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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT FRI JUL 31 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.
31 IN 1873...THE ALL-TIME LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE IN JULY...
42 DEGREES...OCCURRED. THE SAME TEMPERATURE ALSO OCCURRED
ON JULY 4...1903.
IN 1874...DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON RAIN AND HAIL FELL FOR
5 MINUTES FOLLOWED BY BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PIECES OF SOLID
ICE OF IRREGULAR SHAPE FELL UPON THE ROOF OF THE STATION.
THE HAIL STONES MEASURED 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
PRECIPITATION (RAIN AND MELTED HAIL) WAS ONLY 0.16 INCH.
IN 1889...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 100 DEGREES IN
DOWNTOWN DENVER.
IN 1919...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL TOTALED 2.59 INCHES IN
DOWNTOWN DENVER DURING THE EVENING. RAINFALL WAS 1.90
INCHES IN AN HOUR...A NEW RECORD AT THAT TIME.
IN 1961...OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAUSED
FLOODING OF STREETS AND BASEMENTS IN DENVER. RAINFALL
TOTALED 1.30 INCHES AT 11TH AND LINCOLN IN CENTRAL DENVER.
IN 1964...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 91 DEGREES IN DENVER...MAKING
THIS THE 27TH DAY OF THE MONTH THAT THE TEMPERATURE REACHED
90 DEGREES OR MORE. THIS IS THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR 90
DEGREE DAYS IN A MONTH IN DENVER.
IN 1972...ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL IN HUDSON NORTHEAST OF
DENVER.
IN 1976...DURING THE EVENING HOURS EXTREMELY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM
RAINS PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN BIG THOMPSON CANYON WHICH
KILLED 144 PEOPLE BETWEEN ESTES PARK AND LOVELAND. NO
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OCCURRED IN METRO DENVER AT THE TIME.
IN 1987...1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL IN LAKEWOOD AND 3/4 INCH
HAIL FELL NEAR LOUISVILLE. SOUTHEAST BOULDER COUNTY WAS
DRENCHED WITH 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST 20 MINUTES.
IN 1993...THUNDERSTORM WINDS DAMAGED A CHIMNEY OF A HOME NEAR
PARKER.
IN 1996...A WEAK TORNADO (F0) WAS SIGHTED 12 MILES EAST OF
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
IN 1998...HEAVY MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORM RAIN TRIGGERED A MUD
SLIDE IN BLACKHAWK. THE MUDSLIDE BLOCKED MAIN ST. AND
CAUSED AN ESTIMATED HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO A
CASINO. HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAIN...UP TO 3 INCHES IN AN
HOUR...CAUSED A FLASH FLOOD ALONG BUFFALO CREEK. PORTIONS
OF COUNTY ROAD 126 JUST SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF BUFFALO
CREEK WERE WASHED OUT. THE FLOOD WATERS NEARLY WASHED
AWAY THE BRIDGE AS MUD AND DEBRIS SLAMMED INTO THE
STRUCTURE. HAIL TO 1 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL NEAR
IDAHO SPRINGS.
IN 2004...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS TOPPLED A 65-FOOT BLUE
SPRUCE TREE IN PARKER. THE TREE LANDED ON A HOME DAMAGING
THE ROOF AND GUTTERS. THE DOWNED TREE POKED DOZENS OF HOLES
INTO THE SHINGLES.
IN 2012...IT WAS THE HOTTEST JULY ON RECORD IN DENVER SINCE
WEATHER RECORDS BEGAN IN 1872. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH WAS 78.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.7 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THERE WERE 27 DAYS IN WHICH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
EQUALED OR EXCEEDED 90 DEGREES...WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW
RECORD. THERE WERE ALSO 7 DAYS IN WHICH THE TEMPERATURE
EQUALED OR EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES WHICH TIED THE RECORD
SET IN 2005.
IN 2013...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS...WITH GUSTS ESTIMATED TO 80
MPH...DOWNED POWER POLES WHICH CAUSED SCATTERED OUTAGES IN AND
AROUND BYERS...BENNETT AND STRASBURG. SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS
ALSO OBSERVED. NEAR BYERS...ALUMINUM SIDING AND ROOFING WAS
PEELED OFF SHEDS. LARGE HAIL...UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...WAS
REPORTED NORTH OF BENNETT. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
A PEAK WIND GUST TO 40 MPH WAS OBSERVED FROM THE NORTHEAST.
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