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The Denver Post
Denver heat wave produces record temperatures yet again September 14, 2018 By Kieran Nicholson | knicholson@denverpost.com Heat records in Denver seemingly went on a fire sale this week, including tying a recordhigh temperature of 92 on Friday. The record-high temperature for Denver on Sept. 14 — 92 degrees — was set 70 years ago, in 1948. The long-standing record was tied at 2:57 p.m. Friday, according to the National Weather Service. It marked the fourth time in five days that Denver either tied or exceeded a record-high temperature. On Thursday, a record-high temperature of 96 degrees was tied in Denver, matching the previous high for Sept. 13 that had been set in 1895 and tied in 1990. On Tuesday, the Denver record-high temperature for Sept. 11 was broken, according to the weather service. The previous record temperature for the date, also 92 degrees, was set in 1951. Tuesday’s temperature in the city climbed to 93 degrees. On Monday, the record-high temperature in Denver, 93 degrees, set in 1998, was tied, the weather service said. Overnight temperatures in the city have been unseasonably warm and one, on Thursday, was a also a record breaker. The low temperature on Thursday was 64 degrees in Denver. That set a new highest-low temperature for the date, Sept. 13, breaking the previous record of 62 set in 1927. The heat is expected to sizzle through the weekend. The record-high temperature for the city on Sept. 15 is 92 degrees set in 2000. The forecast high for Saturday in Denver is 94 degrees, according to the weather service.
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