As another Arctic blast settles in, a weather record falls.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City bottomed out at -7 degrees today. That breaks the old record low for the date of -6 degrees set in 1913.
Here in Thornton we were a bit “warmer” with a low of -5 degrees.
Yeah, it definitely did not get very warm today and the record books now reflect that. After tying a record low this morning, now we have a new record low maximum.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City only saw a high temperature today of 4 degrees. This breaks the previous record low maximum of 4 degrees set more than 100 years ago in 1918.
Here in Thornton, we managed to stay a bit warmer, topping out at 11 degrees.
With our latest big chill having settled in, the mercury is dropping into record-setting territory.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the official low temperature this morning dropped to -10 degrees. This tied the record low for the date last set in 1985.
Here in Thornton, we didn’t plummet quite that low as we bottomed out at -4 degrees.
That’s a wrap! The Arctic blast is slowly on its way out and in its wake, we can see that we set a number of records.
ThorntonWeather.com has been in operation for 16 years and this cold was one for the books.
For Denver, officially, some marks were set / tied as well.
The warm weather records just seem to keep continuing to fall. Yesterday, Denver set another record high and a record low minimum.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City saw the mercury top out at 99 degrees. This easily bested the old record high for September 7th of 95 degrees set in 2013.
Additionally, the low temperature reading yesterday at the airport of 66 degrees set a record low minimum for the date. That easily bested the previous record of 63 degrees set in 1938 and previous years.
Thornton was again just a bit warmer during the day yesterday, recording a max of 100 degrees. This was Thornton’s seventh 100 degree reading of the year. Conversely, we were a good bit cooler than DIA with a low of 59 degrees.
With the heat, one would hope for relief at night and in the early mornings. While it has cooled some overnight, it has remained unusually warm.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the low temperature today was 67 degrees. This ties the record high minimum for the date set in 2020.
Thornton was a good bit cooler with a low of 59 degrees.
The heat is on and the records have begun to fall. Today Denver set a record high temperature and it likely is only the first of at least a few records that will fall in the coming days.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City’s high temperature today topped out at 98 degrees. That just tops the previous record high for the date of 97 degrees set two years ago in 2020.
In Thornton, we were actually a slight bit warmer with a high of 99 degrees.
We have been having to post way too many high temperature records lately. Here is yet another.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City topped out at 98 degrees today. This tops the old record high for August 11 last set in 2020.
Here in Thornton, we matched that with a 98 degree high as well.
Looking ahead, the 90+ degree weather looks to stick with us through the weekend. There are indications however, thankfully, that a cool down arrives for the start of next week.
Another high temperature record and another 100-degree reading for the Mile High City – and Thornton.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the high temperature in Denver today topped out at 101 degrees. That bested the previous record high for the date of 99 degrees last set way back in 1877.
Here in Thornton, we reached a high of 100 degrees, the 7th time this year we have hit 100 degrees or higher.
The heat records just seem to keep coming.
Denver’s temperature, as measured at Denver International Airport, topped out at 98 degrees. That ties the record high for the date previously set in 1981 and 1979.
Here in Thornton, we actually were a bit warmer with a high of 99 degrees.