95° before noon at DIA. 100° watch is officially on. #COwx
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🌡️ Another 100°? Temps will soar near 100° in Denver today (record: 105°), and smoky. A chance for a brief gusty shower after 3p, localized 40-50 mph gusts possible. 🌦️ Similar tomorrow before a gradual cooldown starts Tuesday, with good rain chances returning mid-week. #COwx
And yes, I’m aware Denver’s monsoon has been mostly a bust so far (though notably it’s been solid in the mountains). Next week looks promising. Lots of moisture, subtle pushes of lift. That’s not a guarantee your house is getting 8.5 billion inches of rain. Just optimism. #COwx
Bad news: smoky blowtorch through Monday. Good news: relief is in sight mid-next week. Looks much cooler with good storm odds. That’s not a guarantee that your house is getting drought-drenching rain. It means it leans cooler, with better odds for dousing storms. #COwx
🌡️ Hot, smoky, and dry: Temps are back in the upper 90s in Denver today (record: 99°, 2025), and dry with more lousy air quality from wildfire smoke and ground ozone. 🥵 Even hotter tomorrow with a Heat Advisory and a high near 100°, no relief until mid-next week. #COwx
Denver’s last 3 days: 2:30p Monday: 102° (record high) 4:30a yesterday: 47° (record low) 3p today: 96° 55° drop in 38 hours, followed by a 49° spike 34 hours later. Denver just Denvering. #COwx
Air quality is a touch worse today, unhealthy for sensitive groups. That's because there's more ground ozone today compared to yesterday, in addition to the wildfire smoke. #COwx
Heat Advisory for Saturday for the Denver area, with highs back near 100. I promise I'm fun at bars. #COwx
Smoke will continue to come/go through the weekend and early next week...should improve mid-next week. #COwx
FYI: We say "at least 26 years" because that's as far back as official drought monitor data goes.
Chris Bianchi@bianchiweather.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: Most of Denver is now in the highest level of drought (exceptional) for the first time since 2021, and it's the highest % of Denver in drought on record. In other words: This is Denver's worst drought in at least 26 years. #COwx
NEW: Most of Denver is now in the highest level of drought (exceptional) for the first time since 2021, and it's the highest % of Denver in drought on record. In other words: This is Denver's worst drought in at least 26 years. #COwx
🌡️ Here we go again: temps spike back into the upper 90s in Denver today (record: 100°, 1980), and it'll be smoky/hazy again due to Pacific Northwest wildfires. 😶🌫️Similar tomorrow and through the weekend, with highs near 100° with wildfire smoke and lousy air quality. #COwx
Official Denver low this morning updated to 47°...that means: 1) we broke the record low this morning, just 38 hours after breaking a record high and 2) we tied our biggest two-day summer temperature swing on record (55°, 102° to 47°) #COwx
smoky blowtorch -> smoky blowtorch -> smoky blowtorch -> smoky blowtorch -> meaningful relief next week #COwx
Air quality remains moderate around the Denver area and most of the state. Not great, but not awful either. Air quality will probably get worse tomorrow/Friday as more ground ozone develops, along with another push of wildfire smoke tomorrow. #COwx
Smoke probably won't let up anytime soon, with another surge likely tomorrow. Steady NW flow = Pacific Northwest wildfire smoke gets pushed in and reinforced. That said, it should slowly improve next week as monsoon moisture works back in. #COwx
Denver's 54° temperature drop in 38 hours is the 2nd-biggest summer temperature swing on record. Only one bigger: a 93° to 38° swing June 10-12, 2008! #COwx
Fire Weather Warning for the mountains today, 30-40 mph gusts. Higher end fire danger day for the high country. Warning runs noon-7p today. #COwx
Denver just tied a record low…38 hours after setting a record high! 2:30p Monday: 102° (new record) 4:30a this morning: 48° (ties daily record) 54° swing! #COwx
48° this morning at DIA = coolest morning since June 16 (50 days ago)! Enjoy it while it lasts! #COwx
🌤️ Warmer and still smoky/hazy today, with a high back in the upper 80s in Denver (close to average for early August). Fire Weather Warnings for the foothills/mountains, gusts 25-30 mph there. 🌡️ Even hotter tomorrow (mid-90s), and back near 100° Friday-Monday. Yay. #COwx
Yes it's hot and dry for the next few days, but relief is on the way. Next week looks active. Does that mean your house will receive non-stop drenching rain? No. Does that mean rain/storm chances will be higher than usual next week? Likely yes. #COwx
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Yuck. Metro area air quality is currently moderate but bordering on unhealthy (mostly 90-100). Will probably improve a tad tomorrow, more later this week. #COwx
All of Colorado's 64 counties are under an Air Quality Alert through at least 9a tomorrow. Been a while since that's happened. Wildfire smoke from Utah + Pacific Northwest is gonna make it rough out there today + tomorrow. #COwx
If anyone asks me why Denver is the awesomest, coolest, raddest weather city in the world, it's because of stuff like this
Chris Bianchi@bianchiweather.bsky.social · 4d agoDenver just Denvered: 2:30p yesterday in Denver: 102° 4:30a this morning: 52° 50° swing in 14 hours! #COwx
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Denver *nearly* broke a record high and broke a record low 14 hours apart. Low of 52° this AM nearly tied the record (50°), after we broke the daily record (102°) yesterday afternoon. #COwx
Chris Bianchi@bianchiweather.bsky.social · 4d agoDenver just Denvered: 2:30p yesterday in Denver: 102° 4:30a this morning: 52° 50° swing in 14 hours! #COwx
Denver just Denvered: 2:30p yesterday in Denver: 102° 4:30a this morning: 52° 50° swing in 14 hours! #COwx