{"id":11167,"date":"2013-06-10T19:48:45","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T01:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=11167"},"modified":"2013-06-11T06:06:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T12:06:36","slug":"denver-breaks-record-high-temperature-for-june-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/denver-breaks-record-high-temperature-for-june-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver breaks two temperature records for June 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6123\" alt=\"Record setting high temperatures in Thornton.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/record-temperatures.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/record-temperatures.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/record-temperatures-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Under the influence of strong high pressure, the mercury soared in the Mile High City on Monday and two temperature records fell.<\/p>\n<p>As measured at Denver International Airport, the mercury reached a high of 99 degrees at 2:53 p.m.\u00a0 This broke the previous record high temperature for June 10 of 97 degrees set in 1952.<\/p>\n<p>Here in Thornton we were hot but not quite as hot.\u00a0 Our high temperature topped out at 97 degrees at 2:35 p.m.\u00a0 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).<\/p>\n<p>If you thought the nighttime would bring relief from the heat, you were mistaken. \u00a0Denver&#8217;s official &#8220;low&#8221; temperature on Monday was only 68 degrees. \u00a0This set a new record high minimum for the date easily besting the previous record holder of \u00a064 degrees last set in 1990. \u00a0Thornton was just slightly cooler with a low for the date of 66.8 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>There won&#8217;t be much of a break in the heat in the coming days. \u00a0While it will be cooler than today, temperatures for the rest of the week are expected to continue to be well above normal. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/forecast.php\">Get the latest forecast here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.\u00a0 This broke the previous record high temperature for June 10 of 97 degrees set in 1952. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/denver-breaks-record-high-temperature-for-june-10\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Denver breaks two temperature records for June 10<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[24,185],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11169,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11167\/revisions\/11169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}