{"id":17653,"date":"2017-06-20T17:09:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T23:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=17653"},"modified":"2017-06-20T17:21:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T23:21:11","slug":"record-high-temperature-set-for-june-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climatology\/record-high-temperature-set-for-june-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Record high temperature set for June 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/record-temperatures.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-16960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/record-temperatures-590x386.jpg\" alt=\"Record High Temperatures\" width=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/record-temperatures-590x386.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/record-temperatures-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/record-temperatures-450x295.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/record-temperatures.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a>We knew it would be hot today and the proof is in the numbers as Denver set a new record high temperature for the date.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Weather Service, the mercury topped out at 99 degrees at Denver International Airport.\u00a0 This breaks the previous record high for June 20 of 97 degrees set in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Here in Thornton, we almost matched the record with a high of 97.9 degrees at 3:57pm.<\/p>\n<p>There will be no break from the heat until Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow\u2019s forecast high of 98 degrees mirrors today\u2019s high and will again come close to the record for June 21 (99 degrees in 2007). Thursday does cool some but with a forecast high of 91 degrees, the reading will still be well above normal for the date (85 degrees).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Stay up to date with Thornton\u2019s weather:\u00a0Be sure to \u2018like\u2019 us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThorntonWeather\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">Facebook<\/a>, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ThorntonWeather\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and add us to your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/102594403520791765288\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">Google+<\/a>\u00a0circles<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We knew it would be hot today and the proof is in the numbers as Denver set a new record high temperature for the date. According to the National Weather Service, the mercury topped out at 99 degrees at Denver International Airport.\u00a0 This breaks the previous record high for June 20 of 97 degrees set &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climatology\/record-high-temperature-set-for-june-20\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Record high temperature set for June 20<\/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":[12],"tags":[41,574,185],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17653"}],"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=17653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17655,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17653\/revisions\/17655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}