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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT THU JUL 9 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
29-15 IN 2000...THE 29TH MARKED THE BEGINNING OF A NEAR RECORD HOT
STREAK FOR METRO DENVER. THE HIGH TEMPERATURES...AS RECORDED
AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...EXCEEDED THE 90 DEGREE MARK
FOR 17 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM JUNE 29TH THROUGH JULY 15TH.
THE RECORD OF 24 CONSECUTIVE 90 DEGREE OR ABOVE DAYS WAS
SET FROM JULY 13TH THROUGH AUGUST 5TH...2008.
1-18 IN 1874...A STREAK OF 18 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES...FROM
THE 1ST TO THE 18TH...TIED FOR SECOND WITH ANOTHER STREAK
THAT WAS LATER SET IN THE SUMMER OF 1901. THE RECORD OF 24
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE SUMMER OF 2008.
6-23 IN 1901...FROM THE 6TH TO THE 23RD...A STREAK OF 18 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS OF 90 DEGREES TIED FOR SECOND WITH ANOTHER STREAK SET
IN THE SUMMER OF 1874. THE RECORD OF 24 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WAS
ESTABLISHED IN THE SUMMER OF 2008.
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.
9 IN 1872...A VERY BRISK WIND BETWEEN 2:00 PM AND 3:00 PM
SPREAD A CLOUD OF DUST AND SAND INTO THE CITY.
IN 1874...NORTHEAST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS UP TO 36 MPH
BLEW IMMENSE CLOUDS OF DUST FROM THE PRAIRIE THROUGH THE
STREETS OF THE CITY AROUND MID-MORNING. THE HOUSES
ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WEATHER STATION WERE NOT
VISIBLE AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM.
IN 1875...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS CAUSED STREAM FLOODING...
WHICH DAMAGED NEARLY ALL RAILROADS INTO THE CITY. RAINFALL
IN THE CITY WAS ONLY 0.14 INCH.
IN 1953...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS CAUSED AN ESTIMATED
2 MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE FROM FLOODED STORES AND BASEMENTS
ACROSS METRO DENVER. THE FLOOD WATERS REACHED A DEPTH OF
3 FEET ON STREETS IN SOME SECTIONS OF THE CITY...DAMAGING
STREETS AND AUTOMOBILES. THE HEAVY RAINFALL AT LOWRY AIR
FORCE BASE TOTALED 3.90 INCHES. AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE
THE HEAVY RAIN BRIEFLY REDUCED THE SURFACE VISIBILITY TO
1/2 MILE...ONLY 1.05 INCHES OF RAIN WERE MEASURED. NORTH
WINDS GUSTING TO 52 MPH CAUSED SOME DAMAGE IN EAST DENVER.
IN 1982...TWO SMALL TORNADOES WERE SPOTTED EAST OF ROCKY FLATS...
AND A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY 5 MILES EAST OF BRIGHTON.
NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
IN 1984...HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF METRO
DENVER. RAINFALL TOTALED 1.50 INCHES IN JUST 15 MINUTES
BETWEEN LITTLETON AND SEDALIA.
IN 1987...A THUNDERSTORM MICROBURST PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 58
MPH AT ERIE NORTH OF DENVER.
IN 1988...HAIL TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER PILED UP 2 TO 4 INCHES
DEEP IN IDAHO SPRINGS. SOME BASEMENTS WERE FLOODED AND
SEVERAL THOUSAND GALLONS OF FUEL WERE CONTAMINATED WHEN
WATER FLOODED A GASOLINE STORAGE TANK. A TORNADO SIGHTED
NEAR MANILLA 5 MILES WEST OF BENNETT REMAINED ON THE
GROUND FOR 9 MINUTES. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
IN 1990...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A TORNADO AND HEAVY
RAIN OVER NORTHEAST METRO DENVER. AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL IN JUST 20 MINUTES IN COMMERCE CITY...CAUSING THE
SOUTH PLATTE RIVER TO RISE QUICKLY AND FLOOD LOWLAND AREAS.
THE RAGING FLOOD WATERS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO A 30-FOOT
STRETCH OF RAILROAD TRACK EMBANKMENT...DESTROYED A RAILROAD
TRESTLE AND A NEARBY GARAGE...AND WASHED AWAY A VINTAGE
1960'S SHOW CAR NEAR EAST 58TH AVENUE AND YORK STREET. THE
CAR WAS FOUND A COUPLE OF MILES DOWNSTREAM IN A POOL OF DEEP
MUD AND MURKY WATER. RAINFALL TOTALED 1.34 INCHES AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
FELL. THE SAME THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A BRIEF TORNADO IN A
VACANT FIELD NEAR 64TH AVENUE AND TOWER ROAD JUST EAST OF
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM THE
TWISTER. LIGHTNING FROM THE STORM CAUSED POWER OUTAGES TO
AS MANY AS 7 THOUSAND HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
IN 1996...A TORNADO (F0) WAS REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HUDSON.
NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. TWIN WEAK TORNADOES (F0) FORMED
FOR A SHORT TIME NEAR THE NORTHEAST RUNWAYS AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. LESS THAN 15 MINUTES LATER...A WEAK
TORNADO (F0) TOUCHED DOWN IN THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT AT
DIA. SEVERAL CAR WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT...AND A FEW VEHICLES
SUSTAINED MINOR BODY DAMAGE FROM FLYING DEBRIS. SEVERAL
SIGNS WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN. LATER...TWIN WEAK TORNADOES (F0)
TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN IN OPEN COUNTRY BETWEEN DIA AND WATKINS.
IN 2004...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HAIL TO 3/4 INCH IN
DIAMETER NEAR TINY TOWN AND WIND GUSTS TO 66 MPH IN BENNETT.
A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 56 MPH WAS MEASURED AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2005...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST TO 54 MPH AT
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2020...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL OVER PARTS OF ADAMS...ARAPAHOE...AND WELD COUNTIES.
THE HAIL GENERALLY RANGED FROM 1 TO 1 3/4 INCHES. THE
LARGEST REPORTS INCLUDED 2 INCH HAIL IN WATKINS...WITH 2 1/2
INCH HAIL...11 MILES EAST OF ARAPAHOE PARK. NEAR BRIGHTON
AND HENDERSON...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAUSED
MINOR TREE DAMAGE. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...A PEAK
WIND GUST TO 36 MPH WAS OBSERVED FROM THE NORTHWEST. IN
ADDITION...0.03 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS REPORTED.
9-10 IN 1980...FROM THE 9TH TO THE 10TH...A SERIES OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HIT METRO DENVER...DUMPING HEAVY RAIN AND
PRODUCING A SPECTACULAR LIGHTNING DISPLAY LASTING FOR SEVERAL
HOURS. A NUMBER OF HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING. WINDS
GUSTED TO 60 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
ABOUT HALF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL IN JUST 10 MINUTES ALONG WITH
1/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL. THE EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1.35
INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1998...FROM THE 9TH TO THE 10TH...THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL TOTALED
2.04 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
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