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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT MON OCT 26 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
25-27 IN 2021...THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
DROPPED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE MORNINGS:
8 DEGREES...4 DEGREES AND 8 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY.
26 IN 2010...VERY STRONG WINDS DURING THE DAY KNOCKED DOWN POWER
LINES IN PARTS OF BOULDER. THE DOWNED ELECTRICAL LINES
SPARKED A SMALL BRUSH FIRE NEAR COLUMBINE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. STRONG WIND GUSTS ALSO DAMAGED THE TENNIS BUBBLE
AT THE MILLENIUM HARVEST HOUSE. IN NORTHGLENN. A TREE WAS
KNOCKED DOWN AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO A MINI-VAN PARKED
NEARBY. PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDED: 70 MPH AT BERTHOUD...67
MPH AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN METROPOLITAN AIRPORT IN BROOMFIELD...
63 MPH AT THE ROCKY FLATS NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
AND 59 MPH AT THE NCAR MESA LABORATORY...3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BOULDER. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 43 MPH AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2011...A POWERFUL EARLY SEASON STORM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW
TO THE FRONT RANGE AND ADJACENT PLAINS. THE HEAVY...WET
SNOW CAUSED EXTENSIVE DOWNED LARGE BRANCHES AND IN SOME
CASES...ENTIRE TREES. MASSIVE POWER OUTAGES OCCURRED FROM
FORT COLLINS AND GREELEY SOUTH TO DENVER AND THE
SURROUNDING METRO AREA. MOST OF THE TREES STILL HAD THEIR
LEAVES...WHICH HELPED TO CATCH SNOW AND DOWN TREES UNDER
THE WEIGHT OF THE MOISTURE LADEN SNOW. NEARLY TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND UTILITY CUSTOMERS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WERE
WITHOUT HEAT AND ELECTRICITY FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE RED
CROSS OPENED FOUR TEMPORARY SHELTERS OVERNIGHT UNTIL THE
POWER COULD BE RESTORED. THE OUTAGES ALSO FORCED THE
CLOSURE OF THE BOULDER CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER THE
FOLLOWING DAY. THE FALLEN TREES AND BRANCHES ALSO CAUSED
EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND AUTOMOBILES. IN
THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...STORM TOTALS
INCLUDED 19.8 INCHES...3 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN; 18
INCHES...5 MILES WEST OF COPPER; 13 INCHES...3 MILES NORTH
OF BLACKHAWK AND 3 MILES SOUTH OF EVERGREEN...4 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF NEDERLAND AND LAKE ELDORA; 12 INCHES
AT BERTHOUD SNOTEL. ACROSS THE URBAN CORRIDOR STORM
TOTALS INCLUDED: 11.5 INCHES IN BOULDER; 9.5 INCHES AT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOULDER; 9 INCHES...1 MILE
SOUTHWEST OF WESTMINSTER; 8.5 INCHES IN BROOMFIELD...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...FREDERICK AND LOUISVILLE;
8 INCHES IN AURORA...7 INCHES IN WATKINS; WITH 6 INCHES
IN ARVADA.
26 IN 1995...WINDS GUSTING FROM 100 TO NEAR 110 MPH POUNDED THE
FOOTHILLS NORTHWEST OF DENVER. AT NEDERLAND WINDS GUSTED
TO 100 MPH AND TO 70 MPH IN COAL CREEK CANYON. ATOP
SQUAW MOUNTAIN WEST OF DENVER WIND GUSTS TO 108 MPH WERE
RECORDED. THE STRONG WINDS DOWNED SOME TREES AND CAUSED
POWER OUTAGES. WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 47 MPH AT
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
26-27 IN 1971...STRONG WINDS RAKED BOULDER. AT THE NATIONAL BUREAU
OF STANDARDS WIND GUSTS TO 62 MPH WERE RECORDED...WHILE IN
DOWNTOWN BOULDER WINDS PEAKED TO 48 MPH. AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 38 MPH ON
THE 26TH AND NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 36 MPH ON THE 27TH.
IN 1976...THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON TURNED INTO
A MAJOR STORM. TRAFFIC WAS HALTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON
HIGHWAYS TO THE WEST OF DENVER WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF
SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS. SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.2 INCHES
AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS
GUSTED TO 30 MPH. MOST OF THE SNOW...6.3 INCHES...FELL
ALL DAY ON THE 26TH. THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH ON THE
GROUND WAS 5 INCHES ON THE MORNING OF THE 27TH.
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