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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT WED OCT 14 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
12-14 IN 1969...FROM THE 12TH TO THE 14TH...RECORD BREAKING
EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR SO EARLY IN THE SEASON
OCCURRED. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 26 DEGREES ON THE 13TH
WAS TWO DEGREES LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES FOR THE DATE SET IN 1885. THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES ON THE 12TH EXCEEDED THE
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE (22 DEGREES SET IN 1885) FOR THE
DATE BY ONLY 2 DEGREES. IN ADDITION...3 NEW RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES FOR THE DATES WERE SET. THE LOW
TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 10 DEGREES ON THE 12TH BREAKING
THE OLD RECORD (22 DEGREES IN 1885) BY 12 DEGREES. ON
THE 13TH THE MERCURY PLUNGED TO A LOW OF 3 DEGREES
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD (28 DEGREES IN 1885) BY 25
DEGREES. ON THE 14TH THE TEMPERATURE REACHED A MINIMUM
OF 4 DEGREES BREAKING THE OLD RECORD (25 DEGREES IN 1966)
BY 21 DEGREES.
13-14 IN 1910...THE 13TH THROUGH THE 14TH...LIGHT SMOKE FROM NEARBY
FOREST FIRES DRIFTED OVER THE CITY.
IN 1966...THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON CAUSED
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND SHRUBS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW
TOTALED 6.9 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WHERE NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND
GUSTING TO 45 MPH CAUSED MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER...UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW FELL. HEAVY
WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOLLOWED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND
STRONG WINDS RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES...CARS...
AND UTILITY LINES BY FALLING LIMBS. A WOMAN WAS KILLED BY
A FALLING SNOW LADEN TREE LIMB IN DENVER. SEVERAL OTHER
PEOPLE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS.
IN 1987...RAIN DRENCHED METRO DENVER. THE SOUTH PLATTE CANYON
AREA SOUTHWEST OF DENVER RECEIVED THE MOST WITH 1.11
INCHES AT KASSLER AND 1.49 INCHES UPSTREAM AT STRONTIA
SPRINGS. AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...0.62 INCH
OF RAIN WAS MEASURED...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 29 MPH...AND
THUNDER WAS HEARD.
IN 2007...A NEW 24-HOUR RECORD OF 2.65 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
WAS SET AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER; BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 2.58 INCHES SET IN
1892.
13-16 IN 1873...THE 13TH THROUGH THE 16TH...SMOKE FROM SEVERAL LARGE
FOREST FIRES IN THE MOUNTAINS MADE THE AIR VERY HAZY IN THE
CITY.
14 IN 1952...THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON LEFT 1.2
INCHES OF SNOW AT STAPLETON AIRPORT. NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO
38 MPH.
IN 1974...RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW EARLY IN THE DAY...BUT SNOWFALL
TOTALED ONLY 1.0 INCH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 20 MPH.
IN 2021...VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS DEVELOPED OVER THE HIGHER
MOUNTAIN AREAS. PEAK WIND GUSTS ATOP BERTHOUD PASS RANGED
FROM 90 TO 104 MPH. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...A
PEAK WIND GUST TO 41 MPH WAS OBSERVED FROM THE NORTHWEST.
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