Denver temperatures hit 80 degrees for the first time this year on Wednesday, ahead of three days of potentially record-breaking heat, according to the National Weather Service.
The earliest Denver has ever recorded 80-degree temperatures was on Feb. 10, a record set in 2017, .
Temperatures in Denver hit 80.1 degrees by 3:53 p.m. Wednesday and hovered there until nearly 5 p.m., . Temperatures had already entered the 70s by 11 a.m., according to the observations.
A was in effect for the Denver area and parts of the Eastern Plains from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, weather service forecasters said. Up to 30 mph wind gusts and single-digit humidity as low as 8% created “critical fire weather conditions,” .
The city will continue to heat up over the next three days, with including record-breaking highs of:
- 82 degrees on Thursday, which would break the 81-degree March 19 record set in 1907.
- 85 degrees on Friday, which would break the 80-degree March 20 record set in 1907.
- 87 degrees on Saturday, which would break the 78-degree March 21 record set in 1995.
Friday’s expected 85-degree high would also break the overall March heat record of 84 degrees set in 1971, . Saturday’s 87-degree heat would break that record a second time.
