Old Man Winter isn’t done with the Mile High City just yet as evidenced by the bone-chilling cold this morning.
As measured at Denver International Airport, Denver’s low temperature plummeted to -7 degrees this morning. That easily bests the previous record low for March 10th of -3 degrees set in 1932.
Additionally, it puts March 10, 2022 into the books as being one of the top 10 coldest March temperatures on record and is the Mile High City’s coldest March reading since 1960.
Here in Thornton, we managed to escape getting quite that cold. We saw a low of 0 degrees at 4:12am.
Well, our Arctic blast is now in the record books.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the low temperature in the Mile High City dropped to -7 degrees this morning. That pretty easily bests the previous record low for February 23 of -4 degrees set in 1899.
Here in Thornton we stayed just a bit warmer with a low of -4 degrees.
Well, December looks to continue the mild, dry weather of the previous two months as we tied the 48 year old record high for the date.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City’s high temperature topped out at 73 degrees. This ties the previous record high for the date last set in 1973. Here in Thornton we were actually a touch warmer with a high of 74 degrees.
We may very well follow today’s record with another tomorrow. The record high for December 2 is 74 degrees set way back in 1885. Forecast highs for tomorrow are expected to come close to matching today’s.
As of today, Denver has broken the record for the latest measurable snowfall on record. The old record for latest snowfall was November 21 1934.
Today, it has been 215 days since the Mile High City has received measurable snowfall and we will lengthen that record. There is a slim chance for some snow Wednesday night but, as the National Weather Service said this morning, “It is likely Denver will not receive its first snowfall until December.”
Denver’s earliest snowfall on record was September 3, 1961. The average date of the first snow is October 18th.
The forecasts calling for a very mild weekend are beginning to bear out with one record high set today and another possible tomorrow.
At 1:13pm this afternoon, as measured at Denver International Airport, the mercury climbed to 80 degrees. This bests the previous record high for November 6 of 79 degrees set in 1934. This also is the second warmest November temperature ever recorded (81 degrees on November 17, 2017).
Here in Thornton, we stayed a bit cooler, as usual, with our high topping out at 78 degrees.
Tomorrow’s forecast calls for similar mercury readings to today. The record high for November 7 is 78 degrees, set in 1999 so it is quite possible that mark will be tied or broken.
We knew the record would be broken, it was only a question of by how much and the results are in.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the high temperature in the Mile High City topped out at 99 degrees. These destroys the previous record high for September 10 of 93 degrees set in 2018.
Here in Thornton we were close to Denver’s mark but “only” hit 98 degrees.
Mother Nature just delivered another reminder that our long, hot summer isn’t over yet.
Denver, as measured at Denver International Airport, reached a high temperature of 96 degrees today. This tops the previous record high temperature for September 9 of 94 degrees set in 1994.
Here in Thornton, we were a bit “cooler” with a 95 degree reading at 1:49pm.
More heat is yet to come. Tomorrow may see highs a couple of degrees warmer than today. The record high for September 10 is 93 degrees set in 2018 and previous years so it is quite likely that record will fall as well.
Another high temperature record in the books for summer 2021.
As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City’s temperature topped out at 100 degrees today. This easily bests the record high for the date of 98 degrees set 145 years ago in 1876.
Here in Thornton, we matched the 100 degree mark. This was our fifth 100+ degree day of the year in Thornton, more than any other year in the past 15 since Thornton Weather came online.
No rest for the heat weary as temperatures once again soared today.
The official high temperature for the Mile High City, as measured at DIA, reached 100 degrees today. For the second day in a row, this sets a record high. The previous record high for June 16 was 96 degrees set in 2020.
Thornton was warmer than Denver today reaching 103 degrees. This ties the highest reading we have recorded at Thornton Weather since we came online 15 years ago. The previous 103 degree reading was on June 23, 2012.
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