Temperature
35 F at 12 AM; 53 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 35 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 35F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 53F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 35F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Denver International Airport, Colorado
Large airport in Denver County, Colorado* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures falling to 26 to 32 degrees, coldest over the plains. * WHERE...Front Range Urban Corridor and all of the eastern plains. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
38°
57°/32°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 30°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NE
Alert. A Freeze Warning is in force for Denver International Airport until 9 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 20 degrees warmer: a high of 77° after 57° today.
Now. Denver International Airport is 38° and mostly clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 65): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest Monday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:17 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
65Air quality
75%Humidity
17%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
38feels30
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
5732
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7734
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
7443
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
7143
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7644
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7849
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7751
14mph
38°
57°32°
77°34°
74°43°
71°43°
76°44°
78°49°
77°51°
As of 1:00 AM in Denver International Airport, Colorado.
Air quality
The air at Denver International Airport
Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Denver-Boulder (CO), 20 miles off.
65Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate16.6 mi
- Ozone28Good15 ppb14.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide15Good16.1 ppb14.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb14.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm18.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Denver International Airport
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Last 3 days
- 0.21in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 33%
Visibility
How far you can see at Denver International Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DEN
- ICAO
- KDEN
- IATA
- DEN
- Field elevation
- 5,431 ft
- Serves
- Denver
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- DEN
- Wind now
- From 20° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 12,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 90° / 270° | 3 mph head, on 07 | 9 mph from the left |
| 08 / 26 | 12,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 91° / 271° | 3 mph head, on 08 | 9 mph from the left |
| 16L / 34R | 12,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 9 mph head, on 34R | 3 mph from the right |
| 16R / 34L | 16,000 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 181° / 1° | 9 mph head, on 34L | 3 mph from the right |
| 17L / 35R | 12,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 181° / 1° | 9 mph head, on 35R | 3 mph from the right |
| 17R / 35L | 12,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 181° / 1° | 9 mph head, on 35L | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Denver Intnl Arpt (DEN), Denver International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 28 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 4 PM Thursday to 99% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 28F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 75%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 99%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the north at 12 AM; at its strongest 24 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 38 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 24mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 38mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.70 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.57 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.70inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.08inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.57inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 3 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 2 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 2 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Denver Intnl Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Denver International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/2.1 mi away/5,433 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mss-DE470G
Beside a road/3.9 mi away/5,507 ft/76 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Commerce City 4E - ArsenalAENC2
On a military installation/10.0 mi away/5,274 ft/157 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Brighton - DIA 4NNWDIAC2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/5,361 ft/70 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Aurora 8.4 NNECO-AD-265
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/5,452 ft/21 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Colorado
41 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Denver International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Aetna Estatescommunity, 8 mi
- Commerce Citycity, 9 mi
- Lochbuietown, 10 mi
- Brightoncity, 11 mi
- Watkinscommunity, 11 mi
- Derbycommunity, 13 mi
- Todd Creekcommunity, 13 mi
- Auroracity, 14 mi
- Hudsontown, 15 mi
- Bennetttown, 15 mi
- Thorntoncity, 15 mi
- Welbycommunity, 16 mi
Airports near Denver International Airport
- Colorado Air and Space PortCFO, 9 mi
- Buckley Space Force BaseBKF, 12 mi
- Centennial AirportAPA, 22 mi
- Erie Municipal AirportEIK, 22 mi
- Rocky Mountain Metropolitan AirportBJC, 24 mi
- Boulder Municipal AirportBDU, 32 mi
- Vance Brand AirportLMO, 33 mi
- Greeley-Weld County AirportGXY, 40 mi