July was the Earth’s hottest month on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Colorado, especially the Western Slope, contributed to the worldwide swelter.
The global temperature for July 2021 was the highest in the 142-year history of such record keeping, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The global surface temperature in July was 1.67 degrees above the 20th-century average of 60.4 degrees, NOAA said Friday in a news release.
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Colorado had a average temperature of 69.9 degrees in July; the months of July in only 10 other years have been hotter over the 127-year history of state weather data. The 69.9 degrees was 2.8 degrees hotter than a usual July in Colorado. The mean temperature for Colorado in July from 1901 to 2000 was 67.1 degrees.
“It was very warm in July for the state,” said Gregory Hanson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boulder. “Most of the warmth was on the Western Slope where we have prolonged drought.”
On July 9 Grand Junction had an all-time high temperature of 107 degrees.
“Temperatures ranked in the top 33rd percentile for the majority of the state in July,” according to the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University. “Some below-normal temperatures were observed in eastern Colorado. West of the Continental Divide, temperatures were extremely warm, ranking in the top 10% of all years. Some areas in northern Colorado experienced a record warm July.”
Colorado’s heat is being fueled, in part, by an upper-level ridge that has been set up over the West for weeks. Cool air from the Northwest isn’t filtering into Colorado, as normal, this summer because that region is struggling with its own record-breaking heat.
In the contiguous United States, much of the West and Northern Plains had above-average temperatures during the month, with several states having their warmest July on record, according to NOAA. Overall this was the 13th-warmest July (tied with 1954 and 2002) on record for the nation.
In Denver the high temperature hit 102 degrees on July 8 and 100 degrees on July 28. July’s heat in the city included an eight-day run, July 16-23, of high temps over 90 degrees and a six-day run of highs over 90, July 25-30.
August is shaping up to be another hot month in Colorado, Hanson said.
“We are off to a hot start,” Hanson said. “Our official outlook calls for still warm conditions through August. There are no signs that the ridge will break down. Overall, the ridge will continue to reestablish itself and keep us on the warm side through the end of the month.”
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