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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT WED MAR 11 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
9-11 IN 1927...RAIN CHANGED TO HEAVY SNOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND
TOTALED 7.7 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTH WINDS WERE
SUSTAINED TO 37 MPH WITH AN EXTREME VELOCITY TO 38 MPH ON
THE 11TH.
IN 1955...A STRONG WINDSTORM RAKED THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS. A
WIND GUST TO 95 MPH WAS RECORDED AT ROCKY FLATS WITH A GUST
TO 60 MPH MEASURED AT VALMONT. DAMAGE IN BOULDER TOTALED
10 THOUSAND DOLLARS. MINOR INJURIES ALSO OCCURRED. THE
STRONG WINDS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT
THAT PRODUCED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 52 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE THE VISIBILITY WAS
BRIEFLY REDUCED TO 3/4 MILE IN BLOWING DUST ON THE 10TH.
IN 1968...5.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 24 MPH ON THE 10TH.
9-19 IN 1906...AN EXTENDED COLD AND BLUSTERY PERIOD OCCURRED WITH
LIGHT SNOW TOTALING 14.4 INCHES OVER 11 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOW ON A SINGLE DAY WAS 4.0 INCHES
ON THE 15TH. ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW FELL ON THE 12TH AND 17TH.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW FREEZING FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD.
THE COLDEST WERE 14 DEGREES ON THE 16TH AND 18 DEGREES ON THE
17TH. BOTH READINGS WERE RECORD LOW MAXIMUMS FOR THE DATES.
LOW TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. THE
COLDEST WERE 2 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 16TH AND 5 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO ON THE 19TH. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO
22 MPH ON THE 9TH. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 36 MPH ON
THE 10TH...32 MPH ON THE 13TH...AND 22 MPH ON THE 15TH.
10-11 IN 1886...SNOWFALL OF 3.5 INCHES WAS MEASURED IN
DOWNTOWN DENVER. APPARENT POST-FRONTAL NORTH WINDS
WERE SUSTAINED TO 43 MPH ON THE 11TH.
IN 1977...A MAJOR BLIZZARD STRUCK METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL
TOTALED 8.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WHERE NORTH WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
60 MPH FREQUENTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW TO
1/4 MILE OR LESS. MOST OF THE SNOW...7.7 INCHES...FELL ON
THE 10TH. THE SNOW ENDED BY DAYBREAK ON THE 11TH...BUT
STRONG NORTH WINDS PERSISTED THROUGH THE DAY.
IN 1988...A LATE WINTER STORM PRODUCED HEAVY SNOW AND WIND...
MAINLY NORTH OF DENVER. WIND GUSTS REACHED 62 MPH AT
KEENESBURG AND PRODUCED A LOT OF BLOWING SNOW...CLOSING
SCHOOLS IN SOUTHWEST WELD COUNTY. THE STORM CLOSED I-70
EAST OF DENVER. ONLY 1.1 INCH OF SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BUT NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 39 MPH.
10-12 IN 1924...SNOWFALL WAS HEAVY AND TOTALED 9.9 INCHES OVER
DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 18 MPH
ON THE 11TH.
IN 2001...HEAVY SNOW FELL OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AND METRO
DENVER WHEN A COMBINATION OF UPSLOPE WINDS AND CONVECTIVE
SNOW BANDS FORMED OVER THE AREA. STORM TOTALS INCLUDED:
11 INCHES AT THE ELDORA SKI RESORT; 10 INCHES AT GENESEE;
8 INCHES AT ELIZABETH...ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...NEAR SEDALIA...
AND AT STRASBURG; 7 INCHES NEAR CASTLE ROCK AND EVERGREEN;
AND 6 INCHES IN AURORA...ATOP CROW HILL...AND IN PARKER.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS METRO DENVER...SNOWFALL RANGED FROM 2
TO 5 INCHES WITH 3.9 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO
28 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 10TH.
11 IN 1896...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 56 MPH.
IN 1991...THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT PRODUCED
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ACROSS METRO DENVER. BLOWING
DUST REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO 2 MILES AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO
49 MPH. A BLIZZARD ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO CLOSED I-70
FROM WATKINS TO THE EAST...BUT DENVER ESCAPED THE STORM WITH
ONLY A TRACE OF SNOWFALL.
11-12 IN 1929...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 9.3 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN
DENVER. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 31 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 34 MPH ON THE 11TH.
IN 1947...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.0 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN
DENVER. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 15 MPH ON THE 11TH.
IN 1963...SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.8 INCHES AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS
GUSTED TO 25 MPH ON THE 11TH.
IN 1993...A STRONG STORM DUMPED HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS
AND 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW OVER METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL
TOTALED 3.6 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 35 MPH.
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