We of course knew it was cold yesterday but now we know exactly how cold.  At Denver International Airport the high temperature yesterday only climbed to 8 degrees.  This ties the record low maximum for the date last set in 1933.

Highlighting that is the fact that the “high” temperature occurred soon after midnight at 12:28am.  It was all downhill from there throughout the day as cold air settled in.  Daytime highs in Denver were only around 6 degrees.

Here in Thornton we virtually matched the official Denver high as we climbed to 8.3 degrees.  That occurred right at midnight.