:	23.0°F
Last Hour:	0.7°F
High 2:40 PM:	28.5°F
Low 4:45 AM:	14.8°F
Record High:	81.5°F on 5-Aug-2013
Record Low:	-67.4°F on 27-Nov-2015
Wetbulb:	46.4°F
Leaf Wet:⁷	0

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Last 7 Days:	0.00 in
May Rain:	0.00 in
May to Date Avg:¹⁰	0.00 in
May to Date Diff from Avg:¹⁰	0.00 in
May Avg:	2.51 in
Diff from Avg:	2.51 in
Season:¹	7.86 in
YTD Avg:¹¹	4.01 in
YTD Diff from Avg:¹¹	3.85 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	28-Apr-2024 at 12:59 AM
75 rain days in 2024
0 days in May 10 days since last rain

Current:	WSW 2.7 mph
1Hr Average:	3.1 mph
Wind Run:	62.06 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	4.0 mph
Today:	16.1 mph 10:00 AM
Month:	30.0 mph 6-May
Year:	33.4 mph 6-Apr
Record Gust:	55.2 mph 14-Mar-2014

Sunlight:

14 h 0 m 23 s
of Sunlight Yesterday
14 h 2 m 15 s
of Sunlight Today Which is
1 min 52 sec longer than
yesterday
14 h 4 m 6 s
of Sunlight Tomorrow
(Noon)

(Midnight)
Legend

Waxing Crescent

1%
Illuminated

Humidity

Barometer

Current:	23%
Last Hour:	0%
High 12:02 AM:	44%
Low 3:35 PM:	22%
Record High:	100% 21-Oct-2013
Record Low:	0% 17-Jun-2016

Current:	30.300 inHg
Last Hour:	Rising slowly
High 5:40 PM:	30.300
Low 3:48 AM:	30.149
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:	15.4
May:	103.6
2024 to Date:	2680.6
Cooling Degree Days
2024 to Date:	0.0

Current:	61.1°F
Low 3:39 AM:	35.8°F
Yesterday:	39.2°F
Record:	-35.0°F 12-Jun-2021

Quality
Index⁶:
44

Good

Density:
1.23 kg/m³

Current UV Index

Current Solar Energy⁹

0.8

Sunburn in

140 Minutes

Highest:
1:20 PM
5.6

448 W/m²
66%
W/m² ⇒ SI

High Today:
1:20 PM
1106 W/m²
Record:
1371 W/m²

Soil Conditions⁸

Irrigation Index⁵

Station All Time Records

Cloud Level

0.5 in:	39.0 cb \| 61°F
1 in:	26.0 cb \| 50°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:	0.22 in
7-Days Rain:	0.00 in
7-Days ET:	1.01 in
7-Day:	1.008 in
May:	1.01 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 8 of just the month of May for this station since 2012. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 8 of May for this station since 2012.

NWS Weather Forecast - Outlook This Afternoon & Tonight

This
Afternoon

Mostly Sunny

Hi 59°F ↓

NWS forecast: Mostly sunny. High near 59, with temperatures falling to around 57 in the afternoon. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Local station forecast: Partly cloudy with little temp change.

Tonight

Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers

Lo 37°F ↑

NWS forecast: A slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 37, with temperatures rising to around 39 overnight. North northwest wind 3 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

NWS Short Term Weather Forecast

Thursday Showers And T-Storms Likely	Thursday Night Showers And T-Storms Likely	Friday Chance Showers And T-Storms	Friday Night Slight Chance Showers And T-Storms then Mostly Cloudy	Saturday Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And T-Storms	Saturday Night Chance Showers And T-Storms	Sunday Showers And T-Storms Likely
Hi 52°F	Lo 40°F	Hi 57°F	Lo 42°F	Hi 68°F	Lo 46°F	Hi 67°F

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