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Todays weather in Denver - Thursday - 14 May 2026
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Denver is chasing a second consecutive record high on Thursday — 87° with gusty evening storms and an active fire danger alert on the Front Range. Here's what to expect for your commute, your afternoon, and the weekend cooldown ahead.
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Denver crossed ninety degrees Wednesday. That's the first time this year, and it may have just broken a record that has stood since nineteen fifteen.
Thursday's high is forecast near eighty-seven degrees. The record for May fourteenth is also eighty-seven, set in twenty thirteen.
The more serious implication of this heat surge is fire danger. With dry conditions and temperatures near ninety, the Front Range is now under an elevated fire danger alert.
The signal here is that conditions shift quickly Thursday evening. There's a sixty percent chance of rain, and some of those storms could carry gusty winds.
The broader picture shifts this weekend. A more widespread rain chance is moving in, and temperatures are expected to drop noticeably.
The two things to track from here: whether Thursday's high officially ties or breaks the twenty thirteen record, and how organized and intense the weekend rain system turns out to be. More rain means faster fire danger relief.
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