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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT WED JUL 29 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
13-5 IN 2008...A STREAK OF 24 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES...FROM
JULY 13TH TO AUGUST 5TH...SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 18
CONSECUTIVE DAYS ESTABLISHED IN 1901 AND 1874. IRONICALLY...
NO NEW SINGLE DAY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET IN THE
MONTH OF JULY. IN AUGUST HOWEVER...A RECORD OF 104 DEGREES
WAS SET ON THE 1ST...AND ANOTHER RECORD OF 103 DEGREES WAS
SET ON THE 2ND. IN ADDITION...A RECORD LOW MIN OF 70 DEGREES
WAS SET ON AUGUST 2ND.
18-2 IN 1987...FROM JULY 18TH TO AUGUST 2ND...A STREAK OF 16
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES RANKED 4TH ON THE LIST OF HOT
STREAKS. THE RECORD OF 24 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WAS ESTABLISHED
IN THE SUMMER OF 2008.
27-31 IN 1956...96 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH
OF JULY OCCURRED OVER THE LAST FIVE DAYS OF THE MONTH.
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 4.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT
STAPLETON AIRPORT. THIS AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION IN 5 DAYS
OR LESS HAD BEEN EXCEEDED ONLY 3 TIMES IN PREVIOUS RECORD.
THE LAST TIME HAD BEEN IN DECEMBER OF 1913 AS SNOW.
CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRED ACROSS METRO DENVER
FROM FLOODING.
28-30 IN 1889...FROM THE 28TH TO THE 30TH...DENSE SMOKE FROM
FOREST FIRES IN THE MOUNTAINS OBSCURED THE SUN OVER
THE CITY FOR THREE DAYS.
IN 1971...A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT LATE ON THE 28TH PRODUCED
NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS TO 39 MPH AND RECORD BREAKING COLD
TEMPERATURES ON THE 29TH AND 30TH. THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED
TO 47 DEGREES ON THE 29TH AND 43 DEGREES ON THE 30TH...
SETTING RECORD MINIMUMS FOR THE DATES. UPSLOPE CLOUDINESS
ALONG WITH RAIN AND FOG EARLY ON THE 29TH HELPED SET A
RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES FOR THE DATE.
29 IN 1878...A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN WAS OBSERVED AT 2:20 PM.
FROM BEFORE TO DURING THE ECLIPSE...THE TEMPERATURE IN THE
SUN FELL FROM 114 DEGREES TO 82 DEGREES...WHILE THE SHADE
TEMPERATURE FELL FROM 89 DEGREES TO 83 DEGREES.
IN 1880...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAIN AND HAIL FLOODED STREETS
AND DITCHES. IN 25 MINUTES...0.76 INCH OF RAIN FELL ON THE
CITY ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER. THERE
WERE NO STRONG WINDS WITH THE STORM.
IN 1890...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED SUSTAINED WEST WINDS TO
48 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...BUT ONLY 0.01 INCH OF RAIN.
IN 1956...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL FELL OVER WEST AND NORTH DENVER.
IN 1964...HAIL TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER FELL AT LOWRY AIRFIELD.
IN 1978...A SMALL TORNADO WAS SIGHTED JUST EAST OF PARKER. NO
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
IN 1989...HEAVY RAIN DRENCHED ALL AREAS OF THE FRONT RANGE...
BOTH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
3 INCHES WERE GENERAL OVER THE AREA. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO
A FEW MINOR ROAD WASHOUTS AND SOME STREET...BASEMENT...AND
CROP FLOODING. THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL TOTALED 1.44 INCHES AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO
43 MPH. LIGHTNING STRUCK A 250 THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME NEAR
NEDERLAND AND STARTED A FIRE WHICH DESTROYED ALL OF IT
EXCEPT TWO GARAGES. LIGHTNING STARTED A FIRE IN A HOME IN
EVERGREEN. IT REACHED THE HOUSE BY HITTING A TREE...THEN
TRAVELING THROUGH A METAL CLOTHESLINE STRUNG BETWEEN THE
TREE AND THE BUILDING.
IN 1995...THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 59 MPH IN BRIGHTON.
THUNDERSTORM WINDS FROM THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST GUSTED TO 41
MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. HIGH TEMPERATURE
OF 99 DEGREES WAS A NEW RECORD MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE IN
DENVER.
IN 1997...HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLOODING IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING
IN WESTMINSTER. SEVERAL RESIDENTS HAD TO BE EVACUATED FROM
THEIR APARTMENTS. A WOMAN IN ASPEN PARK RECEIVED MINOR
INJURIES...WHEN LIGHTNING PASSED THROUGH AN OFFICE WINDOW
AND STRUCK HER. SHE SUFFERED TEMPORARY BLINDNESS FOR ABOUT
15 MINUTES.
IN 2003...HAIL AS LARGE AS 1 INCH IN DIAMETER PELTED CONIFER...
HIGHLANDS RANCH...AND FRANKTOWN.
IN 2022...TWO BRIEF LANDSPOUTS DEVELOPED...ONE NORTH OF DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE OTHER NORTHEAST OF BUCKLEY AFB.
BOTH WERE SMALL DEVELOPED IN OPEN FIELDS. NO DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCED 0.30 INCH OF RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...A PEAK WIND
GUST TO 32 MPH WAS OBSERVED FROM THE SOUTH.
29-30 IN 1997...FROM THE 29TH INTO THE 30TH...HEAVY RAIN CAUSED
FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IN CENTRAL PORTIONS OF ADAMS
AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES. TWO HOMES WERE EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED
WHEN WATER FLOODED THE BASEMENTS AND ADJACENT PASTURE AREA
IN STRASBURG. WATER 4 TO 5 FEET DEEP HAD POOLED IN THE
LOWER LYING AREAS OF THE TOWN. A PORTION OF QUINCY ROAD
WAS CLOSED IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY WHEN 4 FEET OF WATER COVERED
THE ROADWAY. RAINFALL TOTALED 3.06 INCHES AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...ESTABLISHING A NEW RECORD FOR
24-HOUR RAINFALL IN JULY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.42
INCHES SET IN 1965 ON THE 24TH AND 25TH.
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