Summit County was toasty today but not quite record setting. We fell a few degrees short of the record of 84 degrees Fahrenheit from 1936.
The first official day of summer tomorrow, June 20, is forecast to be a scorcher. National Weather Service predicts a high of 83 degrees in Summit. The all-time high is 85 degrees, also from 1936. The Front Range and Eastern plains could break 100 degrees for the first time this summer.
Earlier this week the NWS in Alaska issued its first-ever heat advisory. Climate watchdog Grist reports Alaska is warming two times faster than global average.
Up north at Glacier National Park in Montana this weekend brings a winter storm watch for widespread snow. Up to a foot of summer snow could fall above 6,000 feet, possibly closing high-alpine roads like the popular Going-To-The-Sun scenic byway.
Preview image via Teton Science School.