Parker weather in July

In July, Parker sees average daytime highs of 85°F and overnight lows near 58°F, with 2.1 in of rain across 9.4 wet days and about 14.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 85°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of July to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Parker's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Parker's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 85°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 58°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 2.1 in; 9.4 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 30 min; 4:49 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 mph; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 7.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Parker is town in Douglas County, Colorado, United States.

Density: 934/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1981

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 85°F through the month.

A typical July day in Parker reaches about 85°F in the afternoon and slips back to 58°F overnight — a 27°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 76°F and 93°F. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 6°F warmer than June and about 2°F warmer than August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°F)	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	84
Avg low (°F)	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	84	56
2	85	56
3	85	56
4	85	57
5	85	57
6	85	57
7	85	57
8	85	57
9	85	58
10	85	58
11	85	58
12	85	58
13	86	58
14	86	58
15	86	58
16	86	58
17	86	58
18	86	58
19	85	58
20	85	58
21	85	58
22	85	58
23	85	58
24	85	58
25	85	58
26	85	58
27	85	58
28	84	58
29	84	58
30	84	58
31	84	58

How July really feels in Parker

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Parker weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	42° / 17°	0.6	4.3	4.6	9.5	0.3
Feb	44° / 19°	0.6	4.6	4.8	10.4	1.0
Mar	52° / 26°	1.6	6.9	5.5	11.7	3.2
Apr	58° / 32°	2.5	8.8	5.1	13	4.5
May	68° / 42°	2.9	10.6	1.4	14.1	6.2
Jun	80° / 52°	2.0	9	0	14.7	6.7
Jul	85° / 58°	2.1	9.4	0	14.5	5.5
Aug	83° / 56°	1.7	8.3	0	13.6	6.3
Sep	76° / 48°	1.2	5.7	0.4	12.3	7.7
Oct	63° / 36°	1.4	5.3	2.2	10.9	6.4
Nov	50° / 25°	0.9	5	4.5	9.8	2.8
Dec	41° / 17°	0.7	3.8	4.1	9.3	0.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	68	68	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	62	63
Cloudier (%)	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Parker gets around 2.1 in of rain over 9.4 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	29
7	29
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	96	95	95	94	93	92	92	91	90	90	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85
Comfortable (%)	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	94	6
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

Wind in July

Winds average 6 mph in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 6 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (mph)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
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10	6	calm
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12	6	calm
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17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	5	calm
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27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of July to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:40 AM to 5:01 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 7:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.1
Sunrise (AM)	4:40	4:40	4:41	4:41	4:42	4:42	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01
Sunset (PM)	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.8	4:40	7:25
2	14.8	4:40	7:25
3	14.7	4:41	7:25
4	14.7	4:41	7:25
5	14.7	4:42	7:25
6	14.7	4:42	7:24
7	14.7	4:43	7:24
8	14.7	4:43	7:24
9	14.7	4:44	7:24
10	14.6	4:44	7:23
11	14.6	4:45	7:23
12	14.6	4:46	7:23
13	14.6	4:46	7:22
14	14.6	4:47	7:22
15	14.6	4:48	7:21
16	14.5	4:49	7:21
17	14.5	4:49	7:20
18	14.5	4:50	7:20
19	14.5	4:51	7:19
20	14.4	4:52	7:18
21	14.4	4:53	7:18
22	14.4	4:53	7:17
23	14.4	4:54	7:16
24	14.3	4:55	7:15
25	14.3	4:56	7:15
26	14.3	4:57	7:14
27	14.3	4:58	7:13
28	14.2	4:58	7:12
29	14.2	4:59	7:11
30	14.2	5:00	7:10
31	14.1	5:01	7:09

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.54 kWh/m² to a high of 7.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.5	Intense
2	7.5	Intense
3	7.5	Intense
4	7.5	Intense
5	7.5	Intense
6	7.5	Intense
7	7.4	Intense
8	7.4	Intense
9	7.4	Intense
10	7.4	Intense
11	7.4	Intense
12	7.4	Intense
13	7.4	Intense
14	7.3	Intense
15	7.3	Intense
16	7.3	Intense
17	7.3	Intense
18	7.3	Intense
19	7.2	Intense
20	7.2	Intense
21	7.2	Intense
22	7.1	Intense
23	7.1	Intense
24	7.1	Intense
25	7.0	Intense
26	7.0	Intense
27	7.0	Intense
28	6.9	Intense
29	6.9	Intense
30	6.9	Intense
31	6.9	Intense

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Parker?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Parker for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Parker in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Parker sees daytime highs around 85°F and nights near 58°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

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UV index in Parker in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Parker peaks around July 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	7	6	8	11	11	10	7	5	4	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	7	High
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Parker in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Parker is worst in August — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (May, 13 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	15	16	13	13	14	14	21	13	15	15	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Parker?

Parker sits at 39.5°N, 104.8°W, 5,869 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Centennial, 7.5 mi away.

Topography around Parker

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Parker.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Parker has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 427 ft around an average of 5,928 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,188 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,459 ft.

The land around Parker is covered by grassland (48%) and artificial surfaces (40%) within 2 miles, grassland (66%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 10 miles, and grassland (55%) and trees (25%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

427 ft

grassland 48%

10 miles

1,188 ft

grassland 66%

50 miles

9,459 ft

grassland 55%

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← June Parker year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Centennial 7.5 mi · Castlewood 8.7 mi · Southglenn 11 mi · Castle Rock 11 mi · Highlands Ranch 11 mi · Greenwood Village 12 mi · Englewood 15 mi · Aurora 15 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Parker (39.5186°, -104.7614°, elevation 5,869 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	84	56
2	85	56
3	85	56
4	85	57
5	85	57
6	85	57
7	85	57
8	85	57
9	85	58
10	85	58
11	85	58
12	85	58
13	86	58
14	86	58
15	86	58
16	86	58
17	86	58
18	86	58
19	85	58
20	85	58
21	85	58
22	85	58
23	85	58
24	85	58
25	85	58
26	85	58
27	85	58
28	84	58
29	84	58
30	84	58
31	84	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	29
7	29
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	94	6
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	84	56
2	85	56
3	85	56
4	85	57
5	85	57
6	85	57
7	85	57
8	85	57
9	85	58
10	85	58
11	85	58
12	85	58
13	86	58
14	86	58
15	86	58
16	86	58
17	86	58
18	86	58
19	85	58
20	85	58
21	85	58
22	85	58
23	85	58
24	85	58
25	85	58
26	85	58
27	85	58
28	84	58
29	84	58
30	84	58
31	84	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	29
7	29
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	94	6
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	84	56
2	85	56
3	85	56
4	85	57
5	85	57
6	85	57
7	85	57
8	85	57
9	85	58
10	85	58
11	85	58
12	85	58
13	86	58
14	86	58
15	86	58
16	86	58
17	86	58
18	86	58
19	85	58
20	85	58
21	85	58
22	85	58
23	85	58
24	85	58
25	85	58
26	85	58
27	85	58
28	84	58
29	84	58
30	84	58
31	84	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	26
2	27
3	27
4	28
5	28
6	29
7	29
8	30
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	31
15	31
16	31
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	31
27	31
28	31
29	31
30	31
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	94	6
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15