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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO  
259 AM MDT WED OCT 22 2025  
   
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY  
 
18-23 IN 2003...AN EXTENDED WARM SPELL RESULTED IN 5 NEW TEMPERATURE  
RECORDS. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES ON THE 18TH  
EQUALED THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE. HIGH TEMPERATURES  
OF 86 DEGREES ON THE 19TH...83 DEGREES ON THE 21ST...AND 84  
DEGREES ON THE 22ND WERE RECORD HIGHS FOR THE DATES. LOW  
TEMPERATURE OF 49 DEGREES ON THE 23RD WAS A RECORD HIGH  
MINIMUM FOR THE DATE. LOW TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD  
WERE IN THE 40'S AND LOWER 50'S.  
19-23 IN 1906...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 22.7 INCHES IN THE CITY OVER  
THE 5 DAYS. RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW ON THE EVENING OF THE  
19TH...AND SNOW CONTINUED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON OF THE  
23RD. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...16.0 INCHES...FELL  
FROM 8:00 PM ON THE 20TH TO 8:00 PM ON THE 22ND. THE MOST  
SNOW ON THE GROUND WAS 13.3 INCHES ON THE EVENING OF THE  
23RD. THIS WAS THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON AND THE ONLY  
SNOW OF THE MONTH. WINDS DURING THE STORM WERE FROM THE  
NORTH AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH EACH DAY.  
TEMPERATURES DURING THE STORM WERE GENERALLY IN THE 20'S.  
20-22 IN 1936...5.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.  
MOST OF THE SNOW...4.5 INCHES...FELL ON THE 20TH.  
21-22 IN 1978...HEAVY RAIN ON THE 21ST CHANGED TO SNOW BY DAYBREAK  
ON THE 22ND AND CONTINUED THE REST OF THE DAY. THIS WAS  
THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON...BUT TOTALED  
ONLY 1.7 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE  
EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 29 MPH. WHILE ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW  
COVERED THE GROUND...PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.27 INCHES.  
22 IN 1878...WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH.  
IN 1887...THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON OCCURRED...  
ENDING THE LONGEST SNOW-FREE PERIOD IN DENVER...232 DAYS...  
SINCE THE LAST SNOW ON MARCH 5TH.  
IN 1947...THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON TOTALED ONLY 1.6  
INCHES. POST-FRONTAL NORTH WINDS CAUSED TEMPERATURES  
TO PLUNGE FROM A HIGH OF 60 DEGREES AT MIDNIGHT TO A  
LOW OF ONLY 30 DEGREES 24 HOURS LATER. THIS WAS THE  
ONLY SNOW OF THE MONTH.  
IN 1985...HIGH WINDS GUSTING FROM 60 TO 80 MPH BUFFETED THE  
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. THE STRONGEST REPORTED WIND GUST  
WAS 89 MPH IN EASTERN BOULDER. A TREEHOUSE EAST OF BOULDER  
WAS SET ON FIRE BY A DOWNED POWER LINE. TWO PEOPLE IN  
BOULDER WERE INJURED. A WOMAN BROKE HER ARM WHEN THE  
STRONG WINDS KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND. A CARPENTER IN THE  
CITY SUFFERED A SEVERELY CUT HAND WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO  
REPAIR A ROOF THAT WAS BEING TORN FROM A BUILDING. AT  
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED  
TO 41 MPH.  
IN 2001...WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 54 MPH  
WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 70 DEGREES AT DENVER  
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  
22-23 IN 1914...POST-FRONTAL RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW. PRECIPITATION  
TOTALED 2.72 INCHES...MOST OF WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF  
MOIST SNOW WHICH MELTED AS IT FELL IN THE BUSINESS  
SECTION OF THE CITY. ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED  
ON LAWNS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON THE MORNING OF THE  
24TH. OFFICIAL SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 0.4 INCH DOWNTOWN...  
BUT AN ESTIMATED 8.0 INCHES OF SNOW MELTED AS IT FELL.  
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 29 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON BOTH DAYS.  
IN 1975...A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS METRO DENVER  
FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 52 MPH  
PRODUCED BILLOWS OF BLOWING DUST AND PLUNGED THE  
TEMPERATURE 21 DEGREES IN AN HOUR. THE SURFACE  
VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN BLOWING DUST AT  
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE TEMPERATURE COOLED  
FROM A DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 81 DEGREES TO A LOW OF 38  
DEGREES BY DAY'S END. THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON  
TOTALED 2.7 INCHES ON THE 23RD. THIS WAS THE ONLY  
MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL  
AIRPORT.  
IN 1995...HEAVY SNOW FELL ON THE PALMER RIDGE SOUTH OF DENVER  
AND IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS  
RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. SEDALIA...SOUTH OF DENVER...  
RECEIVED 8 INCHES OF SNOW. WINDS STRENGTHENED ON THE  
PLAINS AND PRODUCED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...REDUCING SURFACE  
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. I-70 WAS CLOSED  
FROM JUST EAST OF DENVER AT GUN CLUB ROAD TO THE KANSAS  
BORDER. TEN INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT STRASBURG EAST OF  
DENVER WHERE NORTH WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 35 TO  
45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH PRODUCED 2 TO 4 FOOT  
DRIFTS. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 2.2 INCHES AT THE SITE OF  
THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTH WINDS  
GUSTED TO 51 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  
 
 
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