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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT FRI JUL 24 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
7-25 IN 1934...A STREAK OF 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES...FROM THE
7TH TO THE 25TH...RANKED 5TH ON THE LIST OF HOT STREAKS. THE
RECORD OF 24 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUMMER OF
2008.
13-5 IN 2008...A STREAK OF 24 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES...FROM
JULY 13TH TO AUGUST 5TH...SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 18
CONSECUTIVE DAYS ESTABLISHED IN 1901 AND 1874. IRONICALLY...
NO NEW SINGLE DAY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET IN THE
MONTH OF JULY. IN AUGUST HOWEVER...A RECORD OF 104 DEGREES
WAS SET ON THE 1ST...AND ANOTHER RECORD OF 103 DEGREES WAS
SET ON THE 2ND. IN ADDITION...A RECORD LOW MIN OF 70 DEGREES
WAS SET ON AUGUST 2ND.
18-2 IN 1987...FROM JULY 18TH TO AUGUST 2ND...A STREAK OF 16
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES RANKED 4TH ON THE LIST OF HOT
STREAKS. THE RECORD OF 24 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WAS ESTABLISHED
IN THE SUMMER OF 2008.
20-25 IN 1965...FROM THE 20TH TO THE 25TH...HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DOUSED METRO DENVER WITH SIGNIFICANT RAIN EACH
DAY. RAINFALL FOR THE SIX DAYS TOTALED 5.16 INCHES AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MASSIVE RAINFALL OCCURRED
ON THE 20TH...21ST...AND 25TH...FLOODING STREETS AND BASEMENTS
AND CAUSING STREAMS TO OVERFLOW. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...
2.05 INCHES...AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OCCURRED ON
THE 25TH.
24 IN 1896...HEAVY CLOUDBURSTS IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER
CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ON BEAR CREEK...CLEAR CREEK...GOLDEN
GATE GULCH...AND MOUNT VERNON CREEK...RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF
27 DEATHS. THE DOWNPOUR DISLODGED LARGE BOULDERS...ONE OF
WHICH CRUSHED A HOUSE. THE HEAVY RAIN ALSO CAUSED A DAM ON
CUB CREEK TO WASH OUT...ADDING EVEN MORE WATER TO THE FLOOD.
A WALL OF WATER AS HIGH AS 10 FEET FLOODED EVERGREEN AND
PASSED DOWN BEAR CREEK...WASHING AWAY MANY STRUCTURES ALONG
THE WAY. THE FLOOD CREST PRODUCED 3 FEET OF WATER IN
DOWNTOWN MORRISON DURING THE EARLY EVENING. FLASH FLOODING
ON MOUNT VERNON CREEK ADDED TO THE FLOODING IN MORRISON.
IN GOLDEN...THE FLOODING WASHED OUT BRIDGES ON CLEAR CREEK
AND ON CRESMAN AND TUCKER GULCHES AND FORCED THE CLOSURE OF
THE POWER PLANT. IN DENVER...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED HAIL
OF UNKNOWN SIZE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND RAINFALL OF 1.23
INCHES OVERNIGHT.
IN 1958...A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 52 MPH WAS RECORDED AT
STAPLETON AIRPORT.
IN 1965...HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLOODING ON CLEAR CREEK AND TUCKER
GULCH IN GOLDEN AND WEST DENVER. DAMAGE IN GOLDEN WAS
ESTIMATED AT 80 THOUSAND DOLLARS. HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF
DENVER WASHED OUT TEMPORARY EARTHEN BRIDGES CONSTRUCTED
FOLLOWING THE JUNE FLOODS IN CASTLE ROCK...LITTLETON...
ENGLEWOOD...AND DENVER. BEAR CREEK IN SOUTH DENVER REACHED
FLOOD STAGE. A CLOUDBURST ON CUB CREEK IN EVERGREEN WASHED
OUT BRIDGES AND ROADS. HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER ALL THE DENVER
AND AURORA AREAS...CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF ROADS...STREETS...
AND BRIDGES. A MAN DROWNED IN A FLOODED IRRIGATION CANAL
NEAR HUDSON. HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLOODING OF STREETS AND
ROADS IN BLACKHAWK AND CENTRAL CITY. HAIL CAUSED MINOR
DAMAGE IN IDAHO SPRINGS.
IN 1967...SEVEN BRIDGES WERE WASHED OUT ALONG A NORMALLY DRY
CREEK BED SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 7 WEST OF BRIGHTON. ONE
CAR WAS WASHED INTO THE CREEK WHEN A BRIDGE GAVE WAY.
IN 1970...HAIL STONES TO 1 1/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL IN THE
FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF DENVER.
IN 1971...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FOOTHILL AREAS
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY WEST OF DENVER. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS
SIGHTED IN AURORA. WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH...HAIL...
AND HEAVY RAIN UP TO AN INCH IN 15 MINUTES CAUSED LOCAL
FLOODING AND SOME OTHER DAMAGE IN SEVERAL AREAS OF METRO
DENVER. HAILSTONES TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER FELL 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF DENVER.
IN 1973...A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 52 MPH WAS RECORDED
AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE ONE INCH DIAMETER
HAIL WAS MEASURED.
IN 1981...STRONG WINDS DOWNED A POWER LINE IN NORTHEAST DENVER.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE RECORDED AT CHATFIELD RESERVOIR.
IN 1987...3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COMMERCE CITY.
IN 1996...HAIL...UP TO 1 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...FELL AT
CHATFIELD RESERVOIR. HAIL TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS
MEASURED NEAR BENNETT.
IN 2000...LIGHTNING STRUCK NEAR TWO GOLFERS AT UTE CREEK GOLF
COURSE NEAR LONGMONT...KNOCKING THEM TO THE GROUND. THE
MEN RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.
IN 2001...LIGHTNING FROM A THUNDERSTORM KNOCKED OUT ELECTRICAL
POWER TO ABOUT 1500 RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF DENVER.
IN 2004...A CHILLY DAY WITH FOG AND THUNDERSTORMS RESULTED IN
TWO TEMPERATURE RECORDS. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 49 DEGREES
WAS A RECORD MINIMUM FOR THE DATE. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
ONLY 58 DEGREES WAS A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.
IN 2016...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE.
A STORM LEVELED A GREENHOUSE AND CAUSED TREE DAMAGE NEAR
BYERS. A PEAK WIND GUST TO 74 MPH WAS MEASURED AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2018...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...1 TO 2
INCHES IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. IN ENGLEWOOD...THE FLOODWATERS
QUICKLY INUNDATED A BASEMENT APARTMENT AND TRAPPED A WOMAN
INSIDE. SHE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN THE APARTMENT AND DIED
SEVERAL HOURS LATER. SEVERAL HOMES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA
SUFFERED SEVERE FLOOD DAMAGE. THE FLOODWATERS ALSO STALLED
VEHICLES AND FORCED THE CLOSURE OF SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS. IN
SHERIDAN...THE HEAVY RAIN CREATED A LARGE SINKHOLE WHICH
SWALLOWED A SMALL SUV. A DOWNED POWER LINE CAUSED A FIRE IN
ARAPAHOE COUNTY.
IN 2023...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS
OVER PARTS OF ADAMS...DENVER AND WELD COUNTIES. PEAK GUSTS
INCLUDED: 68 MPH NEAR COMMERCE CITY...63 MPH...16 MILES EAST-
NORTHEAST OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; AND 58 MPH...13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF D.I.A. AND 8 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF FRONT
RANGE AIRPORT.
24-25 IN 2003...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES ON THE 24TH WAS A
RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE. LOW TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES
ON THE 25TH WAS A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE DATE.
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