Summer Ozone Season Comes to an End

On August 31, the summer ozone season came to an end.  Check out these amazing numbers from one of Colorado's hottest summers.

• Eight days of record high temperatures in the month of July.

• An average high temperature of 94.5 degrees in July.

• Five consecutive 100 degree days on July 19-23, tying the old record set in 1989.

• Seven total 100 degree days -- the most to occur in any single summer in Colorado.

• July was the second hottest month in Colorado in recorded history.

These stats came from Channel 7's weatherman, Mike Nelson.  Click below to check out Mike's blog!
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/weather/4260630/detail.html

All of these statistics made the weather ripe for ground-level ozone to occur; however, Denver never violated the eight-hour standard set by the Environmental Protection Agency.

This summer marked a successful end to the first year of a three-year campaign. 

Click below to check out the End of Ozone Season press release!!
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