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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT WED MAY 27 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
20-27 IN 2002...LIGHTNING SPARKED A WILDFIRE NEAR DECKERS THE
CONTINUED FROM THE 20TH TO THE 27TH. EXTREMELY DRY
CONDITIONS AND VERY STRONG WINDS THE FOLLOWING DAY ALLOWED
THE FIRE...KNOWN AS THE SCHOONOVER...TO CONSUME 3850 ACRES
BEFORE IT COULD BE CONTAINED. THIRTEEN STRUCTURES WERE
DESTROYED...INCLUDING 4 HOMES...RESULTING IN 2.2 MILLION
DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
26-31 IN 1995...FROM THE 26TH THROUGH THE 31ST...A COOL PERIOD
WITH LIGHT MORNING SHOWERS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY
AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PUSHED RIVERS
ALREADY SWOLLEN FROM MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT OVER THEIR BANKS
CAUSING MINOR FLOODING. STREAMS AND RIVERS SUCH AS THE
SOUTH PLATTE AND BOULDER CREEK FLOODED MEADOWLANDS...BIKE
PATHS...ROADS NEAR STREAMS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.
NO SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AND CROP
DAMAGE WAS UNKNOWN. RAINFALL TOTALED 1.79 INCHES AT THE
SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND
ONLY 1.51 INCHES AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
27 IN 1874...AN APPARENT THUNDERSTORM GUST FRONT REACHED THE
CITY AT 6:40 PM. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO
48 MPH FOR A FEW MINUTES PRODUCED LARGE COLUMNS OF
DUST IN THE CITY AND ON THE PRAIRIE. THERE WAS NO
RAIN IN THE CITY.
IN 1942...A DUSTSTORM SWEPT INTO THE CITY...BUT NO DAMAGE
WAS REPORTED. WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 23 MPH.
IN 1953...A HEAVY HAILSTORM CAUSED AN ESTIMATED 100 THOUSAND
DOLLARS DAMAGE ACROSS METRO DENVER. LARGER THAN GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL FELL IN WESTMINSTER AND NORTH DENVER. ONLY 1/8
INCH HAIL WAS MEASURED AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
IN 1955...WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 58 MPH BRIEFLY REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILE IN
BLOWING DUST AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
IN 1981...LIGHTNING DAMAGED POWER LINES WEST OF LAKEWOOD AND
BLEW UP A TRANSFORMER AT THE DENVER FEDERAL CENTER. HAIL
1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN LAKEWOOD AND
ON I-25 SOUTH OF DENVER.
IN 2001...HAIL AS LARGE AS 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS MEASURED
NEAR COMMERCE CITY.
IN 2003...HAIL TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER FELL NEAR CENTRAL
CITY.
IN 2006...UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER FOR LATE MAY PRODUCED TWO
TEMPERATURE RECORDS. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 93 DEGREES
WAS A RECORD MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE. THE LOW TEMPERATURE
OF 59 DEGREES EQUALED THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
FOR THE DATE. BOTH PREVIOUS RECORDS OCCURRED IN 1895.
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