Monday was already the 6th day above 95 degrees in Denver and Tuesday will be the 7th. It's only been this hot this early in the summer five other times in history.
BOULDER, Colo. — Unusually hot temperatures in Colorado this June have meteorologists“If you’re exposed to those conditions for a prolonged period, that puts a lot of strain on the body and that’s where heat related illnesses creep up,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Greg Heavener.
“That’s where I think we have issues with the heat advisory being needed because folks haven’t adjusted to that intense heat just yet because we are still early in the season for that extreme heat, ” said Heavener.The NWS issues an alert called a heat advisory when the temperatures might reach dangerous levels.
Another popular criteria used to issue a heat advisory in other states is the heat index which incorporates the relative humidity. And Colorado's climate is a dry heat so the heat index does not accurately describe the level of heat.
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