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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO  
259 AM MDT THU AUG 13 2026  
   
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY  
 
8-13 IN 1875...FROM THE 8TH TO THE 13TH...CLOUDS OF GRASSHOPPERS WERE  
SEEN FLYING THROUGH THE AIR ON THE PREVAILING WINDS DURING  
EACH DAY.  
12-13 IN 1975...OVERNIGHT FROM THE 12TH TO THE 13TH...HEAVY RAINS  
CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE FOOTHILLS FROM DENVER  
NORTH. THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL TOTALED 1.56 INCHES AT  
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  
IN 2004...A BRIEF COOL SPELL RESULTED IN TWO DAILY  
TEMPERATURE RECORDS. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 49  
DEGREES WAS A RECORD MINIMUM FOR THE 12TH...AS WAS  
THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 48 DEGREES ON THE 13TH.  
13 IN 1959...THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 53 MPH AT STAPLETON  
AIRPORT.  
IN 1983...THUNDERSTORMS DUMPED TORRENTIAL RAIN IN NORTHGLENN...  
THORNTON...AND BROOMFIELD. NORTHGLENN WAS DRENCHED WITH  
1.72 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES. STREET FLOODING WAS WIDESPREAD.  
HAIL...AS LARGE AS 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...WAS REPORTED  
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOULDER ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN WHICH  
CAUSED SOME STREET FLOODING.  
IN 2000...LIGHTNING SPARKED 3 SMALL GRASS FIRES NEAR GOLDEN.  
THE FIRES WERE QUICKLY CONTAINED. HAIL AS LARGE AS 3/4  
INCH IN DIAMETER FELL IN CASTLE ROCK.  
IN 2019...HAIL UP TO 1 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS OBSERVED  
4 MILES WEST OF FREDERICK...WITH HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN  
DIAMETER NEAR DACONO.  
 
 
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