Snow showers that pelted the Colorado Front Range foothills receded early Wednesday amid single-digit cold that cracked records, according to the National Weather Service.
But light snow likely will return Wednesday afternoon, moving down from the mountains to the Interstate 25 corridor, bringing enough snow to stick on grassy areas and possibly complicating evening commutes, the weather service said.
Another round of light snow showers! Temperatures will be slightly warmer than yesterday thus it is possible for higher accumulations on the grassy surfaces vs roadways. These showers will begin late morning in the mountains then move east by late afternoon.
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
High temperatures in metro Denver will reach 42 degrees with wind gusting at speeds up to 15 miles per hour, weather service forecasters said.
The overnight low temperature measured by the weather service at Denver International Airport — 11 degrees — set a record. The old record set on April 5, 1983, was 12 degrees. Just before dawn on Wednesday, the temperature recorded east of metro Denver at the Buckley Space Force Base was 10 degrees.
🥶Waking up to some record breaking cold!
At 4:31 am, Denver International Airport dropped to 11 degrees, breaking the old record low of 12 set in 1983.
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
Later this week, metro Denver residents can expect warmer weather, forecasters said, with temperatures increasing to a high of 53 degrees on Thursday and 67 degrees on Friday under sunny blue skies. Weather service forecasters anticipated possible 80-degree temperatures next week.
🌡️80°F weather just around the corner? It's a distinct possibility by early next week!
We'll start a significant warmup Thursday, and that warming trend then continues all the way through early next week.
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
