A very mild late fall day. As measured at Denver International Airport, the official high temperature in the Mile High City today reached 76 degrees. This ties the record high for November 17 set in 1999.
Here in Thornton we were a bit cooler with a high of 71 degrees.
Our mild weather continued today and set another record, the third in the past two days.
Officially, as measured at Denver International Airport, the high temperature today topped out at 77 degrees. This just beat out the previous record high for November 4th of 76 degrees set over 100 years ago in 1915.
Thornton was similarly warm but just a touch cooler, recording a high of 75 degrees for the second day in a row.
This mild weather has been quite nice but it certainly is not normal for this time of year with mercury readings well above average. The Mile High City saw two weather records tied or broken on Tuesday.
As measured at DIA, Denver saw a high temperature of 79 degrees. This tied the record high for November 3rd last set in 1915.
Additionally, a record high minimum was set as the low temperature only dropped to 48 degrees. This bested the old record of 46 degrees set in 1940.
Here in Thornton, we were cooler across the board with a high of 75 degrees and a low of 37 degrees.
Our recent warm weather not only impacts daily high temperatures, it also impacts overnight lows as seen by the record set tonight.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City saw a low of 67 degrees. This set a record high minimum for the date, beating the old mark of 66 degrees set in 1933.
Here in Thornton, we were quite a bit cooler seeing a low of 56 degrees.
Additionally, Denver’s official high temperature came in at 97 degrees. This tied the record high for September 6, last set in 2013. Thornton was actually hotter with a high of 99 degrees.
While snow and cold are on the horizon, that will wait and until then, we continue to experience extraordinarily warm weather. Today, September 5, Denver actually broke three records.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the high temperature topped out at 101 degrees. This easily bested the record high temperature for the date of 98 degrees set just last year.
Additionally, the 101 degree reading is the warmest temperature ever recorded in Denver during the month of September. Only one other time has it been 100 degrees or warmer in the month, that coming on September 2, 2019 with a 100 degree reading.
Lastly, this is the latest in the year a 100 degree or higher reading has been recorded.
Here in Thornton, we managed to stay just a bit cooler with a high of 99 degrees.
Another hot day on the Colorado Front Range and Denver sees another record high temperature.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City’s official high temperature hit 98 degrees. That ties the record high temperature for the date set in 2011. This is the sixth time this month that Denver has tied or broken a daily high temperature record.
Here in Thornton, we were just a hair cooler with a high of 97 degrees.
Another hot one in the Mile High City and another record set or tied for the month.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the city’s official high temperature today topped out at 98 degrees. This ties the record high for the date last set in 2011.
Today’s mark is the fifth time this month Denver has tied or broken a record high temperature.
Here in Thornton, we matched that mark with a high reading of 98 degrees as well.
For the fourth time this month, the Mile High City set or tied a high temperature record and also recorded its first mercury reading of 100 degrees in almost a year.
As measured at Denver International Airport, Denver’s official high temperature today hit 100 degrees. This easily breaks the record high for August 18 of 98 degrees set in 2013. This was the first time Denver hit 100 degrees this year. The last time was on September 2, 2019. This also marks the 58th time Denver has seen a reading of 90 degrees or higher this year.
Here in Thornton, we matched Denver’s reading of 100 degrees and it was the second time this year we hit the mark. The first came exactly one month ago on July 18.
Looking into the history books, Denver has recorded 100 degree or higher temperatures 93 times since 1872. With the warming climate though, we have been averaging two 100 degree days per year over the past 30 years.
Many are comparing this year to the scorching hot summer of 2012. That year we saw 73 days of 90 degree or warmer temperatures and thirteen of those with 100 degree readings or higher. We also tied Denver’s all-time high of 105 degrees twice that year.
Continuing our seemingly unending string of hotter than normal temperatures, today’s readings hit record-setting territory.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City’s temperature topped out at 98 degrees today. That breaks the previous record high for August 17 of 97 degrees set in 2013.
Thornton was just a touch cooler with a high of 96.6 degrees.
This is the third high temperature record set or tied in Denver thus far this month. On August 9th the record high was broken and on August 11th it was tied.
Another hot one and a second high temperature record set in August.
Denver’s high temperature today, as measured at Denver International Airport, topped out at 97 degrees. This ties the Mile High City’s record high for the date last set in 2000.
Thornton matched that reading with a high of 96.7 degrees.