Colorado weather: 100-degree days, record-breaking heat arrives this week

It s heating up in Colorado Parts of the state could see three days of -degree weather this week according to the National Weather Provision Extreme heat is forecast to hit southeastern Colorado on Thursday with temperatures climbing to degrees in and around La Junta according to the weather facility s Pueblo office The -degree heat will expand to other areas including Lamar Eads and Pueblo in southern Colorado and Sterling Greeley and Fort Morgan in the north on Friday and again on Saturday according to the weather amenity As of Monday morning Denver temperatures were expected to hit degrees on Friday and hover around degrees on Saturday weather operation forecasters announced If Denver hits degrees on Friday it will break the city s record for the hottest June The current heat record is degrees set in according to weather arrangement statistics Related Articles More than flights delayed at DIA amid thunderstorms FAA ground delays Colorado weather Landspout tornado spotted near DIA Small earthquake hits town north of Denver early Friday morning FAA issues ground delay at DIA for thunderstorms hundreds of flights affected Colorado weather Storms to bring severe hail winds to southeastern part of the state Denver will also come close to record-breaking heat on Thursday and Saturday Temperatures are forecast to hit degrees on Thursday just under the record of degrees set in according to the weather utility If Denver sees -degree temperatures on Saturday it will tie the record for the hottest June which was set in Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter