Denver weather: Record heat expected Thursday and Friday

Denver is expected to spot its hottest mid-September days successful 150 years Thursday and Friday.

The National Weather Service expects a precocious of 95 degrees Thursday, which would beryllium the hottest Sept. 9 since it began signaling the city’s somesthesia successful 1872. The existent grounds is 94 degrees, acceptable successful 1994.

There volition besides beryllium wide fume passim the day. The evening skies are expected to beryllium mostly wide with a debased astir 60 degrees.

We'll spot grounds oregon adjacent grounds warmth some contiguous and Friday crossed northeast and northbound cardinal Colorado. Here's a look astatine grounds temps and forecasts for a fewer locations, including grounds highs and grounds lukewarm mins. #COwx pic.twitter.com/sWusXW2vZL

— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) September 9, 2021

Friday is expected to beryllium adjacent hotter, topping retired astatine 98 degrees, according to the NWS. If so, that would easy interruption a regular grounds of 93 degrees acceptable successful 2018.

The play forecast looks milder. Saturday is expected to beryllium mostly sunny and windy, with a precocious adjacent 92 and a flimsy accidental of day thunderstorms.

There is besides a 10% accidental of rainfall Sunday afternoon. The precocious is forecast to beryllium astir 89 degrees nether mostly sunny skies.