Parts of Colorado drop from 80s to single digits in just over a day

If you think you've experienced wild weather, think again. 

Denver, Colorado, has accomplished something that pretty much never happens. 

The city went from summer to the heart of winter in a matter of hours courtesy of a powerful cold front. That same front will drop our temperatures from nearly 70° to the mid-30s between 3 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday. 

Here's a summary of the records set during the recent storm. Two of them are quite remarkable. 1) Breaking the record low today by 13°! 2) Tying the second largest 2-day temperature swing on record. #COwxpic.twitter.com/e6eoYu1bDB

— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) October 11, 2019

Temperatures Wednesday at 6 p.m. were in the lower 80s. By 10 p.m. a 40-degree drop had occurred as the temperature fell to 41°. By 7 a.m. Thursday, the temperature was 23°. 

That is good for a 60-degree drop in just over 12 hours! 

According to the National Weather Service (tweet above), Denver tied the its second largest 2-day temperature swing in recorded history. That truly is remarkable. 

Officially, the city reached 83° Wednesday. The high temperature on Thursday was a ridiculous 30°! By Friday morning, Denver dropped all the way to 9°.

That shattered the previous record low for October 11th, which was only 22°!