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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT WED MAY 13 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
12-13 IN 1907...FROM THE 12TH TO THE 13TH...THE TEMPERATURE WARMED TO
A HIGH OF 73 DEGREES ON THE 12TH...BEFORE A COLD FRONT
PRODUCED A THUNDERSTORM...NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40
MPH...AND RAIN CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL
TOTALED ONLY 2 INCHES...BUT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 13TH
WAS ONLY 39 DEGREES.
IN 1961...FROM THE 12TH TO THE 13TH...A STORM THAT COVERED
METRO DENVER WITH RAIN AND SNOW STARTED AS THUNDERSTORMS
ON THE EVENING OF THE 12TH. HAIL TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN
DIAMETER WAS REPORTED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF STAPLETON
AIRPORT. RAIN CONTINUED OVERNIGHT AND CHANGED TO SNOW ON
THE 13TH. SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.4 INCHES AND PRECIPITATION
(RAIN AND MELTED SNOW) 1.96 INCHES AT STAPLETON AIRPORT
WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 39 MPH. THE RAIN AND HEAVY
WET SNOW CAUSED ICING DAMAGE TO UTILITY LINES. HEAVY
SNOW OCCURRED IN THE FOOTHILLS.
IN 1982...FROM THE 12TH TO THE 13TH...A MAJOR STORM DUMPED
1.50 TO 3.50 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO AND
DEPOSITED PRODIGIOUS AMOUNTS OF SNOW IN THE FOOTHILLS. COAL
CREEK CANYON SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER WAS BURIED UNDER 46 INCHES
OF SNOW WITH 39 INCHES AT NEDERLAND. THE HEAVY WET SNOW
DOWNED MANY POWERLINES IN THE FOOTHILLS. IN THORNTON...THE
ROOF OF A SCHOOL WAS DAMAGED BY WATER FROM THE HEAVY RAIN.
AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...1.49 INCHES OF RAIN
WERE MEASURED OVER THE 2-DAY PERIOD. THE HEAVY RAIN ENDED
A SEVERE AND PROLONGED DROUGHT.
IN 2004...FROM THE 12TH TO THE 13TH...A WINTER STORM PRODUCED
HEAVY SNOW IN EXCESS OF A FOOT IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 6
THOUSAND FEET WHILE HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS THE CITY. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRED IN THE HIGH COUNTRY OF BOULDER
COUNTY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 14.5 INCHES NEAR JAMESTOWN.
RAINFALL TOTALED 0.81 INCH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WITH 0.94 INCH RECORDED AT DENVER STAPLETON. A TRACE OF
SNOW WAS RECORDED AT BOTH LOCATIONS. EAST WINDS GUSTED TO
24 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 12TH.
13 IN 1905...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED HAIL DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 0.57 INCH.
13-14 IN 1912...FROM THE 13TH TO THE 14TH...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED
12.4 INCHES OVER THE CITY. MOST OF THE SNOW...9.9 INCHES...
FELL ON THE 13TH...WHICH WAS THE GREATEST 24-HOUR SNOWFALL
IN MAY AT THE TIME. THIS WAS THE LAST SNOWFALL OF THE
SEASON. THE LOW TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 27 DEGREES ON THE
MORNING OF THE 14TH.
IN 1989...FROM THE 13TH TO THE 14TH...A SPRING STORM BROUGHT
HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW TO THE FOOTHILLS. METRO DENVER WAS
SOAKED WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. RAINFALL TOTALED 1.26
INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN THE
FOOTHILLS...ECHO LAKE RECEIVED 20 INCHES OF SNOW. A 30-TON
BOULDER SLID ONTO I-70 EAST OF THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
CLOSING THE FREEWAY FOR 2 HOURS.
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