{"id":18434,"date":"2018-02-20T17:18:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T00:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=18434"},"modified":"2018-02-21T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T15:21:15","slug":"denver-sets-record-low-maximum-temperature-for-february-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/denver-sets-record-low-maximum-temperature-for-february-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver sets record low maximum temperature for February 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/recordcold-tw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-3434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/recordcold-tw.jpg\" alt=\"Record Cold Temperatures\" width=\"350\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/recordcold-tw.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/recordcold-tw-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/recordcold-tw-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>In the wake of yesterday\u2019s snow the Mile High City experienced lingering cold today.\u00a0 The so-called \u201chigh\u201d temperature in fact was a record-setter.<\/p>\n<p>The high temperature for Denver today, as measured at Denver International Airport, came in at 13 degrees.\u00a0 That is the coldest high temperature ever recorded on February 20, breaking the old record low maximum of 16 degrees set in 1911.<\/p>\n<p>Here in Thornton, we matched the Mile High City\u2019s high with a 13 degree reading at 3:08pm.<\/p>\n<p>It may be a while before we see any truly warm temperatures.\u00a0 Short range forecasts indicate it could be Monday or Tuesday before mercury readings return to normal. Additionally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/climate.php\">long range forecasts<\/a> currently point to overall colder than normal temps in the 8 to 14 day period.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stay up to date with Thornton\u2019s weather: \u2018Like\u2019 us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThorntonWeather\">Facebook<\/a>, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ThorntonWeather\">Twitter<\/a>and add us to your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/102594403520791765288\">Google+<\/a>\u00a0circles<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of yesterday\u2019s snow the Mile High City experienced lingering cold today.\u00a0 The so-called \u201chigh\u201d temperature in fact was a record-setter. The high temperature for Denver today, as measured at Denver International Airport, came in at 13 degrees.\u00a0 That is the coldest high temperature ever recorded on February 20, breaking the old record &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/denver-sets-record-low-maximum-temperature-for-february-20\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Denver sets record low maximum temperature for February 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":[7],"tags":[186,574,185],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18434"}],"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=18434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18435,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18434\/revisions\/18435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}