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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT SUN AUG 23 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
19-30 IN 1875...GRASSHOPPERS APPEARED IN GREAT NUMBERS AT 10:00 AM
ON THE 19TH AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE 30TH. THOUSANDS
LANDED ON THE GROUND. THE STREETS WERE LITERALLY COVERED
WITH THEM. SWARMS OF GRASSHOPPERS WERE SEEN ON EACH DAY.
ALL GARDENS IN THE CITY WERE DEVASTATED...AND IN THE
COUNTRYSIDE THE GRASSHOPPERS WERE VERY DESTRUCTIVE TO RIPENED
GRAIN. ON THE 30TH THE GRASSHOPPERS WERE SO NUMEROUS AS TO
ALMOST DARKEN THE SUN.
22-24 IN 1987...FROM THE 22ND TO THE 24TH...SOME LOCATIONS IN METRO
DENVER HAD A TOTAL 3-DAY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.
RAINFALL TOTALED 0.96 INCH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
23 IN 1900...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 49 MPH.
IN 1921...A THUNDERSTORM CLOUDBURST PRODUCED 2.20 INCHES OF
RAINFALL IN AN HOUR OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. THIS IS THE
GREATEST 1 HOUR RAINFALL ON RECORD AT THE OFFICIAL
OBSERVING SITE IN THE CITY. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 2.93
INCHES...WHICH IS THE GREATEST CALENDAR DAY PRECIPITATION
EVER RECORDED IN AUGUST.
IN 1941...ONE MAN WAS KILLED BY LIGHTNING ABOUT 2 MILES FROM
THE OFFICIAL WEATHER STATION IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
IN 1962...A HOME NEAR BOULDER WAS DESTROYED BY A LIGHTNING-
CAUSED FIRE.
IN 1968...STRONG WINDS BUFFETED BOULDER BRIEFLY DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH...WINDS AVERAGED 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
85 MPH. DAMAGE WAS MINOR. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO
31 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1977...LIGHTNING DAMAGED AT LEAST 6 HOMES IN AURORA.
IN 2008...A LANDSPOUT TOUCHED DOWN NEAR WESTCREEK IN DOUGLAS
COUNTY. ONE MAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN HE TRIED TO
ESCAPED SEVERAL FALLING TREES IN HIS ATV. ONE OF THE TREES
STRUCK HIS BACK AND BROKE TWO VERTEBRA. ANOTHER CAMPER
NARROWLY ESCAPED INJURY. SECONDS AFTER HE BACK UP HIS
TRUCK...A TREE CAME DOWN WHERE IT HAD BEEN PARKED.
IN 2019...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL...UP TO
2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER 5 MILES WEST OF BYERS. HAIL
UP TO 1 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED NEAR BENNETT.
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