So far, this fall is feeling more like summer, with near-record heat more reminiscent of August than October forecast for Denver in the coming days.
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Afternoon temperatures in Denver could peak near 88 degrees on Monday, which would break the city’s Oct. 5 heat record of 87 degrees set in 2024, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures bottomed out close to 55 degrees overnight, tying Denver’s record for the warmest overnight low, weather service records show.
Denver’s “normal” temperature high for Oct. 5 is 70 degrees, according to the weather service. Temperatures in the high 80s are common in August, monthly weather service records for Denver show.
Other record and near-record temperatures expected in Colorado on Monday, according to weather service forecasters, include highs of:
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- 88 degrees in Boulder, just short of the 90-degree record set in 1947
- 89 degrees in Brighton, which would break the 87-degree record set in 1990
- 85 degrees in Castle Rock, just short of the 87-degree record set in 2024
- 77 degrees in Estes Park, just short of the 80-degree record set in 2024
- 89 degrees in Fort Collins, which would break the 87-degree record set in 2024
- 85 degrees in Grand Junction, just short of the 87-degree record set in 2024
- 90 degrees in Greeley, which would tie the record set in 2024
- 87 degrees in Lakewood, which would break the 84-degree record set in 1997
- 90 degrees in Longmont, which would break the 89-degree record set in 1997
- 88 degrees in Wheat Ridge, just short of the 90-degree record set in 1993
Another day of near-record heat is expected Tuesday, with Denver set to reach a high of 86 degrees, weather service forecasters said. That’s just short of Denver’s 87-degree heat record for Oct. 6, which was last tied in 2020, according to weather service records.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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