As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City’s high temperature reached 97 degrees at 2:33pm. This ties the record for the date set in 1985 and 1936.
Today, here in Thornton we were just a bit cooler topping out at 95 degrees.
The event makes it the fourth temperature record set or tied in Denver this month.
On August 15 Denver tied the record high for the date (98 degrees). This was followed by record lows on August 18 and 19 (47 degrees on both days).