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METRIC | IMPERIAL
Updated: 07-Oct-2026 @ 6:15am   (0 sec ago)
Temperature Current Conditions Forecast / Storm Prediction
Currently Outside: Colder 0.9°F than last hour.

60.1°F

Cool
High Today
67.3°F
00:00
Low Today
60.1°F
05:58
Yest High
93.6°F
16:11
Yest Low
59.2°F
07:14
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy

Calm Wind: 
0

Gusting to:
0 mph
Current Rain Rain:
0.00 in
Chandler Burning Index: LOW Current CBI
Fire Danger:
2.4 of 100
This
Afternoon
This Afternoon: Sunny
Sunny
Tonight

Tonight: Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear
Saturday

Saturday: Sunny
Sunny
Hi 84°F Lo 54°F Hi 71°F
SPC Activity Map
Dew Point Liquid Precipitation Wind Speed Sun/Moon
Current: Decreased 0.5°F since last hour. 51.4°F
Last Hour: Decreased 0.5°F since last hour. -0.5°F
High 00:00: 53.4°F
Low 03:50: 50.1°F
Record High: 69.7°F on
16-Aug-2020
Record Low: 10.0°F on
24-Feb-2021
Wetbulb: 55.2°F
Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.00 in
Last 7 Days: 0.00 in
Oct Rain: 0.00 in
Oct to Date
  Avg:10
0.00 in
Oct to Date
  Diff from Avg:10
No Change 0.00 in
Oct Avg: 1.00 in
Diff from Avg: Under 1 in for the month 1.00 in
Season:1 10.60 in
YTD
  Avg:11
12.47 in
YTD
  Diff from Avg:11
Under 1.87 in for the year 1.87 in
Last Rain
Time/Date:
04-Sep-2026
at 01:25
24 rain days in 2026
0 days in October
35 days since last rain
Current:   0 mph
1Hr Average: Calm
Wind Run: 0.1 miles
Wind Gust
Current: 0 mph
Today: 2 mph 01:01
Month: 11 mph 04-Oct
Year: 30 mph 17-Feb
Record Gust: 42 mph
09-Mar-2023
Sunlight:
11 h 31 m 9 s
of Sunlight Yesterday
11 h 28 m 48 s
of Sunlight Today
Which is
2 min 21 sec shorter than
yesterday
11 h 26 m 28 s
of Sunlight Tomorrow
(Noon ?>) graph (Midnight
Legend

Waning Crescent
Waning Crescent, 28 days, 18 hours, 54 minutes in cycle
1%
Illuminated
Humidity Barometer
Current: Increased 1% since last hour. 73%
Last Hour: Increased 1% since last hour. 1%
High 05:11: 73%
Low 00:00: 60%
Record High: 100%
17-Jan-2020
Record Low: 10%
05-Sep-2022
Current: Rising 0.017  inHg/hr 29.872 inHg
Last Hour: Steady
High 06:13: 29.872
Low 03:15: 29.853
Record High: 30.584 inHg
05-Jan-2020
Record Low: 29.187 inHg
21-Mar-2023
Heating Degree Days Coming Soon Wind Chill Air
Today: 1.9
Oct: 1.9
2026 to Date: 1189.1
Cooling Degree Days
2026 to Date: 532.5
Current: 60.1°F
Low 05:58: 60.1°F
Yesterday: 59.2°F
Record: 29.7°F
24-Feb-2022
Quality
Index6:

60


Moderate
Density:
1.199 kg/m3
UV Summary/Forecast Solar Summary
High Yest:   4.6 @ 12:31
Oct-09

5.5
Oct-10

5.2
Oct-11

4.8
High Yest:   662 @ 12:43
Sun Hours Today:
00:00
   This Month: 56:45 Hrs
Rise: 07:08  Set: 18:42
Almanac Irrigation Index5 Station All Time Records Cloud Level
Currently: Morning
YTD Avg Temp: 62.7°F
Sunrise: 07:08
Sunset: 18:42
Moonrise: 05:07
Moonset: 17:11
Full Moon: 26-Sep-2026
New Moon: 15:49 UTC
10-Oct-2026
Updated at Midnight
7-Days Rain: 0.00 in
7-Days ET: 0.99 in
7-Day:  0.99 in water in deficit of what evaporated in last 7 days. 0.99 in
October:  0.84 in water in deficit of what evaporated this month. 0.84 in
HIGHS: LOWS:
109.1°F
06-Sep-2022
29.7°F
24-Feb-2022
Daytime Records
  109.1°F°F
06-Sep-2022
  47.4°F°F
27-Feb-2023
Nitetime Records
  73.0°F°F
06-Sep-2022
  30.3°F°F
24-Feb-2022
ICN:4 | S3C2:0 | Ajax 3.xx
ISS:Ok | CON:4.6 | 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.   10 Historical average only to day 9 of just the month of October for this station since 2012.   11 Historical average rain this season to day 9 of October for this station since 2012.
 NWS Weather Forecast  -   Outlook This Afternoon & Tonight
This
Afternoon
This Afternoon: Sunny
Sunny

Hi 84°F
NWS forecast: Sunny. High near 84, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. North wind around 5 mph.
WXSIM forecast: Clear. High 75°. Wind west around 4 mph.
Local station forecast: Increasing clouds with little temperature change.
Tonight

Tonight: Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear

Lo 54°F
NWS forecast: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Southwest wind 2 to 8 mph.
WXSIM forecast: Mostly clear in the evening, becoming fair after midnight. Patchy light fog. Low 51°. Wind southwest around 2 mph.
 NWS Short Term Weather Forecast
Saturday

Saturday: Sunny
Sunny
Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Partly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Sunday

Sunday: Mostly Sunny
Mostly Sunny
Sunday
Night
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear
Columbus
Day
Columbus Day: Sunny
Sunny
Monday
Night
Monday Night: Patchy Fog
Patchy Fog
Tuesday

Tuesday: Areas Of Fog then Sunny
Areas Of Fog then Sunny
Hi 71°F Lo 48°F Hi 71°F Lo 48°F Hi 71°F Lo 48°F Hi 74°F
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