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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT SUN OCT 18 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
17-19 IN 1908...A MOIST...HEAVY...WET SNOWFALL TOTALED 13.0 INCHES IN
DOWNTOWN DENVER OVER THE 3 DAYS. RAIN FROM EARLY MORNING
ON THE 17TH CHANGED TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUED
THROUGH THE LATE MORNING OF THE 19TH. DUE TO TEMPERATURES
IN THE 30'S AND MELTING...THE MOST SNOW ON THE GROUND WAS
ONLY 5.0 INCHES AT 6:00 PM ON THE 18TH. NORTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 12 AND 20 MPH DURING
THE STORM. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.82 INCHES.
18 IN 1875...THE HAZE WAS SO DENSE THAT THE MOUNTAINS WERE NOT
VISIBLE FROM DOWNTOWN DENVER FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
IN 1937...A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED
TO 32 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 41 MPH. RAIN AND SNOW TOTALED
0.16 INCH. POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL OF 0.8 INCH WAS THE
ONLY SNOWFALL OF THE MONTH.
IN 1960...POST-FRONTAL UPSLOPE RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW.
SNOWFALL WAS 2.2 INCHES AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE
PRECIPITATION (RAIN AND MELTED SNOW) TOTALED 1.58 INCHES.
IN 1971...WIND GUSTS TO 48 MPH WERE RECORDED IN DOWNTOWN
BOULDER. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 30 MPH AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1999...HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPED IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF METRO
DENVER WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE CITY. SNOWFALL TOTALS
INCLUDED: 7 INCHES NEAR NEDERLAND...6 INCHES IN BOULDER...AND
5 INCHES AT CHIEF HOSA. ONLY 1.2 INCHES OF SNOW WERE
MEASURED AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
18-23 IN 2003...AN EXTENDED WARM SPELL RESULTED IN 5 NEW TEMPERATURE
RECORDS. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES ON THE 18TH
EQUALED THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE. HIGH TEMPERATURES
OF 86 DEGREES ON THE 19TH...83 DEGREES ON THE 21ST...AND 84
DEGREES ON THE 22ND WERE RECORD HIGHS FOR THE DATES. LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 49 DEGREES ON THE 23RD WAS A RECORD HIGH
MINIMUM FOR THE DATE. LOW TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD
WERE IN THE 40'S AND LOWER 50'S.
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