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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT MON OCT 5 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
3-5 IN 1984...FROM THE 3RD TO THE 5TH...THE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC
HURRICANE POLO PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO. MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN 1.00 TO 2.50
INCHES OF RAIN...BUT 3.45 INCHES FELL IN LITTLETON. RAINFALL
TOTALED 1.73 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 24 MPH.
4-5 IN 1997...UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER ON THE 4TH AND 5TH RESULTED
IN TWO TEMPERATURE RECORDS. HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES
ON THE 4TH EXCEEDED THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1922 BY ONE DEGREE.
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 86 DEGREES ON THE 5TH EQUALED THE RECORD
SET IN 1990 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
5 IN 1962...UNUSUALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS LATE IN THE
SEASON AFFECTED AREAS FROM BOULDER NORTHWARD. HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS DID MUCH DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND SIGNS IN BOULDER. HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED
LOCAL FLOODING.
IN 1994...LIGHTNING CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE TO OVER 2400 HOMES
FOR A FEW HOURS IN AND AROUND NEDERLAND IN THE FOOTHILLS
SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER. VERY STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANIED THE
THUNDERSTORM. THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 60 MPH AND HAIL
TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER FELL IN LAFAYETTE. STRONG MICROBURST
WINDS GUSTING TO 69 MPH NEAR STRASBURG CAUSED AN OIL RIG
TO TOPPLE ONTO TWO VEHICLES...INJURING ONE PERSON. THE
STRONG WINDS IN THE AREA ALSO DOWNED A FEW POWER POLES...
BUT CAUSED POWER OUTAGES TO ONLY A FEW HOMES.
IN 1995...STRONG WINDS SPREAD FROM THE FOOTHILLS ONTO THE
PLAINS. WIND GUSTS TO 77 MPH WERE REPORTED ATOP SQUAW
MOUNTAIN WEST OF DENVER. ON THE PLAINS...WINDS GUSTED
TO 60 MPH AT KENNESBURG AND TO 62 MPH NEAR STRASBURG.
NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
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