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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT WED JUN 10 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
9-10 IN 1864...FROM THE 9TH TO THE 10TH...HIGH WATER FROM MELTING
SNOW COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER THE UPPER REACHES OF
THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER FORCED THE RIVER OVER ITS BANKS AND
CAUSED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER IN THE
CITY. THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE
CITY IS UNKNOWN.
10 IN 1943...A MAN WAS KILLED BY LIGHTNING WHILE USING A
SURVEYING INSTRUMENT AT BUCKLEY FIELD.
IN 1969...HAIL STONES 2 TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER CAUSED
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND AUTOMOBILES IN AN AREA
FROM NORTHEAST OF BOULDER TO LONGMONT. TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS
WERE REPORTED NEAR CASTLE ROCK. A FUNNEL CLOUD AND 1 INCH
HAIL STONES WERE REPORTED 10 TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. HAIL STONES TO 1 3/4
INCHES FELL 3 MILES WEST OF LITTLETON. HAIL TO 3/4 INCH
DIAMETER FELL OVER SOUTHEAST DENVER.
IN 1988...THUNDERSTORM WINDS CLOCKED TO 60 MPH UNROOFED A
PORCH AND DOWNED A FENCE AT A HOME NEAR STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
BRIEFLY IN NORTHEAST AURORA. ANOTHER SMALL TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN FOR 3 MINUTES IN SOUTHEAST AURORA. NO
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM EITHER TWISTER.
IN 1989...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVER SAW LIGHTNING
STRIKE 2 STORAGE TANKS AT 40TH AND HAVANA...3/8 MILE
NORTHEAST OF STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE STRIKE
TEMPORARILY KNOCKED OUT SOME WEATHER OBSERVING EQUIPMENT
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
IN 1991...A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF CASTLE ROCK.
NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. THE FUNNEL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH
THE TORNADO WAS SIGHTED FOR 5 MINUTES BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OBSERVERS AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1994...LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOME IN DENVER...WHICH STARTED A
FIRE IN THE ATTIC AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE.
IN 1997...LIGHTNING STRUCK A SECURITY GUARD AT THE CASTLE
PINES GOLF COURSE NEAR CASTLE ROCK. HE RECEIVED ONLY
MINOR INJURIES.
IN 1999...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROLLED OFF THE FOOTHILLS OVER
METRO DENVER...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL
TO 1 INCH DIAMETER FELL NEAR EVERGREEN WITH 1 3/4 INCH HAIL
MEASURED WEST OF GOLDEN. HAIL TO 1 1/2 INCHES FELL IN
COMMERCE CITY WITH ONE INCH HAIL IN LAKEWOOD...WHEAT RIDGE...
THE CITY OF DENVER AND AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WHERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 58 MPH. AS THE STORMS
MOVED EAST...3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN AURORA...AND
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS DEVELOPED BETWEEN BENNETT AND
STRASBURG. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 69 MPH BLEW HALF A
METAL ROOF FROM A SHED IN A BENNETT LUMBERYARD. A SMALL
BARN WAS ALSO LEVELED BETWEEN BENNETT AND STRASBURG. WINDS
ALSO GUSTED TO 58 MPH NEAR MANILLA.
IN 2000...A DRY MICROBURST PRODUCED A WIND GUST TO 58 MPH
AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT. THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED
TO 55 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2003...HAIL AS LARGE AS 1 3/4 INCHES WAS MEASURED AT
CENTENNIAL AIRPORT AND NEAR PARKER.
IN 2005...HAIL TO 7/8 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED NEAR
PARKER WITH 3/4 INCH HAIL MEASURED NEAR CASTLE ROCK.
IN 2009...LIGHTNING STRUCK AN APARTMENT COMPLEX...A
VETERINARY HOSPITAL IN BOULDER AND CAUSED MINOR
DAMAGE. LIGHTNING ALSO STRUCK TWO OIL TANKS...ONE
IN BOULDER AND THE OTHER AT FRONT RANGE AIRPORT NORTH
OF WATKINS. THE OIL TANKS IN BOTH INSTANCES WERE SET
ON FIRE AND SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
IN 2010...A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAMMERED PORTIONS
OF EASTERN ARAPAHOE...EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT
COUNTIES. THE HAIL RANGED FROM 1 INCH TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
THE LARGEST HAIL WAS OBSERVED NEAR ELIZABETH. AREAS IN AND
AROUND AURORA...BYERS...PARKER AND THORNTON WERE ALSO IMPACTED
BY LARGE HAIL. ONE WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR PROSPECT
VALLEY BUT DID NO DAMAGE. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...A
PEAK WIND GUST TO 35 MPH WAS OBSERVED FROM THE NORTHWEST.
10-11 IN 1882...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS ON THE MORNING OF THE
10TH CAUSED A RAPID RISE IN DRY CREEK...WHICH ENTERS THE
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER AT FAIRVIEW IN PRESENT DAY SOUTH
DENVER. THIS...COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
ON THE 11TH CAUSED THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER TO OVERFLOW.
FIVE PEOPLE DROWNED AND SEVERAL HOUSES WERE DESTROYED.
TOTAL LOSSES IN THE CITY AND SUBURBS WAS ESTIMATED AT 75
THOUSAND DOLLARS. TOTAL RAINFALL IN CENTRAL DENVER WAS
2.21 INCHES OVER THE 2 DAYS.
IN 2013...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99 DEGREES ON THE 10TH
BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 97 FOR
THE DATE. ALSO...THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 68 AND HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES ON THE 11TH ESTABLISHED A NEW
RECORD FOR HIGHEST MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR
THE DATE.
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