Monday (3/16) Was Earliest 80-Degree Day In 143 Years Of Denver Weather Records

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DENVER (CBS4) – The calendar might still show winter, but it felt more like early summer across Colorado on Monday. For the second day in a row new record high temperatures were set across the region.

Denver’s high of 81°F at Denver International Airport on Mar. 16 broke the previous record of 75°F set in 2012. It was also the earliest 80°F temperature recorded in Denver since the climate record began in 1872. The previous earliest 80°F reading was recorded on Mar. 18, 1907, when the high was 82°F.

It was even warmer in downtown Denver where the temperature hit 83°F at nearby City Park.

Other records set on Mar. 16 include 84°F in Pueblo, 80°F in Colorado Springs, 84°F in Burlington and 83°F in Yuma. An unofficial temperature of 90°F was reported by CBS4 Weather Watcher Dakota McGee near Wray.

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http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/03/16/denver-records-earliest-80-degree-temperature-in-143-year-climate-record/

[trees1planet]

1. We are responsible for this

We are responsible for this temperature. This is the effect of global worming. We have to do something now. If we not control the emission of CO2, soon we have nothing to do.

[GliderGuider]

2. A "safe" level of CO2 is 350 ppm. We're now over 400.

There is no way to take it out of the atmosphere faster than we're putting it in.

This is it. Enjoy your remaining time here, and help others do the same.

[trees1planet]

3. This is really a horrible news.

This is really a horrible news. But our leaders still sleeping.

[GliderGuider]

4. If our leaders woke up it would cost their owners money. nt

[pscot]

5. We're owned, not led

[GliderGuider]

6. But you have to admit

It's nice of our owners to buy us such impressive figureheads. Big stone figureheads. They must really love us. Right?