The hot summer of 2012 just keeps piling up the temperature records.  On Thursday, July 5 the mercury climbed to 99° at Denver International Airport making it the 14th day in a row that the Mile High City has seen temperature at or above 95°.

The streak easily bests the old record of 12 consecutive 95°+ days set between July 2 and July 13, 1874.  Those 14 days also represent the 8th longest streak of 90°+ days since Denver began record keeping in 1872.

Here in Thornton we too have been hot but pretty consistently remained a degree or two cooler than DIA.  13 of our last 14 days saw temperatures of 95° or higher with June 28th being the only exception (92°).

It appears Friday will bring one more day of 90°+ temperatures but the good news is that monsoonal flow is increasing.  This will lead to better chances for precipitation today and through the weekend and much cooler temperatures Saturday and Sunday.  Get the latest forecast here.