Air conditioning rocks<\/a>.<\/p>\nDenver baked under a new record high of 102 degrees Saturday. […] Saturday marked the 12th straight day of temperatures of 90 degrees or higher this year.<\/p>\n
The last time Denver reached 100-degree territory was in July 2003, according to the National Weather Service, which recorded Saturday’s 102-degree high at Denver International Airport. The old record for July 16, 101 degrees, was set that year. Saturday marked the 51st time that Denver has experienced such a high temperature in the 134 years weather has been tracked here, according to the Weather Service.<\/p>\n
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