More Record Heat
DENVER (CBS4) -
Another day with record tying heat in Denver! We hit 96 degrees, tying the old daily record high from 1990. Whew! We've been in the 90s since Monday, and we're going to stay hot through the weekend.
We've also been extremely dry this week. The official drought monitor is updated each Thursday morning and the latest update shows zero improvement from a week ago. That means nearly 75% of Colorado is under some stage of drought and 44% of the state is currently experiencing extreme or exceptional which are the two worse drought categories. Officially the Denver area is considered to be "abnormally dry" which is often the prelude to drought.
More fire danger heading into the weekend with these dry conditions. We'll have Red Flag Warnings for Moffat and Rio Blanco counties.
We'll be hot and sunny through the weekend, with highs in the 90s!
Plan on it be toasty for the Buffs and Broncos games this weekend.
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