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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT SUN JUN 28 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
28 IN 1873...THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF SMOKE OVER THE CITY FROM
FOREST FIRES IN THE MOUNTAINS.
IN 1875...SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRES IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTH OF
DENVER WERE VISIBLE FROM THE CITY.
IN 1913...AN APPARENT DRY MICROBURST PRODUCED SOUTHWEST WINDS
SUSTAINED TO 44 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48 MPH IN THE CITY.
IN 1925...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED TO
38 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 44 MPH.
IN 1958...A MICROBURST CAUSED A BRIEF WIND GUST TO 58 MPH AT
STAPLETON AIRPORT.
IN 1964...LIGHTNING STRUCK SEVERAL HOMES IN METRO DENVER...
SPARKING FIRES. SOME FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE STOCKYARDS
AREA...AT WEST 45TH AVENUE AND ST. PAUL STREET...AND ALONG
HARVARD GULCH.
IN 1997...STRONG MICROBURST WINDS OF UNKNOWN SPEED DOWNED
SEVERAL TREES...SIGNS...AND AT LEAST ONE LIGHT POLE IN THE
FORT LUPTON AREA. TWO TREES KNOCKED OVER BY THE STORM
DOWNED POWER LINES CAUSING SCATTERED OUTAGES.
IN 2002...A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 60 MPH WAS RECORDED IN
PARKER.
IN 2005...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 66 MPH
NEAR LONGMONT AND TO 60 MPH NEAR NIWOT. NO DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED. A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST TO 55 MPH
AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING THE AFTERNOON.
IN 2015...A LIGHTNING STRIKE INJURED 15 HIKERS AS THEY WERE
DESCENDING 500 FEET BELOW THE SUMMIT OF MT BIERSTADT...IN
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY...SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN. EIGHT ADULTS WERE
WERE TRANSPORTED FROM THE TRAILHEAD...AND THREE OF THOSE
WERE TAKEN TO DENVER-AREA HOSPITALS. ONE WAS IN SERIOUS
CONDITION...THE OTHER TWO HAD NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
THE STRIKE ALSO KILLED A DOG. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED
HAIL UP TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BYERS...AND 1 1/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER...13 MILES NORTH OF
ELIZABETH.
IN 2016...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HAIL...FROM QUARTER
TO PING BALL SIZE...OVER NORTHWEST...WEST AND SOUTHWEST
PARTS OF DENVER. IN ADDITION HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE WAS
ALSO REPORTED JUST SOUTHEAST OF DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. OFFICIALLY ONLY A TRACE OF RAINFALL WAS MEASURED
AT THE AIRPORT...WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 35 MPH FROM THE
WEST.
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