A bitter cold front continued Wednesday with Denver hitting a record low temperature for the date.
Denver International Airport hit minus 7 degrees just after 5:30 a.m., beating the minus 2 degrees Denver residents shivered through more than 60 years ago.
This is the first record low temperature (for any date) recorded in Denver since Dec. 17, 2016, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.
“As far as this time of year goes, it isn’t a huge surprise,” said Cody Ledbetter, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Boulder. “This has always been a warmer day for the month, if you want to call minus 2 warmer.”
Temperatures in the metro area are expected to reach highs in the mid-20s. On the bright side, there will be sun.
Low-lying areas north of Denver and along South Platte can expect patchy fog with highs in the 20s for the plains and teens for the mountain regions.
The mountains should be getting more snow this afternoon and evening — less than 2 inches expected — along and south of Interstate 70, the weather service said. Light snow should keep falling in the high country through the weekend.
Expect frigid overnight temperatures the next few days across the state.
Thursday brings a chance of snow after 11 a.m. in the metro area with a high near 30 degrees, Ledbetter said.
“We aren’t expecting much accumulation,” Ledbetter said. “It definitely won’t be anything like we just got.”
The Front Range has a slight chance of light snow showers Thursday evening into the night that could accumulate a few inches. A storm is headed over the region Friday into Saturday with a potential of overnight snow.
Don’t put away the hat and gloves just yet. Temperatures are expected to stay below normal with a small warm-up into the lower 40s by Sunday.
“We’re not going to warm up a great deal,” said Scott Entrekin, National Weather Service meteorologist. “Certainly nothing like the 50s and 60s that we saw a week ago.”
