Grab your coats and scarves, Mile High revelers. The new year will be rung in with chilly fingers.
Denver’s temperature is expected to reach only 20 degrees Monday and fall to 4 degrees before midnight on New Year’s Eve. The city has a 40 percent chance of snow during the day Monday and a 20 percent chance at night. No more than an inch of accumulation is expected by the .
The in Denver on the last day of the year over the past 30 years is 44 degrees.
A run-in with law enforcement could make a cold, wintry night even worse.
Colorado state troopers and the state Department of Transportation have issued their annual warnings and pleadings to those who drink and drive.
Planning ahead with a designated driver or an alternate means home is a smart idea. is providing vouchers for free cab rides at a number of bars and restaurants, and buses are giving free rides to those who have had too much to drink.
More than 100 law enforcement agencies from across the state will step up patrols and set up checkpoints across the state each evening through 3 a.m. Wednesday.
CDOT said in Denver, enforcement targets the Lower Downtown area and near the 16th Street Mall. Other metro municipalities and state troopers will do “saturation patrols” in areas with high traffic and high DUI-arrest statistics, according to the state.
Joey Bunch: 303-954-1174, jbunch@denverpost.com or twitter.com/joeybunch
