Cooler temps to offer some reprieve from the heat

To most, the last week came as quite a shock after the abnormally cool and wet May we just experienced. The average temperature in May was 53.0 degrees (just short of the top 10 coolest Mays, but well below average) but has since spiked to 67.9 in the first week of June. Denver has already recorded three 90 degree days this month (NWS). This heat wave, however, is expected to be moving out over the 12 hours or so, allowing for cooler temperatures to settle in. Several disturbance will make this possible, with even a chance for scattered showers accompanying the cooler weather Wednesday evening through Friday. Highs on Thursday and Friday are expected to stay in the lower 70s.

Temps should warm back to the low 80s as we head into the weekend and early next week, but it looks like the 90s will take there time returning.

Cooler for the weekend

After a week of spring-like temperatures, things will start to cool just a bit going into the weekend. The next several days will remain nice, but we should top out in the 50s rather than the mid to upper 60s. Saturday night a secondary cold front will come racing through the region and drop our temperatures even further with highs only expected in the 30s and 40s for northeast Colorado. Will introduce a slight chance of snow (20%) during the Saturday night/Sunday time frame. At this point it looks like most of the accumulating snow will be restricted to the mountains through the period.