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Denver breaks 66-year-old high temperature record

Walkers take advantage of the warm weather to take a few laps around Sloan Lake Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017.
The Denver Post

Friday’s sunny skies and gusty winds helped set a new high temperature for the date.

The National Weather Service in Boulder says the temperature climbed to 74 degrees at 10:24 a.m. Friday at Denver International Airport. That’s three degrees above the previous Feb. 10 high of 71 degrees set in 1951.

By 10:53 a.m., the weather service said the temperature jumped again to 75 degrees.

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