Near-record temperatures are forecast for Denver on Thursday amid one of the city’s longest snowless streaks on record, but cooler weather is on the horizon, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures are expected to peak at about 74 degrees Thursday afternoon, according to weather service forecasters. That’s just shy of Denver’s current 75-degree record, set in 1999, weather service records show.
Denver will see two more days with afternoon highs in the 70s before daytime temperatures begin to drop, forecasters said.
Starting Monday, the city can expect maximum temperatures in the mid-50s and overnight lows near freezing, but a solid snow forecast remains elusive, according to the weather service.
With no snow expected through at least Monday, Denver is on track to document its fourth-latest snow on record, according to weather service data. If no snow falls by Wednesday, this season’s first snow will pass the third-latest spot.
The last time it snowed in Denver was on April 18, according to the weather service. By Monday, it will have been 213 days without snow, marking Denver’s fifth-longest consecutive snowless stretch.
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