It may have been one degree shy of triple digits, but today’s high temperature was still record-breaking.

The 99 degree mark was measured at DIA at 12:52 p.m., said CBS4’s Ed Greene. The previous high was 96 degrees in 1996. It’s the sixth time Denver highs have tied or broken records this summer.

The forecast calls for more hot weather, though no more scorchers are predicted.

"Chances are we probably won’t break a whole lot more records this week," Greene said. "We have a big ridge of high pressure that just sitting there. That’s allowing a hot air mass to just continue to reheat."

He thinks the ridge will shift and allow for showers to move into the area during the week.

That’s good news for Scott Thomas, 20, who was working security at Elitch Gardens during the blazing heat.

Donning shiny black lace-up shoes, navy blue pants and a crisp button-up shirt, Thomas was dawdling beneath misters that offered sweet relief.

"When it’s hot like this, most people hang out in the water park, get a tan," he said. "Sometimes when I’m up there in the water park, it’s so hot. There’s no shade, and you know, I get jealous of the people swimming in there."