Triple-digit temperatures are expected to scorch Denver on Monday as hot, dry weather continues across Colorado, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures in the city are forecast to peak at 100 degrees Monday afternoon, which would tie Denver’s record for the hottest July 28, according to weather service data.
This comes after the high of 98 degrees expected in the city on Sunday, forecasters said.
Northern Colorado and the state’s Eastern Plains will see temperatures hover in the high 90s on Sunday, with several areas hitting 100 degrees, and that heat will continue Monday, weather service forecasters said.
Monday afternoon temperatures are forecast to hit 102 degrees in Fort Morgan, 103 degrees in Sterling, 102 degrees in Greeley and 99 degrees in Fort Collins, according to the weather service.
Afternoon showers and thunderstorms will return Tuesday and Wednesday, forecasters said in a hazardous weather outlook.
The return of rain will bring with it an elevated flood threat on Tuesday and a high flood threat on Wednesday for the Front Range and Eastern Plains, according to the Colorado Department of Natural Resources.
The most rain is expected in the northeast corner of Colorado, including parts of Weld, Morgan, Logan, Sedgwick and Phillips counties, according to the department’s flood threat bulletin.
But Denver and the surrounding metro area could still see between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain per hour during Wednesday’s storms, according to the bulletin.
That’s the equivalent of 19.5 to 26 inches of snow, meteorologists with the National Severe Storms Laboratory said.
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