After Denver’s hottest September on record, Tuesday will be a cool break from the heat before record-breaking temperatures return, according to the National Weather Service.
September had an average temperature — a combination of the daily highs and lows throughout the month — of 70 degrees, . The previous record, set in 2015, was 69.4 degrees.
The top 20 warmest Septembers in Denver are all within 3 degrees of each other, .
September typically sees about two days reach temperature highs at or above 90 degrees, according to NWS data. This year, nine days passed the 90-degree mark.
The record-breaking heat is expected to keep coming this week with both Wednesday and Saturday forecast to set their own daily records, .
After a forecast high of 78 degrees in Denver on Tuesday, temperatures are expected to jump 12 degrees to a 90-degree high on Wednesday, according to forecasters.
If Denver reaches the expected 90-degree high, it will break the previous Oct. 2 record of 88 degrees set in 2005, .
Both Thursday and Friday are expected to fall a few degrees short of setting new heat records, but Saturday will break the record for the hottest Oct. 5 in Denver if it reaches the forecast 89-degree high, NWS forecasters said. The previous Oct. 5 record of 86 degrees was set in 1997.
