A warming pattern will deliver metro Denver its first 90-degree day since final summer season on Monday, underneath principally blue skies amid sunshine with no rain, in accordance with the Nationwide Climate Service.
It’s been 272 days since temperatures in Denver topped 90 levels, climate service data present. Final yr, spring introduced the primary 90-degree day on Might 11, and by June the temperatures had reached 90 levels ten occasions.
Greater temperatures favor the formation of ground-level ozone air air pollution. The Colorado Division of Public Well being and the Surroundings has issued an air high quality alert efficient by 4 p.m., urging residents to attenuate driving in non-electric automobiles.
The excessive temperature in Denver Monday afternoon shall be 92 levels, forecasters mentioned. A light-weight wind will blow at speeds principally beneath 15 miles per hour. At evening, the temperatures will lower to 59 levels, forecasters mentioned.
East of Denver on Colorado’s japanese plains, the temperature will hit 96 levels in Wray, forecasters mentioned. Greater elevation cities alongside the Entrance Vary have been anticipated to remain cooler — 87 levels in Colorado Springs and 85 levels in Fortress Rock. By midweek across the first day of summer season, Denver’s temperatures possible will lower to round 82 levels.
The primary 90-degree day of the season is forecast for Denver this afternoon. It is going to then flip cooler by mid week with an opportunity of Thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday. #COwx pic.twitter.com/FfJ7CsyMsk
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) June 19, 2023
The CDPHE air high quality alert covers Douglas, Jefferson, Denver, Arapahoe, Adams, Broomfield, Boulder, Larimer, and Weld counties. Ozone air air pollution on Monday afternoon and night is anticipated to achieve ranges deemed “unhealthy for delicate teams” — the aged, kids, and folks with respiratory illnesses resembling bronchial asthma — particularly on the west aspect of metro Denver within the mountain foothills from Golden north into Boulder. Well being officers mentioned the elevated air air pollution will improve the chance of respiratory bother and suggested residents to keep away from heavy or extended exercise outdoors.