With an average daily high of 80 degrees throughout the month, this September has shattered the old record set in 1948.
But isn’t it too soon to tell?
“As long as we stay above zero, this will be the warmest September on record,” said Bernie Meier, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boulder.
“...It’s been warm enough that we’re pretty much locked into seeing that happen, even if we get real cold and see snow it’s still going to be the warmest on record for the Front Range.”
There’s little chance of snow though, the last day of September has an 80 degree high forecast by the NWS.
Along with the warm weather, the usual monsoonal rains haven’t come. Currently a quarter of the state - and most of the Front Range - is considered abnormally dry. According to Meier, the upcoming cooler temperatures should offset the lack of precipitation.
By the way, if you want to do some of your own armchair forecasting, Meier shared their methodology.
“We take the high temperature and the low temperature and get the average for the day, and then we just add that up for the month and divide by 30.”
