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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
645 PM MST SAT FEB 14 2026
..THIS WEEK IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
12-16 IN 2021...THE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO ZERO DEGREES OR
COLDER THROUGH THE 5-DAY STRETCH. THESE WERE THE ONLY SUB-
ZERO TEMPERATURES RECORDED FOR THE 2020-21 WINTER SEASON.
EVEN THE MAXIMUM DAILY TEMPERATURES DURING THIS STRETCH WERE
COLD...WITH HIGHS ONLY MANAGING TO WARM INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS ON THE 13TH AND 14TH.
14-15 IN 1960...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.1 INCHES AT STAPLETON
AIRPORT.
IN 1965...5.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT BEHIND A COLD FRONT. NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED
TO 32 MPH. WINDS WERE STRONG AND GUSTY ALL DAY AND CAUSED
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW...CONTRIBUTING TO HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS MAINLY TO THE EAST OF DENVER.
IN 1984...A SNOW AND WIND STORM HOWLED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO
CLOSING I-70 EAST OF DENVER. THIS WAS THE SECOND BLIZZARD
IN LESS THAN 4 DAYS. ONLY 0.5 INCH OF NEW SNOW FELL AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BUT NORTH WINDS GUSTED
TO 51 MPH.
15 IN 1881...THE TEMPERATURE PLUNGED TO A LOW OF 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO IN THE CITY. IN OUTER AREAS OF THE CITY...THE
TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 26.5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
IN 1910...WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH.
IN 1986...HIGH WINDS BATTERED THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.
A WIND GUST TO 95 MPH WAS RECORDED IN BOULDER...BUT WINDS OF
60 TO 80 MPH WERE COMMON IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. IN
AURORA...AN AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP LOST A LARGE PLATE GLASS
WINDOW. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 44 MPH WERE RECORDED AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE STRONG WINDS WARMED
TEMPERATURES. A RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES
AND A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES WERE
RECORDED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1988...WINDS TO 75 MPH WERE CLOCKED IN BOULDER...WHILE A
WEST WIND GUST TO ONLY 41 MPH WAS RECORDED AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1997...WINDS GUSTED TO 75 MPH AT GOLDEN GATE CANYON DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2000...HIGH WINDS SPREAD FROM THE FOOTHILLS ONTO THE PLAINS.
WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF METRO
DENVER...WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 58 MPH IN THORNTON AND TO
54 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2005...LIGHT PRECIPITATION OF ONLY 0.02 INCH AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND 0.5 INCH WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL OF THE MONTH. THIS RANKED THE MONTH AS THE 2ND
DRIEST FEBRUARY OF RECORD.
15-16 IN 1889...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.7 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN
DENVER. MOST OF THE SNOW...5.5 INCHES...FELL ON THE 15TH
WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 18 MPH.
IN 1921...STRONG BORA WINDS COOLED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FROM
THE 60'S ON THE PREVIOUS 3 DAYS TO 54 DEGREES ON THE 15TH
AND TO 43 DEGREES ON THE 16TH. WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED
TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 54 MPH ON THE 15TH AND TO 46 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 56 MPH ON THE 16TH.
IN 1953...STRONG...COLD NORTHWEST WINDS WERE WIDESPREAD FROM
THE FOOTHILLS ACROSS THE PLAINS. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS
WERE OBSERVED IN BOULDER. A WIND GUST TO 54 MPH WAS
RECORDED AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE BLOWING DUST BRIEFLY
REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO 1 1/2 MILES. DAMAGE WAS MINOR.
IN 1993...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHED SOUTH OVER THE EASTERN
COLORADO PLAINS WITH UPSLOPE SNOW DEVELOPING BEHIND THE
FRONT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WERE COMMON OVER
METRO DENVER. AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SNOWFALL
TOTALED 4.5 INCHES AND NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 25 MPH.
TEMPERATURES HOVERED ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR MOST OF
THE DAY. THE STORM PRODUCED UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW OVER
SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
IN 2006...OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN
FOOTHILLS CONTAINED A LOT OF RED DUST AND DIRT APPARENTLY
FROM ARIZONA. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH
IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ON THE 15TH CREATED WIDESPREAD
BLOWING DUST. THIS RED DUST BECAME ENTRAINED IN SNOWFALL
ACROSS THE AREA. THE REDDISH COLORED SNOW WAS REPORTED
IN WARD...NEDERLAND...BLACKHAWK...AND BOULDER. THE STORM
PRODUCED ONLY 0.9 INCH OF SNOWFALL IN THE STAPLETON AREA
OF DENVER WITH 4 TO 5 INCHES MEASURED IN THE FOOTHILLS.
15-17 IN 1938...A COLD AIR MASS BROUGHT A LIGHT SNOWFALL OF 6.2
INCHES OVER 3 DAYS TO DOWNTOWN DENVER WHERE NORTHEAST
WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 18 MPH ON THE 15TH.
16 IN 1879...A SUDDEN BURST OF 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN LESS THAN
90 MINUTES STOPPED THE STREET CARS IN DOWNTOWN DENVER
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. MELTED SNOW RESULTED IN 0.16
INCH OF PRECIPITATION. SMALL SOFT HAIL ALSO FELL WHEN
THE SNOW BEGAN. A GENTLEMAN CAUGHT ON THE PRAIRIE BETWEEN
DENVER AND MORRISON DESCRIBED THE EVENT AS THE MOST SEVERE
STORM OF THE WINTER WHILE IT LASTED.
IN 1885...A WINDSTORM CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE IN THE CITY. THE
STRONG WINDS BLEW ALL AFTERNOON AND MOST OF THE EVENING.
WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 62 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS
BLEW DOWN SIGNS AND BROKE WINDOWS. BUGGIES AND VEHICLES
OF ALL KINDS WERE BLOWN OVER. SMOKESTACKS AND CHIMNEYS
WERE TOPPLED. ROOFS WERE BLOWN OFF. THE DENVER AND RIO
GRANDE RAILROAD CAR SHOP WAS PARTIALLY UNROOFED AND HAD
A WALL BLOWN DOWN. THREE RAILROAD CARS WERE BLOWN OFF
THE TRACK. MANY FENCES WERE DAMAGED.
IN 1897...WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 46 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
56 MPH.
IN 1912...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 44 MPH WITH A
MEASURED EXTREME VELOCITY TO 45 MPH.
IN 1921...WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 46 MPH.
IN 1972...WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH WERE RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL
BUREAU OF STANDARDS IN BOULDER. IN DOWNTOWN BOULDER...A
WIND GUST TO 51 MPH WAS MEASURED. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED
TO 41 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1988...SNOWFALL TOTALED 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS METRO DENVER...
BUT 9 INCHES WERE MEASURED IN BOTH WHEAT RIDGE AND
EVERGREEN. AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...3.4 INCHES
OF SNOW FELL AND NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 26 MPH. THE
STRONG WINDS BLEW A SCAFFOLD AGAINST A HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN
DENVER...BREAKING THREE WINDOWS.
IN 1995...HIGH WINDS OCCURRED IN THE FOOTHILLS BEHIND A
DEPARTING WINTER STORM. A WIND GUST TO 91 MPH WAS RECORDED
AT ROLLINSVILLE WITH A GUST TO 82 MPH ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN
WEST OF DENVER. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 20 MPH AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2014...A PEAK WIND GUST TO 59 MPH...FROM THE WEST...WAS
RECORDED AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2024...A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM MOVED ACROSS NORTHEAST
COLORADO. THE STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT PERIOD OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOWFALL ALONG WITH AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...
WHICH IMPACTED FOOTHILLS AND URBAN CORRIDOR IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIOD. THE STORM DROPPED A QUICK
2 TO 5.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS OCCURRED AROUND BOULDER. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM PRODUCED BLACK ICE WHICH RESULTED IN
SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ALONG INTERSTATE 76 IN SOUTHEAST WELD
COUNTY AS WELL AREAS EAST AND SOUTH OF DENVER. AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...2.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS
OBSERVED.
16-17 IN 1929...STRONG WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 84 MPH RAKED BOULDER
AND LAFAYETTE. LIMITED MINOR DAMAGE AND A FEW INJURIES
OCCURRED.
IN 1986...STRONG CHINOOK WINDS CONTINUED TO HOWL IN THE
FOOTHILLS. A WIND GUST TO 89 MPH WAS RECORDED AT TABLE
MESA IN BOULDER ON THE 16TH. WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH WERE
CLOCKED AT OTHER LOCATIONS IN BOULDER ON BOTH DAYS.
A WEST WIND GUST TO 51 MPH WAS RECORDED AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 16TH.
IN 2014...HIGH WINDS DEVELOPED BRIEFLY OVERNIGHT IN AND NEAR
THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. PEAK WIND
REPORTS INCLUDED: 98 MPH...4 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WHITE
RANCH OPEN SPACE; 85 MPH AT THE NCAR MESA LAB; 78 MPH AT
THE JUNCTION OF COLORADO HIGHWAYS 93 AND 172; AND 75 MPH
JUST SOUTHEAST OF MORRISON. A SEMI-TRUCK AND AN SUV PULLING
A TRAILER WERE ROLLED OVER BY THE WIND ON COLORADO 470 NEAR
MORRISON. STRONG WINDS DAMAGED A HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION
IN LAKEWOOD.
16-18 IN 1970...A WIND GUST TO 90 MPH WAS RECORDED IN BOULDER AT THE
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH. IN DOWNTOWN
BOULDER...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 53
MPH WERE MEASURED. DAMAGE WAS MINOR. WEST WINDS GUSTED
TO 45 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 17TH.
THE STRONG CHINOOK WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO 70
DEGREES ON THE 16TH AND TO 72 DEGREES ON THE 17TH...BOTH
RECORDS FOR THE DATE. THE LOW TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO
ONLY 32 DEGREES ON THE 16TH EQUALING THE RECORD HIGH
MINIMUM FOR THE DATE.
17 IN 1887...WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 64 MPH. STRONG WINDS
OCCURRED ALL DAY LONG IN THE CITY. RAINFALL WAS 0.02 INCH.
IN 1894...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 46 MPH.
IN 1937...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 36 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
44 MPH STARTED A FEW MINOR FIRES AND BROKE A NUMBER OF
PLATE-GLASS WINDOWS IN DOWNTOWN DENVER OFFICE BUILDINGS.
IN 1962...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.5 INCHES AT STAPLETON
AIRPORT WHERE THE VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO AS LOW AS
1/4 MILE AT TIMES. WINDS GUSTED FROM THE NORTHEAST AT
ONLY 15 MPH.
IN 2009...STRONG PREFRONTAL WIND GUSTS KNOCKED DOWN SOME TREES
AND POWER LINES IN BOULDER. MORE THAN 3400 XCEL CUSTOMERS
IN THE UNIVERITY HILL AREA WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR ABOUT ONE
HOUR. PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDED 68 MPH AT THE NCAR MESA LAB
AND 60 MPH IN BOULDER.
17-18 IN 1976...A STRONG COLD FRONT PRODUCED WIND GUSTS 30 TO 60 MPH
WITH MUCH BLOWING SNOW AND SEVERE DUST STORMS. IN THE
BOULDER AREA...HIGH WINDS COLLAPSED A GARAGE AND BROKE SOME
WINDOWS. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 43 MPH ON THE 17TH AND
TO 44 MPH ON THE 18TH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1984...THE THIRD BLIZZARD IN A WEEK STRUCK EASTERN
COLORADO. HEAVY SNOW HIT SOME PARTS OF METRO DENVER
WITH 8 TO 10 INCHES MEASURED IN AURORA...BUT ONLY 2.9 INCHES
OF SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH.
IN 1999...DAMAGING DOWNSLOPE BORA WINDS DEVELOPED IN THE
FOOTHILLS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. PEAK WIND REPORTS
INCLUDED: 90 MPH AT THE GAMOW TOWER ON THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO CAMPUS IN BOULDER; 79 MPH AT THE NATIONAL CENTER
FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH MESA LAB NEAR BOULDER AND AT THE
NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER SOUTH OF BOULDER; AND 72
MPH ATOP BLUE MOUNTAIN AND AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT.
DOWNED POWER LINES CAUSED MAJOR OUTAGES FOR AT LEAST 10
THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN EVERGREEN...IDAHO SPRINGS...GOLDEN...
AND LAKEWOOD. IN GOLDEN...THE WIND TOPPLED A LIGHTNING
STATIC PROTECTION LINE ATOP A 70-FOOT...230 THOUSAND-VOLT
DISTRIBUTION TOWER. THE DOWNED LINE...SPARKED A SMALL
GRASS FIRE JUST EAST OF THE LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN YOUTH SERVICES
CENTER. THE FIRE BURNED A PATH APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS
WIDE AND 1/3 MILE LONG BEFORE IT WAS CONTAINED.
IN 2000...SNOW...HEAVY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...SPREAD
OVER METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 24 INCHES AT THE ELDORA
SKI RESORT WITH 8 INCHES MEASURED NEAR BLACKHAWK. SNOWFALL
WAS ONLY 1.8 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WHICH WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW
OF THE MONTH.
IN 2018...HIGH WINDS DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDED: 98 MPH...
2 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GOLD HILL...86 MPH ATOP BERTHOUD
PASS...WITH 75 MPH...3 MILES EAST OF GOLD HILL.
IN 2021...A STORM SYSTEM PRODUCED MODERATE TO HEAV SNOW WHICH
IMPACTED LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
AND PALMER DIVIDE. STORM TOTALS INCLUDED: 12.5 INCHES AT
CONIFER...11 INCHES NEAR EVERGREEN...LARKSPUR AND MORRISON...
10.5 INCHES NEAR GENESEE AND PINECLIFFE...10 INCHES NEAR
JAMESTOWN...9 INCHES NEAR CRISMAN AND MARSHALL...8.5 INCHES
NEAR ELDORADO SPRINGS...8 INCHES IN BOULDER AND MONUMENT; 6
INCHES NEAR KEN CARYL...LAFAYETTE AND NIWOT; 5.5 INCHES AT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BOULDER...WITH 5
INCHES IN ARVADA AND HYGIENE. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...0.8 INCH OF SNOWFALL WAS OBSERVED.
17-19 IN 2006...A COLD SPELL RESULTED IN 4 TEMPERATURE RECORDS.
LOW TEMPERATURES OF 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 17TH...
13 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 18TH...AND 4 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO ON THE 19TH WERE RECORD MINIMUMS FOR THOSE DATES.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 7 DEGREES ON THE 18TH WAS
A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE. LIGHT SNOW FELL ON
THE 17TH...BUT TOTALED LESS THAN HALF AN INCH AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
18 IN 1918...POST-FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40
MPH WITH A MEASURED EXTREME VELOCITY TO 44 MPH.
IN 1937...A MODERATE DUSTSTORM OCCURRED DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED
TO 32 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 41 MPH REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO
1/2 MILE WHICH PERSISTED FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES IN THE CITY.
IN 1998...RARE THUNDER FROM INSTABILITY RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS
WAS HEARD IN LITTLETON DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THUNDER
IN FEBRUARY ONLY OCCURS ABOUT ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS OVER METRO
DENVER.
18-19 IN 1954...A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTH WINDS GUSTING
TO 56 MPH AND A TRACE OF SNOWFALL AT STAPLETON AIRPORT ON
THE 18TH. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH PERSISTED
THROUGH THE NEXT DAY AND CAUSED SOME BLOWING DUST.
IN 1955...A STORM DUMPED HEAVY SNOW ACROSS METRO DENVER. AT
STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED TO 28 MPH
PRODUCED SOME BLOWING SNOW...SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.8 INCHES.
18-20 IN 1913...POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.9 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN
DENVER OVER THE 3 DAYS. MOST OF THE SNOW FELL ON THE 19TH.
NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 21 MPH WITH A MEASURED
EXTREME VELOCITY TO 24 MPH ON THE 18TH.
IN 1924...LIGHT SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.6 INCHES OVER THE 3 DAYS.
THIS WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE MONTH. HIGH
TEMPERATURES PLUNGED FROM 45 DEGREES ON THE 18TH TO 17
DEGREES ON THE 20TH. LOW TEMPERATURES DIPPED FROM 31
DEGREES ON THE 18TH TO ONLY 8 DEGREES ON THE 20TH.
NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 24 MPH ON THE 19TH.
IN 1953...A MAJOR BLIZZARD DUMPED 10.6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AT
STAPLETON AIRPORT. STRONG NORTH WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 44 MPH FREQUENTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW DURING THE
DAY OF THE 19TH. THE STRONG WINDS CAUSED MUCH DRIFTING
SNOW...MAKING ACCURATE SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION FROM THE STORM TOTALED 1.13
INCHES. THE 1.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION ON THE 19TH
WAS THE GREATEST CALENDAR DAY AND 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION
EVER RECORDED IN THE CITY DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
IN 1987...LARGE AMOUNTS OF NEW SNOW FELL IN THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS. THE FOOTHILLS RECEIVED 10 TO 20 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES ON THE ADJACENT PLAINS. ON THE
19TH...FLIGHT DELAYS OCCURRED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.2 INCHES AND EAST WINDS
GUSTED TO ONLY 18 MPH ON THE 19TH. SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED
IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE BOULDER.
19 IN 1899...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 45 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 56 DEGREES...
THE HIGHEST READING OF THE MONTH THAT YEAR.
IN 1980...HIGH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN BOULDER. SUSTAINED
SPEEDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH WERE MEASURED.
WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
IN 1986...CHINOOK WINDS CONTINUED TO BUFFET THE EASTERN
FOOTHILLS. WINDS GUSTING FROM 60 TO 75 MPH WERE COMMON
IN THE FOOTHILLS. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1996...HIGH WINDS GUSTING FROM 70 TO 75 MPH WERE REPORTED
ATOP TABLE MESA NEAR BOULDER. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 44 MPH
AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2007...THIS WAS THE LAST DAY OF 61 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH
SNOW COVER OF 1 INCH OR MORE IN DENVER. THIS SECOND
LONGEST PERIOD OF SNOW COVER ON RECORD BEGAN WITH THE
BLIZZARD ON DECEMBER 20-21...2006...WHEN 20.7 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT WHERE OFFICIAL SNOW MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL DURING DECEMBER...JANUARY...AND FEBRUARY
PROLONGED THE EVENT. SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND WAS MEASURED
TO THE NEAREST INCH ONCE DAILY AT 6:00 AM MST.
IN 2018...A STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT A PERIOD OF UPSLOPE SNOWFALL
TO LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. STORM
TOTALS INCLUDED: 9 INCHES IN LOUISVILLE...8.5 INCHES AT
LAFAYETTE AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKY FLATS NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE...8 INCHES...2 MILES SOUTH OF BOULDER AND 3 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF ELDORADO SPRINGS; 7.5 INCHES IN ERIE...7
INCHES...3 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF ARVADA AND AT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BOULDER; 6 INCHES AT COPELAND LAKE...
EVERGREEN...3 MILES NORTHWEST OF IDLEDALE AND INTERCANYON. AT
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...A TRACE OF SNOWFALL WAS
OBSERVED.
19-20 IN 1937...POST-FRONTAL HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.4 INCHES OVER
DOWNTOWN DENVER. MOST OF THE SNOW...6.6 INCHES...FELL ON THE
20TH WHEN NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 18 MPH. THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO A LOW OF 9 DEGREES
ON THE 20TH.
IN 1939...POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.4 INCHES IN THE
CITY. THE SNOW COVERED STREETS AND HIGHWAYS WITH A COATING
OF ICE AS THE TEMPERATURE FELL FROM 36 DEGREES AT 2:00 PM ON
THE 19TH TO A LOW OF 4 DEGREES AT 3:00 AM ON THE 20TH. MANY
MOTORISTS WERE MAROONED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. NORTHEAST WINDS
WERE SUSTAINED TO 24 MPH ON THE 19TH.
19-21 IN 1971...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 9.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY
16 MPH. MOST OF THE SNOW OCCURRED ON THE 19TH AND 20TH.
THE 24 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 8.2 INCHES WAS THE GREATEST IN
FEBRUARY SINCE 1953.
20 IN 1937...6.6 INCHES OF HEAVY SNOW FELL IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
IN 1976...A COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTH WIND GUSTS TO 49 MPH AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.7
INCHES. NORTH WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS PERSISTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY...PRODUCING
MUCH BLOWING SNOW. EAST OF THE CITY...WINDS GUSTING 40 TO
80 MPH CAUSED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND PRODUCED DRIFTS 2 TO
4 FEET HIGH.
IN 1981...A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT AT MIDDAY PRODUCED STRONG
NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND BILLOWS
OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO 3 MILES DURING
THE AFTERNOON. EVEN STRONGER WINDS FROM THE NORTH AT
25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE DURING THE EVENING.
SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 2.6 INCHES AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
20-21 IN 1997...HEAVY SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS. SNOWFALL TOTALS
INCLUDED: 16 INCHES AT ELDORA SKI AREA; 15 INCHES AT SOUTH
TURKEY CREEK; 14 INCHES AT CONIFER AND MORRISON; AND 11
INCHES AT BLACKHAWK...EVERGREEN...AND INTERCANYON. ONLY
1.0 INCH OF SNOW FELL AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 32 MPH
AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 20TH.
IN 2014...HIGH WINDS OCCURRED IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. PEAK WIND REPORTS INCLUDED:
93 MPH NEAR GOLD HILL; 89 MPH AT NCAR MESA LAB; 83 MPH AT
THE NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER; 76 MPH...IN BOULDER...4
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NEDERLAND AND THE JUNCTION OF
COLORADO HIGHWAYS 72 AND 93; AND 75 MPH AT LYONS. SCATTERED
ELECTRICAL OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN BOULDER...DENVER AND
LITTLETON...WHICH AFFECTED 3400 XCEL ENERGY CUSTOMERS. AT
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...A PEAK WIND OF 50 MPH WAS
OBSERVED FROM THE WEST ON THE 21ST.
21 IN 1901...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 43 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 46 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 55 DEGREES.
IN 1935...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 34 MPH PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE BLOWING DUST.
THE CHINOOK WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 60
DEGREES.
IN 1967...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 53 MPH PRODUCED SOME BLOWING
DUST AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WINDS WERE STRONG
AND GUSTY ALL DAY.
IN 1988...HIGH WINDS WERE REPORTED ALONG THE FOOTHILLS WITH
90 MPH IN EAST BOULDER WHERE THE WINDS KNOCKED OUT A FEW
STREET AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE STRONG WINDS WHIPPED A
GRASS AND TIMBER FIRE IN BOULDER CANYON. THE FIRE
THREATENED SOME HOMES FOR A TIME...BUT WAS EXTINGUISHED
BEFORE CAUSING ANY SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE. WEST
WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 63 DEGREES.
IN 2017...STRONG WINDS KNOCKED A HUGE TREE ONTO A HOUSE IN
LOVELAND. NO ONE WAS INJURED AFTER THE TREE FELL INTO THE
HOUSE...WHICH INCLUDED A 10-WEEK-OLD BABY. THE HOUSE
SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND THE FAMILY WAS DISPLACED.
21-22 IN 1909...A MAJOR STORM DUMPED 12.9 INCHES OF HEAVY SNOWFALL
OVER THE CITY. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 37 MPH ON THE
22ND. TEMPERATURES DURING THE STORM HOVERED IN THE 20'S.
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