Denver weather: Records highs fall across the state as late-season heatwave continues

The precocious somesthesia successful Denver could attack 100 degrees connected Friday and surpass triple-digits successful Pueblo and different locations connected the Plains, arsenic Colorado endures 1 of its warmest September days connected record, according to the National Weather Service successful Boulder.

The forecast precocious of 98 degrees, which is expected to hap astir 3 p.m., would beryllium tied for the 3rd hottest September time and the hottest time this precocious successful the month, according to the National Weather Service. Denver’s all-time grounds precocious somesthesia successful September was 101 degrees reached connected Sept. 5, 2020, followed by a precocious of 100 reached connected Sept. 2, 2019.

“It volition beryllium 1 of the apical 10 warmest September days connected grounds crossed our area, and the latest it’s been this blistery oregon adjacent to it,” meteorologists with the NWS said successful their forecast. The predicted precocious is 17 degrees supra the mean precocious successful Denver for Sept. 10 and 5 degrees supra the aged grounds precocious for the day.

Fort Collins is expected to scope 97 degrees, Grand Junction and Colorado Springs should apical retired astatine 96 degrees and Pueblo is expected to scope a precocious of 101 degrees, its 4th hottest September time connected record.

High vigor combined with fume from wildfires volition effect successful a 2nd enactment time for ozone and different pollutants crossed metro Denver and northbound into Boulder, Larimer and Weld Counties, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Concentrations of ozone and good particulates are expected to scope a level that is unhealthy for delicate groups done 4 p.m., though that alert could beryllium extended. Drivers are urged to debar unnecessary trips.

“People with bosom oregon lung disease, older adults, progressive adults, and children should trim prolonged oregon dense exertion passim the Front Range region,” the alert warned.

For a 2nd day, Denver Public Schools volition adjacent oregon spell to a reduced docket astatine respective schools owed to the precocious temperatures and a deficiency of aerial conditioning. McMeen Elementary School, Traylor Academy, Polaris Elementary School and Hamilton Middle School volition beryllium closed Friday.

Temperatures should autumn connected Saturday arsenic a acold beforehand approaches the state, but they volition stay unseasonably lukewarm for this clip of year. Denver is expected to scope a precocious of 93 degrees, good supra the mean precocious of 81 degrees.