Although the sun will be shining in Denver, temperatures won’t rise above freezing on Thursday and it won’t be any warmer by New Year’s Eve, forecasters say.
Two more cold fronts before New Year’s Eve on Monday will move into Denver over the next several days, dropping temperatures into single digits by the end of the last day of 2018.
The high temperature Thursday will be around 29 degrees in Denver, where winds will gust up to 25 mph, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder. Temperatures will plummet to around 9 degrees Thursday night, with wind chill values as low as minus 2 degrees.
Snow could fall in Denver Friday morning. There’s a 20 percent chance of snow flurries in the metro area. The high temperature on Friday will be around 21 degrees, with wind chill values as low as minus 1.
Northerly winds on the plains this morning will gust as high as 40 MPH. Winds will diminish through the afternoon. Temperatures will get very cold tonight, in the single digits above zero across the plains.
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
Temperatures will begin to rise on Saturday, when the high temperature will make it above freezing to around 34 degrees. Sunday will be sunny with a high near 47 degrees, the NWS says. But there is a chance of snow after 11 p.m. on Sunday as the second cold front moves through Colorado.
On Monday, it could continue to snow before 11 a.m. It will be cold with a high temperature of around 25 degrees.
New Year’s Eve revelers should bundle up because the low temperature will be in single digits.
On New Year’s Day, on Tuesday the high will be about 29 degrees. The low will drop to 10 degrees.
