BoulderCAST Daily – Fri 03/20/26 | A very warm Friday ahead of high-end fire danger and likely 90° readings on Saturday

As expected, Boulder and Denver both set new all-time March monthly record highs on Thursday reaching a toasty 85°F during the afternoon hours. This broke Boulder's prior March best of 83° set back in 1910. Sadly, this record high won't even last 24 hours, with a slightly warmer day expected for our Friday. The map below shows the long-term weather …

Ben Castellani

Ben grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania and holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Meteorology, the latter being from CU Boulder. His hometown received nearly three feet of snow from the Storm of the Century back in March of 1993, sparking his initial interest in impactful weather. Ben currently works on remote sensing and data analysis software at NV5 Geospatial Software in Boulder.