The possible coldest night of the year is behind Denver, as temperatures plunged to -7 degrees Wednesday evening. Thursday will remain cold with another bitter night ahead but the freeze should break this weekend.
Denver has remained below zero since about 7:30 p.m. last night. The Buckley Space Force Base recorded a reading of -8 degrees Thursday morning just before 6 a.m., two degrees warmer than the record low of -10 set in 1983.
Here are the forecast high temperatures for today. Northeast Colorado will remain very cold, with highs in the teens and lower 20s across the plains and single digits and teens in the high country.
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
According to the National Weather Service in Boulder, Denver will warm to a chilly 21 degrees on Thursday. Sunny skies will clear out early morning fog, and then again temperatures will plunge to near zero overnight. Denver is excepted to drop to around 3 degrees, with wind chill values as low as -8.
A dry and warming trend will begin Friday downtown; the high will reach 39 degrees. While the sun should help melt some of the 11.6 inches of snow Denver got, a low of 17 degrees could make for some icy spots. Increasing winds over the mountains Friday night will impact Denver on Saturday.
Saturday should warm into the mid-40s under mostly sunny skies. Winds could gust near 20 mph in the Mile High City with a low of 16 degrees.
There will be slight chances of snow in the mountains on Saturday, Sunday and next Wednesday. There’s a chance of a small storm impacting the metro area midweek.
