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Denver ties temperature records for September 29

Record High Temperature

It may be the end of September, but Mother Nature is intent on keeping the summer heat coming.

As measured at Denver International Airport, Denver hit a high temperature today of 92 degrees. This ties the record high for September 29 last set in 1892.

The Mile High City also tied the record for the warmest low temperature for the date. The mercury only descended to 61 degrees, tying the record mark last set in 1981.

Here in Thornton, we matched DIA with a high of 92 degrees. We were, however, a good bit cooler with a low of 55 degrees. At Stapleton, where historical Denver weather records were taken from 1950 to 1995, the high was 90 degrees and the low 56 degrees.

Denver sets record high temperature for September 26

Record High Temperature

It doesn’t feel much like fall does it?

As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City hit an official high temperature of 93 degrees today. That easily breaks the old record high for September 26 of 90 degrees set way back in 1892.

Here in Thornton, we were a bit cooler with a high of 91 degrees recorded. At Stapleton, where historical Denver weather records were taken from 1950 to 1995, the high was 90 degrees.

Denver ties record high temperature for August 17

Record High Temperature

Another high temperature record is in the books for the Mile High City. As measured at Denver International Airport, Denver hit a high temperature of 98 degrees. This ties the record high for August 17 last set in 2020.

Here in Thornton, we were actually warmer with a high of 99 degrees. At Stapleton, where historical Denver weather records were taken from 1950 to 1995, the high was only 93 degrees.

Denver ties record high temperature for December 19

Record High Temperature

We knew going into today this was a possibility and indeed, it happened.

As measured at Denver International Airport, the official high temperature for the Mile High City reached 67 degrees. This ties the record high for the date last set more than 100 years ago in 1917.

Here in Thornton, we were just a touch warmer with a high of 68 degrees. This was the warmest December 19th since ThorntonWeather.com came online in 2006.