BoulderCAST Daily – Wed 08/05/26 | Mid‑80s Today, Near‑100° by the Weekend

Highs finally dipped out of the relentless heat on Tuesday — our first sub‑80° day in seven weeks across the Denver Metro area. Boulder even struggled to escape the upper 60s! Even with elevated smoke, it was one of those rare midsummer days where you could step outside at any hour without getting blasted by the climate change furnace. That …

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.