Denverites are sweating it out in abnormally warm spring weather on Tuesday, with a record high set at Denver International Airport.
The National Weather Service confirmed that today’s high briefly hit 85 degrees at the airport, as of 5:17 p.m. “That’s the official record for Denver,” said spokesperson Russell Danielson.
But the record already had been broken hours earlier at 12:36 p.m., when the National Weather Service reported the temperature as 81 degrees – beating the previous record set in 1982 at 80 degrees.
81°F already at DEN, which is a record high for today. (Previous one was 80°F in 1982). With it only being 12:30pm it will likely warm up a few more degrees.
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder)
Tuesday’s high also eclipsed the forecast high, which was 83 degrees.
The new heat record was set one week after snow fell in Colorado’s capital city.
The office expects will follow a similar pattern — possibly reaching 84 degrees and beating the previous high of 79 degrees set in 2018.
Thursday, temperatures are anticipated to cool to a high of 75 degrees, leaving the current record of 85 degrees set in 2006 unthreatened.
