Here in Thornton our high thus far today has reached 88.3. However, out at DIA where the official Denver measurements are taken, the temperature reached 91 degrees. This of course extends the streak to 41 days. From the National Weather Service:
The Denver heat wave continues. At 243 pm the temperature at Denver International Airport reached 91 degrees. This temperature extends our current streak of consecutive 90 degree days to 24 days in a row. It is amazing that 24 consecutive 90 or above high temperatures were recorded breaking the 18 day streak last set 107 years ago in 1901.
So far in 2008 41 ninety degree days have been tallied. 2008 remains 9 days away from the 10th top seasonal total of 50 set in both 1960 and 1964.
Click here to view the updated statistics about the streak and historical streaks.
It is official – we have broken Denver’s 107 year old record of consecutive days with over 90 degree temperatures. Thursday marked day 19 in the streak, moving past the old record of 18 days set way back in 1901 and 1874. 
This is beginning to sound like a broken record – pun intended. 🙂 As for Tuesday our streak of consecutive 90 degree days hit 17, moving us into a tie for second place. Assuming today reaches 90 degrees or more – and it almost certainly will – we will then tie the record that has been set twice previously (in 1901 and 1874).
As summer vacations wind down and families prepare to send kids back to school in August, Colorado weather also starts to settle down. The chances for severe weather decrease markedly during August and by the end of the month daytime temperatures are dropping quite a bit as well. For more information on what to expect in August, 
Recently we were asked what are the “zones” that the National Weather Service uses and what is their purpose. This is a very good question.
Closer to the Front Range, while we are not currently under any fire related advisories, we are still very dry and the danger exists. Just yesterday