Denver’s weather today moved into a three-way tie for the second-longest streak of consecutive days with temperatures in the 90s, but the heat wave likely ends there, according to the National Weather Service in Denver.
With the temperatures in the low 90s all afternoon — topping at 94 at 1:23 p.m. — Denver has had 18 straight 90-plus days.
The record, set in 2008, is 24 days. Eighteen ties for second, matching hot spells from 1901 and 1874.
But Tuesday is expected to bring relief with maxium temperatures hitting about 87 degrees as rain and thunderstorms roll in after lunchtime.
The metro area has a 50-percent chance of heavy showers and thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon, and 60 percent chance of rain Tuesday night, forecasters said.
The sub-90-degree days are expected to last the remainder of the week with a 40-percent chance of rain Wednesday and 30 percent Thursday.
Rainfall for July was nearly three-times normal, with 3.41 inches measured at the official weather monitoring site at Denver International Airport. Average is 1.32 inches.
The monitoring site recorded 2.43 inches in June. Normal is 1.56 inches. That followed the seventh wettest May on record for Denver, when DIA had 4.79 inches of precipitation, more than double the normal 2.32 inches.
So far this year, Denver has received 13.08 inches of rain. Normal is 10.32 inches. Last year at this point, the city had received 11.18 inches.
Western Colorado is getting drenched, dodging lightning and feeling a chill for the second day in row.
Mud slides are possible in the southwest mountains and high temperatures are in the low 70s across the region, according to the National Weather Service.
Rain chances range from 40 percent to 60 percent from Saguache to Steamboat Springs Tuesday.
