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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT FRI SEP 4 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
1-5 IN 1995...RECORD BREAKING HEAT OCCURRED ON THE FIRST 5 DAYS
OF THE MONTH WHEN THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED INTO THE 90'S
ON EACH DAY. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 97 DEGREES ON
BOTH THE 1ST AND 4TH EQUALED THE ALL-TIME RECORD MAXIMUM
FOR THE MONTH. HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES ON THE 3RD
WAS A RECORD FOR THE DATE. HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 94 DEGREES
ON BOTH THE 2ND AND THE 5TH WERE NOT RECORDS. THE LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES ON THE 4TH EQUALED THE RECORD
HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE DATE.
1-7 IN 1978...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 90 DEGREES OR MORE ON SEVEN
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE...94 DEGREES...
RECORDED ON BOTH THE 4TH AND 6TH.
1-30 IN 2020...A WORSENING DROUGHT THAT STARTED IN THE SPRING AND
CONTINUED THROUGH SEPTEMBER. OUTSIDE OF AN EARLY SEASON
SNOW ON THE 8TH...THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WAS ANOTHER
UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY PERIOD. THE COMBINATION
OF HOT...MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS...AND CRITICALLY DRY FUELS...
RESULTED IN A CONTINUATION AND RAPID EXPANSION OF SEVERAL
MASSIVE WILDFIRES. THE CAMERON PEAK FIRE...WHICH BECAME THE
LARGEST IN THE STATE'S HISTORY STARTED ON AUGUST 13TH...AND
CONTINUED THROUGH SEPTEMBER. AS A RESULT...VERY POOR AIR
QUALITY CONTINUED TO IMPACT DENVER AND THE ENTIRE FRONT
RANGE. DENVER RECORDED THE MOST DAYS EVER WITH A HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES OR BETTER; 75 DAYS. THE LAST
OF WHICH WAS 91 DEGREES ON THE 24TH. THE PREVIOUS
RECORD WAS 73 DAYS SET IN 2012.
3-6 IN 1909...RAINFALL FOR THE 4 DAYS ACCUMULATED TO 3.97 INCHES
IN BOULDER...WHILE IN DENVER RAINFALL TOTALED 2.45 INCHES
ON THE 4TH...5TH...AND 6TH.
4 IN 1909...APPARENT POST-FRONTAL HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALED 1.94
INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED
TO 19 MPH.
IN 1944...A TRACE OF RAIN FELL. THIS TOGETHER WITH A TRACE
OF RAIN ON THE 9TH...10TH...AND 30TH WAS THE ONLY
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH. THE TOTAL OF A TRACE OF
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH EQUALED THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER
ON RECORD FIRST SET IN 1892.
IN 1960...THE HIGHEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE IN SEPTEMBER...97
DEGREES...OCCURRED. THE SAME TEMPERATURE ALSO OCCURRED ON
SEPTEMBER 5...1899...SEPTEMBER 1...1995...AND SEPTEMBER 4...
1995.
IN 1989...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST FLIPPED A PLANE
TAXIING ON A PRIVATE RUNWAY IN ADAMS COUNTY EAST OF DENVER.
TWO PEOPLE WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED AND THE PLANE WAS HEAVILY
DAMAGED.
IN 1992...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPED ACROSS METRO DENVER BEHIND A
PACIFIC COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS. PRE-FRONTAL SOUTH WINDS GUSTED TO 37 MPH AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1995...TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK THEIR
HOME IN LAKEWOOD. THE LIGHTNING ENTERED THE ATTIC WHERE IT
STARTED A SMALL FIRE. IT THEN TRAVELED THROUGH THE WALLS...
EXPLODING A MIRROR AND SPRAYING GLASS ON THE RESIDENTS.
LIGHTNING ALSO SPARKED SMALL GRASS FIRES NEAR AURORA...DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND BENNETT. THE HIGHEST RECORDED
TEMPERATURE IN SEPTEMBER...97 DEGREES...OCCURRED. THE SAME
TEMPERATURE ALSO OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 5...1899...SEPTEMBER
4...1960...AND SEPTEMBER 1...1995.
IN 2000...THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 64 MPH IN CASTLE ROCK.
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