Under the influence of strong high pressure, the mercury soared in the Mile High City on Monday and two temperature records fell.

As measured at Denver International Airport, the mercury reached a high of 99 degrees at 2:53 p.m.  This broke the previous record high temperature for June 10 of 97 degrees set in 1952.

Here in Thornton we were hot but not quite as hot.  Our high temperature topped out at 97 degrees at 2:35 p.m.  This is the highest temperature we have seen thus far this year and the highest reading in Thornton since July 21, 2012 (97.9 degrees).

If you thought the nighttime would bring relief from the heat, you were mistaken.  Denver’s official “low” temperature on Monday was only 68 degrees.  This set a new record high minimum for the date easily besting the previous record holder of  64 degrees last set in 1990.  Thornton was just slightly cooler with a low for the date of 66.8 degrees.

There won’t be much of a break in the heat in the coming days.  While it will be cooler than today, temperatures for the rest of the week are expected to continue to be well above normal.  Get the latest forecast here.