Denver is closing out summer in sizzling fashion. With only three days left in summer the Mile High City shattered the record high temperature for the date and may set another one on Monday.
Today at 2:32pm the temperature at Denver International Airport reached a scorching 96 degrees. This smashes the old record of 93 degrees set 30 years ago in 1980.
The 96 degree mark today is also the highest temperature ever recorded in Denver this late in the year. Previously 96 degrees was recorded on September 13, 1990 and in previous years.
Mercifully here in Thornton we weren’t quite as warm. We recorded a high of 93.6 degrees at 3:20pm.
The temperature today was not a record high for the month of September however. That mark would be 97 degrees set on the 1st of the month in 1995, the 4th in 1995 and the 5th in 1899.
More heat is on tap for tomorrow as Denver will approach the 90 degree mark. The record high for September 20th is 92 degrees set in 1956.
Along with the heat and lack of humidity also comes fire danger. A Red Flag Warming will go into effect on Monday from noon until 9:00pm. We have seen how dangerously dry the weather has been with the Fourmile Canyon Fire and the Reservoir Road Fire in the last few weeks. Please be careful.
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