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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT SUN AUG 9 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
8-10 IN 1979...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS ON EACH OF THREE
CONSECUTIVE DAYS DUMPED A TOTAL OF 2.22 INCHES OF RAIN
AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN...
0.95 INCHES...FELL ON THE 9TH. SMALL HAIL TO 1/8 INCH
DIAMETER FELL ON THE 8TH.
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.
9 IN 1900...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED WEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO
47 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...BUT ONLY 0.01 INCH OF RAIN.
IN 1902...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED NO RAIN AND NORTH WINDS
SUSTAINED TO 52 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
IN 1934...HEAVY CLOUDBURSTS IN THE FOOTHILLS NEAR KITTREDGE
AND AT THE HEAD OF MOUNT VERNON CREEK CAUSED FLASH FLOODING
ON BOTH BEAR CREEK AND MOUNT VERNON CREEK AT MORRISON...
WHICH RESULTED IN 6 DEATHS AND MUCH PROPERTY DAMAGE.
THE HIGHWAY IN MOUNT VERNON CANYON WAS DESTROYED BY THE
FLOOD WATERS.
IN 1981...3/4 INCH HAIL FELL AT KITTREDGE NEAR EVERGREEN IN
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
IN 1987...3/4 INCH HAIL FELL IN BOULDER AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CASTLE ROCK.
IN 1995...LIGHTNING STRUCK A 16-YEAR-OLD COUNSELOR IN THE
BACK OF THE HEAD WHILE HE AND A FRIEND WERE STANDING UNDER
A TREE AT THE SINGING RIVER RANCH...7 MILES WEST OF
EVERGREEN. HE STOPPED BREATHING...BUT HIS FRIEND WAS ABLE
TO SUMMON HELP AND THEY WERE ABLE TO REVIVE HIM. HE WAS
HOSPITALIZED FOR A FEW DAYS AND RELEASED.
IN 1998...BRIEF...WEAK TORNADOES (F0) WERE SIGHTED NEAR
BENNETT AND ROGGEN. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. HAIL AS
LARGE AS 1 INCH DIAMETER FELL IN FRANKTOWN WITH
3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL MEASURED NEAR CASTLE ROCK.
THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 61 MPH NEAR ROGGEN.
9-10 IN 2006...MID AND HIGH CLOUDINESS OVERNIGHT ON BOTH THE
9TH AND 10TH RESULTED IN TWO TEMPERATURE RECORDS. THE
LOW TEMPERATURE OF 71 DEGREES ON THE 9TH WAS A RECORD HIGH
MINIMUM FOR THE DATE. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES ON
THE 10TH EQUALED THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE DATE FIRST
SET IN 1936.
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