What was the real temperature?
Denver, when they built the new airport, [Denver International Airport], in their infinite wisdom also moved the official themometer. Now it resides 20 miles north west of Denver out on the plains and not in the city itself. The old themometer was located at Stapleton Airport which was closer to downtown. Yesterday conflicting reports had Denver at 104 and reported on the Drudge report 105. Both of which are records and not to mention simply hot. Not like Las Vegas or Phoenix but still hot for the mile high city.
I unfortunately was out in Brighton Colorado about 15 miles north of Denver. We had some difficulties with our airconditioner at one of our transmitter sies and I had to wait for the repairman to come check it out. After the repairman showed up we used his lazer thermometer to check temps and we found it to be 108 degrees.
This brings me to the day before. Tuesday at about 1 in the afternoon I drove by I-25 and 56th in Denver and the themometer there was saying 108 as well. Now of coarse these roadside bank clocks and themometers do not always ruin real acurate, but still that seemed hot.
Now if you drive through Denver you will note that down in town and along Colorado blvd it seems hotter do to the reflection of light off of the windows on the street. This makes a higher temp but what was that temp? Then in the outlineing metro area the temps varied from higher to a few degrees lower for yesterdays 105/104. SO what was the actual temperature that we had here?
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Heat wave erases records across Colorado
By CATHERINE TSAI
Associated Press Writer
DENVER — Denver, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction and Pueblo all hit record highs Wednesday, but some relief could come this weekend with experts predicting moisture in some parts of the state.
In Denver, it reached 105 degrees at Denver International Airport, tying the hottest day of all time on record for the city. It was also 105 on Aug. 8, 1878, the National Weather Service said.
It was the second straight record day in Denver after a high of 101 on Tuesday, far above the normal highs in the upper 80s, and just the 53rd day of triple-digit temperatures in the 134-year history of highs in Denver, National Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Fredin said. The low Tuesday night was 71.
This week is typically the hottest time of year in Colorado, before the days start getting shorter and before monsoon season, a weather pattern that brings cooling moisture to the state, arrives, forecasters said.
On Wednesday, a high pressure system with dry winds bringing warm air from the Southwest helped push temperatures to 106 in Pueblo, surpassing the record 104 high in 1998. Colorado Springs was cooler at 97, but that topped the 1998 record high of 96.
Moisture from Hurricane Emily could help bring relief this weekend, when firefighters toiling in long-sleeved, fire-retardant clothing in temperatures approaching 100 expected to be mopping up two wildfires near Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado.
Chris Cuoco, a senior forecaster for the National Weather Service in Grand Junction, said forecasts seemed to show storms that could produce rain there Sunday or Monday.
"Unfortunately, when you transition from a hot, dry pattern to the first day of a monsoon flow, the first day or two can bring dry storms with not a lot of rain reaching the ground but just as much lightning, which can produce more fires," Cuoco said.
Well this doesn't answer the question. It does tell me though that I need to make sure I have plenty of water to drink and that my outside activities need to be limited and maybe like Allen Jackson sings, my lunch hour may take all afternoon because it is 5 o'clock somewhere.
I unfortunately was out in Brighton Colorado about 15 miles north of Denver. We had some difficulties with our airconditioner at one of our transmitter sies and I had to wait for the repairman to come check it out. After the repairman showed up we used his lazer thermometer to check temps and we found it to be 108 degrees.
This brings me to the day before. Tuesday at about 1 in the afternoon I drove by I-25 and 56th in Denver and the themometer there was saying 108 as well. Now of coarse these roadside bank clocks and themometers do not always ruin real acurate, but still that seemed hot.
Now if you drive through Denver you will note that down in town and along Colorado blvd it seems hotter do to the reflection of light off of the windows on the street. This makes a higher temp but what was that temp? Then in the outlineing metro area the temps varied from higher to a few degrees lower for yesterdays 105/104. SO what was the actual temperature that we had here?
News
Heat wave erases records across Colorado
By CATHERINE TSAI
Associated Press Writer
DENVER — Denver, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction and Pueblo all hit record highs Wednesday, but some relief could come this weekend with experts predicting moisture in some parts of the state.
In Denver, it reached 105 degrees at Denver International Airport, tying the hottest day of all time on record for the city. It was also 105 on Aug. 8, 1878, the National Weather Service said.
It was the second straight record day in Denver after a high of 101 on Tuesday, far above the normal highs in the upper 80s, and just the 53rd day of triple-digit temperatures in the 134-year history of highs in Denver, National Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Fredin said. The low Tuesday night was 71.
This week is typically the hottest time of year in Colorado, before the days start getting shorter and before monsoon season, a weather pattern that brings cooling moisture to the state, arrives, forecasters said.
On Wednesday, a high pressure system with dry winds bringing warm air from the Southwest helped push temperatures to 106 in Pueblo, surpassing the record 104 high in 1998. Colorado Springs was cooler at 97, but that topped the 1998 record high of 96.
Moisture from Hurricane Emily could help bring relief this weekend, when firefighters toiling in long-sleeved, fire-retardant clothing in temperatures approaching 100 expected to be mopping up two wildfires near Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado.
Chris Cuoco, a senior forecaster for the National Weather Service in Grand Junction, said forecasts seemed to show storms that could produce rain there Sunday or Monday.
"Unfortunately, when you transition from a hot, dry pattern to the first day of a monsoon flow, the first day or two can bring dry storms with not a lot of rain reaching the ground but just as much lightning, which can produce more fires," Cuoco said.
Well this doesn't answer the question. It does tell me though that I need to make sure I have plenty of water to drink and that my outside activities need to be limited and maybe like Allen Jackson sings, my lunch hour may take all afternoon because it is 5 o'clock somewhere.
