Rank Denver's Upcoming Valentine's Day Cold With This List From Weather History

DENVER (CBS4) - Colorado's Weather Center at CBS4 has issued an official "Cuddle Alert" for the upcoming weekend. That's because it is looking more and more like Valentine's Day will be one of the coldest ever recorded in Denver.

Weather records dating back to 1872 show some surprising stats in that really cold weather isn't all that common in Denver on Valentine's Day. It's about 18% of the time that the high on Feb. 14 is 32°F or colder and about 6% of the time the low temperature falls to zero or below.

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As of this posting on Tuesday morning we are forecasting a high of 16° with a low of -5° in Denver on Sunday. This will likely change in the days ahead as we get a better grasp on how the next wave of cold will impact Colorado.

One big wildcard will be future snow. We need a fresh blanket of snow with clear skies to achieve these extremely cold temperatures. Right now we don't have a snowpack in place along the Front Range.

VALENTINE'S DAY HIGH TEMPERATURES 32° AND BELOW IN DENVER

8° in 1895
9° in 1900
12° in 1909
16° in 1881, 1923 and 1990
17° in 2001
18° in 1903 and 2007
21° in 1942
24° in 1968
25° in 1929 and 1932
27° in 1893, 1964 and 2010
28° in 1966, 1978, 1980 and 1989
30° in 1956
31° in 1873, 1944 and 1952
32° in 1917, 1949 and 2008

VALENTINE'S DAY LOW TEMPERATURES 0° AND BELOW IN DENVER

-10° in 1903
-7° in 1881
-6° in 1966
-5° in 1895 and 1951
-1° in 1884, 1909 and 1936
0° in 1900