Denver missed a record high temperature Wednesday by one skinny degree when the temperature peaked at 98 degrees at 3:10 p.m. at Denver International Airport.
The was set in 1998; the 30-year average for the date is 90 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
Wednesday marked the eighth day in a row with a high above 90 degrees in Denver. The hot spell marks the 88th time in 140 years of record-keeping that the city has had a hot streak of 90-plus-degree days, the agency .
Metro Denver high temperatures are expected to through at least Wednesday of next week.
The National Weather Service expects highs from 96 to 98 degrees each day though Sunday. , however, are above 100 degrees for the dates.
Because of the , the Front Range has a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms each afternoon through next Wednesday.
Highs in the 80s with daily rain chances are through next week, according to the National Weather Service.
