Golden, CO Weather Forecast
Jefferson County, Colorado
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Golden, 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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Golden, CO at a glance
Golden is home to about 20,242 people in Jefferson County, across 9.6 square miles. It ranks 32nd by population of 105 places in Colorado with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lakewood, 6 miles away.
- County
- Jefferson County
- Population
- 20,242 2023 est.
- Land area
- 9.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,101
- Forecast point
- 39.7425°N, 105.2106°W
How well can the network see Golden?
The nearest Doppler radar is KFTG (Denver, CO), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 2,300 ft above Golden. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Golden is closer to its radar than 63% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KBJC (Rocky Mtn Metro). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Golden
- Lakewood, CO6 mi
- Wheat Ridge, CO6 mi
- Arvada, CO7 mi
- Edgewater, CO8 mi
- Sheridan, CO12 mi
- Westminster, CO12 mi
- Englewood, CO13 mi
- Superior, CO13 mi
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