A week of unusually warm temperatures will have Denver flirting with the 100 degree mark by the end of this week.
high temperatures to approach the century mark on Thursday and Friday, with projections of 99 and 98 degrees on both days, respectively.
is projecting highs of 100 degrees on Friday, while , with that forecast calling for temperatures to hit 96 or 97 degrees from Thursday to July 22.
Either way, it’s going to be a week and weekend of sizzling temperatures. If Denver is able to hit 100 degrees or above this week, however, it’d be the first time since June 28, 2018, when Denver hit 105 degrees. That 105 degree reading also tied Denver’s all-time hottest temperature on record.
The mid-July heat is part of a familiar pattern for summer scorchers: a big, dominant ridge of high pressure anchored over the Southwest. The jet stream will stay mainly across the northern United States and southern Canada later this week, allowing warm and generally dry air to build over the course of a few days. The reduction of cloud cover and moisture chances will likely help temperatures reach their hottest levels of the year later this week, when the ridge is at its peak intensity.
If you’re a fan of heat and pool days, you’ll probably like the overall forecast for the remainder of the month. The Climate Prediction Center’s (CPC) eight to 14 day outlook for next week keeps Denver and most of eastern Colorado in greater-than-average chances of warmer-than-average temperatures into next week as well.
If you include the four straight days of 90 degree-plus weather we’ve already had through Sunday, current projections into next week will likely make it somewhere around two straight weeks with high temperatures of 90 or above.
With big heat projected over the next few days, . About 134 deaths per year in the United States are heat-related, .
After a cool and wet start to 2019, this mid-summer warmth should help make July only Denver’s third above-average temperature month so far this year. Only January and April have recorded above average temperatures over the course of the month.
Denver’s average high for this time of year is 90 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
