Thornton, CO Weather

Adams County12:01 AM MDT39.87°N, 104.97°WElevation 5,351 ft

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
59°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 59°
High 78°·Low 57° tonight
WindSW 3 mph
Humidity59%
Dew point45°
Pressure30.04 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover91%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:19 AM
Sunset6:10 PM

Observed at Broomfield / Jeffco · 26 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    A slight chance of rain showers before 3am. Cloudy. Low around 57, with temperatures rising to around 59 overnight. South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Friday

    Mostly sunny. High near 78, with temperatures falling to around 76 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 49. West wind 2 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 11 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Slight Chance Rain Showers 61°24%
  2. 1 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 60°24%
  3. 2 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 60°24%
  4. 3 AM Cloudy 60°11%
  5. 4 AM Cloudy 60°11%
  6. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°11%
  7. 6 AM Cloudy 59°
  8. 7 AM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  9. 8 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  10. 9 AM Partly Sunny 62°
  11. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 68°
  12. 11 AM Sunny 72°
  13. 12 PM Sunny 74°
  14. 1 PM Sunny 76°
  15. 2 PM Sunny 77°
  16. 3 PM Sunny 77°
  17. 4 PM Sunny 78°
  18. 5 PM Sunny 76°
  19. 6 PM Mostly Clear 73°
  20. 7 PM Mostly Clear 71°
  21. 8 PM Mostly Clear 66°
  22. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 64°
  23. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 61°
  24. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 59°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers24%57°
  2. TodayOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny49°78°
  3. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny33%42°57°
  4. SunOct 25 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers48%42°56°
  5. MonOct 26 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers34%40°56°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny41°61°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny40°63°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny62°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy33°55°
  10. SatOct 31 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy36°63°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

37
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • FriGood

Denver-Boulder, CO reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:19 AM
Sunset 6:10 PM
Daylight 10 h 51 min (−2 min 26 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 90% lit
Moonrise 4:38 PM Moonset 4:32 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low63° / 35°
Month to date1.67 in (normal 1.18 in)

Boulder, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in BOU, issued 6 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Scattered light showers this afternoon and evening.

- An uncertain precipitation forecast, but cooler, wetter weather likely returns this weekend.

- At least a brief warm-up likely sometime next week.

Bou Watches

None.

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