Today goes down as the with the high reaching 94 degrees at 1:25 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
The record of 93 degrees was set 2010. The is 78 degrees over the past 30 years.
The city has a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight and a 20 percent to 30 percent chance of showers each day through Thursday, with daily high temperatures remaining .
Thunderstorms on the Eastern Plains this afternoon has put east-central Kit Carson County under until 6:30 p.m.
Heavy rain is expected in the Burlington area, including along Interstate 70, according to the National Weather Service.
Most of the Western Slope will be under a “red flag” critical fire danger warning from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday cqwith humidities between 8 and 13 percent and wind gusts up to 30 mph.
Thunderstorms expected in western Colorado could bring lightning with accompanying rain and erratic wind gusts, forecasters warned.
