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Denver ties high temperatures record for the date

Denver tied the record high temperature for the date today.
Denver tied the record high temperature for the date today.

At 3:44pm today, the temperature at Denver International Airport reached 84 degrees.  This tied the record high temperature for October 18th set in 2003 and 1958.  The average temperature for this date is 68 degrees so we exceeded that by a large margin. 

From record setting cold last week to record setting warmth this week – you have to love Colorado weather! 

Was it really a record though?  Examiner.com investigates: Do Denver weather and climate records have an asterisk attached?

Here in Thornton we were actually a touch warmer reaching 85.9 degrees.  We have one more day of above normal temperatures ahead on Monday before we see a change that will bring cooler temps and possibly rain and snow.

Denver officially breaks high temperature record for this date

Denver officially broke the record high temperature for January 21st, reaching 71 degrees.
Denver officially broke the record high temperature for January 21st, reaching 71 degrees.

It’s official. As reported earlier this morning on our Examiner.com pages, we had a decent shot at breaking the all time record high temperature for this date and we have done it.  At 1:28pm today the temperature at Denver International Airport reached 71 degrees, breaking the old record of 70 degrees set in 1950.  Here in Thoronton we didn’t get quite that warm, “only” reaching a high of 69 degrees.

Thursday we will be a bit cooler and “only” reach 65 degrees – still 20 degrees above normal though.  Enjoy the next 36 hours or so though as Friday bring change – see our Examiner.com morning forecast here for details.

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