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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT MON AUG 31 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
31 IN 1951...HAIL AS LARGE AS 1 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER CAUSED
AN ESTIMATED 300 THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGE IN METRO DENVER.
HAIL AS LARGE AS 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS MEASURED
AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
IN 1978...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS TORE THE ROOF OFF AN
APARTMENT BUILDING IN AURORA...DOWNED TREES...AND DAMAGED
WINDOWS IN DENVER. A MICROBURST WIND GUST TO 58 MPH WAS
RECORDED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1985...A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 60 MPH WAS CLOCKED AT
BUCKLEY FIELD IN AURORA.
IN 1997...HAIL TO 1 1/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS MEASURED IN
AURORA.
IN 2006...A FEMALE POSTAL WORKER WAS STRUCK AND INJURED BY
LIGHTNING WHILE DELIVERING MAIL IN WESTMINSTER.
IN 2008...LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOME IN BRIGHTON...DAMAGING THE
ROOF AND A BEDROOM. THE DAMAGED TOTALED 20 THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
IN 2020...A WORSENING DROUGHT THAT STARTED IN THE SPRING
OF 2020...CONTINUED THROUGH AUGUST. THE MONTH OF AUGUST
TIED WITH 2011 FOR THE WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD. IT
ALSO OCCURRED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECOND WARMEST
SUMMER ON RECORD. THE COMBINATION OF HOT AND
DRY CONDITIONS...IN ADDITION TO CRITICALLY DRY FUELS
FROM YEARS OF BEETLE KILL...RESULTED MASSIVE WILDFIRES.
THE CAMERON PEAK FIRE...WHICH BECAME THE LARGEST
WILDFIRE IN THE STATE'S HISTORY STARTED ON AUGUST
13TH AND CONTINUED TO BURN INTO OCTOBER. SMOKE FROM
THIS WILDFIRE IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL OTHER LARGE
WILDFIRES IN COLORADO AND THE WEST RESULTED IN
MULTIPLE DAYS OF EXTREMELY POOR AIR QUALITY. IN
ADDITION...THE AIR QUALITY IN DENVER AND THE ENTIRE
FRONT RANGE HAD DETERIORATED SEVERELY DUE TO THE
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH OZONE CONTENT...
WHICH HAD SPIKED SIGNIFICANTLY. IN AUGUST...26
DAYS IN THE MONTH EQUALED OR EXCEEDED 90 DEGREES.
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