{"id":3842,"date":"2011-08-29T16:06:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T22:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=3842"},"modified":"2011-08-29T16:06:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T22:06:06","slug":"denvers-august-heat-on-a-record-setting-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/denvers-august-heat-on-a-record-setting-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver&#8217;s August heat on a record setting pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2847\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2847\" title=\"Record Temperatures\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/record-temperatures.jpg\" alt=\"Denver has broken or tied seven different warm weather temperature records this month.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/record-temperatures.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/record-temperatures-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denver has broken or tied seven different warm weather temperature records this month.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the arrival of August we typically see a decrease in daytime high temperatures making the month one of the more pleasant in Denver.\u00a0 This year however that has not been the case as we have seen records fall and we appear on our way into the record books with one of the hottest Augusts on record.<\/p>\n<p>With three days remaining in the month, Denver has tied or broken seven warm weather temperature marks so far.\u00a0 These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August 18 \u2013 Denver ties the record high temperature for the date of 98\u00b0.\u00a0 The mark was last set in 1986.<\/li>\n<li>August 23 \u2013 The high temperature at DIA hits 98\u00b0.\u00a0 This ties the record high for the date last set in 2009.<\/li>\n<li>August 24 \u2013 Denver hits 98\u00b0. Breaks old record of 97\u00b0 set in 1936<\/li>\n<li>August 25 \u2013 Denver reaches 99\u00b0.\u00a0 Breaks old record of 96\u00b0 set in 1913.\u00a0 Also marks the latest date in the year that Denver\u2019s temperature reached 99 degrees.\u00a0 Previously the date was August 16.<\/li>\n<li>August 28 \u2013 Denver tops out at 96\u00b0.\u00a0 Breaks old record of 94\u00b0 set in 1969 and previous years<\/li>\n<li>August 28 \u2013 The mercury only drops to 67\u00b0 over the 24 hour period.\u00a0 This sets a new record high minimum for the date.\u00a0 The previous record was 66\u00b0 set in 2010 and previous years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One important aspect to these records is that most of those marks would never have been reached were it not for the measurements being taken at DIA. \u00a0Other station&#8217;s closer to the historical Denver weather sites near Stapleton and downtown never approached as warm of temperatures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/weather-in-denver\/temperature-records-crumble-august-on-pace-to-be-one-of-warmest-on-record\"><strong>For more on the recent records and why they highlight problems with Denver&#8217;s climate records, head over to the Denver Weather Examiner.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the arrival of August we typically see a decrease in daytime high temperatures making the month one of the more pleasant in Denver.\u00a0 This year however that has not been the case as we have seen records fall and we appear on our way into the record books with one of the hottest Augusts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/denvers-august-heat-on-a-record-setting-pace\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Denver&#8217;s August heat on a record setting pace<\/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":[221,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842"}],"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=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3843,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions\/3843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}