Cities along the Front Range sizzled with record temperatures Wednesday, and Denver’s high of 80 degrees set a new all-time record for November.
Denver’s old November record of 79 degrees was reached four times over the past 133 years, which is as long as the National Weather Service has archived data. But at 1:23 p.m. Wednesday, the temperature crept up to 80, making weather history.
Pueblo saw temperatures of 85 degrees Wednesday, a record for the date. Colorado Springs also broke a record with a high of 78 degrees.
Byron Louis of the National Weather Service attributes the summery weather to an unusually warm air mass moving over the Front Range and parts of the Midwest. But leave the shorts and sandals in storage, because the heat won’t last long.
“We’ll start to see temperatures more in line with seasonal norms and then getting cooler,” Louis said.
For Denver, this year also is shaping up to be one of the driest in 60 years.
