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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
10-11 IN 1986...FROM THE 10TH TO THE 11TH...FIRST SIGNIFICANT
SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON PRODUCED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER
METRO DENVER WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF
DENVER. WONDERVU RECORDED THE MOST SNOW FROM THE STORM...13
INCHES. THE HEAVY WET SNOW CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES.
THE STORM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS
TO 41 MPH RECORDED ON THE 10TH. THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE
SEASON TOTALED 3.1 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WITH ONLY ONE INCH ON THE GROUND DUE TO MELTING. THE STRONG
COLD FRONT ACCOMPANYING THE STORM COOLED THE TEMPERATURE
FROM A HIGH OF 73 DEGREES ON THE 10TH TO A HIGH OF ONLY
33 DEGREES ON THE 11TH...WHICH WAS A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM
FOR THE DATE.
10-12 IN 1969...FROM THE 10TH TO THE 12TH...THE SECOND HEAVY SNOWSTORM
IN LESS THAN A WEEK DUMPED NEARLY A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS
METRO DENVER AND PLUNGED THE AREA INTO EXTREMELY COLD
TEMPERATURES FOR SO EARLY IN THE SEASON. SNOWFALL TOTALED
11.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTH WINDS
GUSTING TO 26 MPH PRODUCED DRIFTS UP TO 2 FEET DEEP.
TEMPERATURES DIPPED FROM A HIGH OF 52 DEGREES ON THE 10TH TO
A RECORD LOW FOR THE DATE OF 10 DEGREES ON THE 12TH. THERE
WAS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES
FROM HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND ICING. TRAVEL WAS
RESTRICTED OR BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW IN BOTH THE
MOUNTAINS AND ON THE PLAINS EAST OF DENVER.
11 IN 1997...DAMAGING WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM
DEVELOPED IN THE FOOTHILLS AND SPREAD ACROSS METRO DENVER.
WINDS GUSTED TO 88 MPH AT CONIFER...71 MPH AT THE NATIONAL
CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH ON THE MESA IN BOULDER...
AND 53 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. SEVERAL
TREES AND STREET SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES REPORTED THROUGHOUT METRO DENVER. IN
ARVADA...A CAR WINDOW WAS BLOWN OUT BY A STRONG WIND
GUST.
IN 2013...HIGH WINDS OCCURRED IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS. PEAK GUSTS INCLUDED: 85 MPH AT ROONEY ROAD...
84 MPH...2 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL; 82 MPH AT ROCKY FLATS
NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER AND WONDERVU; 79 MPH AT
THE MESA LAB AT NCAR AND 75 MPH...3 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
OF BOULDER; 73 MPH IN SUPERIOR AND 68 MPH IN GOLDEN. THE
WIND DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED
ELECTRICAL OUTAGES AFFECTED 20000 XCEL ENERGY CUSTOMERS
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE MAIN OUTAGES AFFECTED THE
CITIES OF BOULDER...GOLDEN AND LAKEWOOD. SMALLER OUTAGES
WERE REPORTED IN AREAS OF GOLD HILL...WARD...WESTMINSTER
AND WHEAT RIDGE.
11-12 IN 1901...AN APPARENT COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTHEAST WINDS
SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48 MPH ON THE 11TH.
GENERAL RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND TOTALED 2.0
INCHES ON THE 12TH. THIS WAS THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE
SEASON. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.32 INCH.
11-13 IN 1892...FROM THE 11TH TO THE 13TH...APPARENT POST-FRONTAL
RAINFALL TOTALED 3.33 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER OVER THE
3-DAY PERIOD. A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE 12TH MELTED AS IT
FELL. RAINFALL OF 2.58 INCHES ON THE 12TH INTO THE 13TH
WAS THE GREATEST 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION EVER RECORDED
DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE
SUSTAINED TO 48 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH ON
THE 12TH.
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