Heat in Colorado, July 1 to 15, 2000

Name: Heat in Colorado, July 1 to 15, 2000
Start: 2000-07-01T16:00
End: 2000-07-15T16:00
Location: Colorado

July 1 to 15, 2000 · NWS BOU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Denver Metropolitan Area / E Jefferson / W Adams / Denver / W Arapahoe / N Douglas

When: July 1, 4:00 PM MST to July 15, 4:00 PM MST
Where: Denver Metropolitan Area / E Jefferson / W Adams / Denver / W Arapahoe / N Douglas forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.714, -104.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

July 15th marked the end of a near record hot streak for the Denver area. The maximum high temperature at Denver International Airport equalled or exceeded the 90 degree mark for 17 consecutive days, from June 29th-July 15th; one day short of tying the all time record. The record of 18 consecutive days was set in two different years, July 1st-July 18th, 1874 and July 6th-23rd, 1901.

What these are

Heat: Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Colorado in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Colorado, July 2000

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5154805.