High daytime temperature record for Denver broken, as high pressure ridge remains parked over Colorado
There's a ridge of high pressure that's parked over Colorado, and temperatures in the Denver metro area have climbed into the low 90s.
At 1:45 p.m., the official temperature reading in Denver was 91, which is a new record in the city. The daytime record that was broken was 90 degrees and it was set in 2010. Eventually the thermometer climbed to 93.
Denver wasn't the only spot to observe temperature records yesterday. Here's a look at other locations across our forecast area that reached or exceeded their daily record high temperature for Sep 26 👇
Posted by US National Weather Service Denver/Boulder Colorado on Friday, September 27, 2024
91 is 15 to 20 degrees above the average high temperature at this time of year -- that's 75 degrees.
A cold front will move through Friday, dropping temperatures by about 5 to 7 degrees. The warm weather sticks around for the weekend, with daytime highs in the upper 80s Saturday and low 90s on Sunday. Sunday we will be close to record heat once again. The current record is 92 degrees set in 1892.