After a record-hot summer, Colorado could soon get a cooldown
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Colorado just sweated through its hottest summer on record. Denver wasn't far behind.
By the numbers: The state averaged 69.4°F from June through August, the warmest meteorological summer since records began in 1895, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data shows.
🥵 Zoom in: Denver averaged 74.9°F, tying 2020 for its third-hottest summer on record, behind only 2012 and 2024, per NOAA.
- The city also logged seven 100-degree days, tying 2005 for the second-most ever. Only 2012 had more, with 13.
Zoom out: The contiguous U.S. also just recorded both its hottest summer and hottest August to date, with record heat stretching across much of the Southwest.
- Warmer-than-normal nights offered little relief, NOAA says.
What's next: The first taste of cooler, fall-like weather is in the forecast, with Denver highs potentially only reaching the 70s early next week, 9News reports.
- "It's honestly been like four months since we've even been able to dream about some true cloudy, cool, rainy soup weather," 9News meteorologist Chris Bianchi said in a social media video Thursday.
Yes, but: This is Denver. Another 90-degree September day is possible.