Brighton, CO Weather Forecast
Adams County, Colorado
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Brighton, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Brighton, CO at a glance
Brighton is home to about 42,477 people in Adams County, across 21 square miles. It ranks 21st by population of 105 places in Colorado with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lochbuie, 5 miles away.
- County
- Adams County
- Population
- 42,477 2023 est.
- Land area
- 21 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,982
- Forecast point
- 39.9657°N, 104.7942°W
How well can the network see Brighton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFTG (Denver, CO), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 1000 ft above Brighton. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Brighton show up clearly. Brighton is closer to its radar than 87% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KDEN (Denver Intl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Brighton
- Lochbuie, CO5 mi
- Commerce City, CO6 mi
- Fort Lupton, CO8 mi
- Thornton, CO8 mi
- Dacono, CO11 mi
- Northglenn, CO11 mi
- Frederick, CO14 mi
- Broomfield, CO14 mi
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