DENVER Denver broke a record daily high set 70 years ago on Monday, and forecasters with the National Weather Service in Boulder said temperatures could still get warmer before the days over.Weather service officials said in a social media post the Mile High City had officially broken its daily record high for Dec. 22 with a temperature of 76 F at Denver International Airport (the previous record was 70 F in 1955), and warned we could add a few more degrees to today's high before sundown.Mondays record high is the second warmest December temperature for Denver since record-keeping began in 1872, they noted, with Dec. 5, 1939, being the warmest December temperature ever recorded in Denver at 79 F.A red flag warning remains in effect for the Front Range foothills, the Palmer Divide and South Park until 5 p.m. Monday due to westerly winds that could gust up to 35 mph combined with low relative humidity conditions that will be favorable for rapid fire spread.The fire danger eases slightly on Tuesday as winds relax, but the warm and dry pattern continues, according to Denver7's Clara Faith.Temperatures will remain well above normal, with highs again reaching the upper 60s for the Denver metro area through at least Christmas Day, which could see a high of 69 F. Denver7 Weather ...read more read less