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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT THU APR 9 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
7-9 IN 1913...FROM THE 7TH TO THE 9TH...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 10.9
INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER BEHIND A COLD FRONT. MOST OF THE
SNOW FELL ON THE 8TH. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 38 MPH ON THE 9TH.
IN 1935...MODERATE DUST BLEW INTO THE CITY AROUND 9:00 PM ON
THE 7TH AND PERSISTED UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON ON THE 9TH.
SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO AROUND 20 MPH ON THE 7TH
AND 8TH. WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS
TO 20 MPH CLEARED THE DUST FROM THE AIR ON THE 9TH.
7-12 IN 1959...SNOW FALLING OVER A 5-DAY PERIOD TOTALED 20 TO 30
INCHES JUST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS...WHILE OVER THE PLAINS
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CLOSED SCHOOLS AND BLOCKED HIGHWAYS.
THE SECOND BIG STORM IN TWO WEEKS DUMPED 16.4 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL ON STAPLETON AIRPORT WITH THE MOST...11.6 INCHES...
OCCURRING ON THE 8TH. EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 37 MPH ON THE
9TH. TEMPERATURES DIPPED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON THE
MORNINGS OF THE 7TH AND 12TH WHEN 7 DEGREES WERE
REGISTERED. THE COLD TEMPERATURES CAUSED STREETS TO
GLAZE WITH ICE...RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A PEDESTRIAN
WHO WAS STRUCK BY A CAR IN DENVER. THREE PEOPLE DIED FROM
HEART ATTACKS WHILE SHOVELING THE HEAVY...WET SNOW.
8-9 IN 2013...FROM THE 8TH TO THE 9TH...HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPED IN
AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE AS AN
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MADE ITS WAY ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO.
SNOWFALL WAS ENHANCED LOCALLY WITH THE PRESENCE OF AN UPPER
LEVEL JET. STORM TOTALS INCLUDED: 23 INCHES NEAR ELDORADO
SPRINGS...18 INCHES JUST WEST OF BOULDER...16.5 INCHES NEAR
ORODELL...15 INCHES...4 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF BOULDER; 13
INCHES AT GOLD HILL; 12 INCHES AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN BOULDER...11 INCHES IN KEN CARYL; 8.5
INCHES NEAR MORRISON; 8 INCHES AT GENESEE AND ROXBOROUGH PARK;
7.5 INCHES NEAR ARAPAHOE PARK; WITH 6.5 INCHES AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
8-10 IN 1999...FROM THE 8TH TO THE 10TH...A WINDSTORM CAUSED 20
MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN
CORRIDOR FROM FORT COLLINS SOUTH TO PUEBLO AND TO THE EAST
OVER THE PLAINS...MAKING THE STORM EQUAL TO THE COSTLIEST
WINDSTORM EVER...WHICH OCCURRED IN BOULDER ON JANUARY 17...1982.
IN METRO DENVER...SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED AS SHINGLES WERE
BLOWN OFF ROOFS. LARGE PIECES OF A ROOF TORN OFF A STRIP
MALL IN LAKEWOOD DAMAGED SEVERAL CARS IN A PARKING LOT. MOST
OF THE DAMAGE TO HOMES CONSISTED OF BROKEN FENCES...AWNINGS...
DOORS...AND WINDOWS. SCORES OF AUTOMOBILES SUFFERED BROKEN
OR CRACKED WINDSHIELDS AND PAINT DAMAGE FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS WERE TRIGGERED AS SEVERAL TRACTOR-TRAILER
RIGS WERE BLOWN ON THEIR SIDES BY THE STRONG CROSS-WINDS.
BLOWING DUST AND DIRT CAUSED NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES. BOTH I-25 AND I-76 WERE CLOSED NORTH AND NORTHEAST
OF DENVER. STATE HIGHWAY 93 WAS CLOSED BETWEEN GOLDEN AND
BOULDER. SEVERAL TREES...POWER POLES...AND POWER LINES WERE
DOWNED...CAUSING A NUMBER OF OUTAGES AS WELL AS SPARKING A
FEW SMALL GRASS FIRES. HIGHEST WIND GUSTS REACHED 112 MPH
ATOP NIWOT RIDGE NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WEST OF
BOULDER...102 MPH AT WONDERVU...100 MPH AT THE NATIONAL CENTER
FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH MESA LAB IN BOULDER...98 MPH AT THE
NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER NEAR BROOMFIELD...96 MPH ON
ROCKY FLATS...92 MPH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR
BROOMFIELD AND ON THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CAMPUS IN
BOULDER...AND 90 MPH AT HIGHLANDS RANCH IN SOUTHWEST METRO
DENVER. WINDS GUSTED TO 48 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
9 IN 1950...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 58 MPH REDUCED THE
VISIBILITY TO 1 MILE IN BLOWING DUST AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
SCATTERED MINOR WIND DAMAGE...CONSISTING OF FALLING TREE
BRANCHES AND DAMAGE TO SIGNS...OCCURRED ACROSS METRO DENVER.
IN 1989...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT MANY LOCATIONS IN THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. BOULDER RECEIVED 6 TO 8 INCHES.
FIVE INCHES (5.0 INCHES) OF SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...CAUSING 2 HOUR FLIGHT DELAYS.
I-25 SOUTH OF DENVER WAS CLOSED FOR 4 HOURS DUE TO A 100-
CAR TRAFFIC PILEUP. NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 33 MPH AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE THE MAXIMUM SNOW
DEPTH ON THE GROUND WAS ONLY 3 INCHES DUE TO MELTING.
9-10 IN 1900...RAIN CHANGED TO HEAVY SNOW AND TOTALED 6.8 INCHES
IN DOWNTOWN DENVER OVERNIGHT. A THUNDERSTORM OCCURRED ON
THE 9TH. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 32 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 38 MPH ON THE 10TH. PRECIPITATION TOTALED
1.39 INCHES.
IN 1933...FROM THE 9TH TO THE 10TH...POST-FRONTAL HEAVY
SNOWFALL TOTALED 9.4 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. EAST
WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH ON
THE 9TH.
IN 1944...FROM THE 9TH TO THE 10TH...7.0 INCHES OF SNOW FELL
ON DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 24
MPH ON THE 9TH.
IN 1977...THE TWO WARMEST DAYS OF THE MONTH RESULTED IN TWO
TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEING SET. HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 81
DEGREES ON THE 9TH SET A NEW RECORD MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES ON THE 10TH EQUALED THE
RECORD MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE. THE UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER
FOR SO EARLY IN APRIL PRODUCED A LATE AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORM ON THE 10TH.
IN 1993...FROM THE 9TH TO THE 10TH...STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS
OCCURRED ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS
WERE IN THE FOOTHILLS NORTH OF DENVER...WIND GUSTS TO 69
MPH WERE RECORDED AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT IN
BROOMFIELD. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 39 MPH AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2004...FROM THE 9TH TO THE 10TH...A SPRING STORM BROUGHT
HEAVY SNOW TO METRO DENVER. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL IN THE
FOOTHILLS AND OVER AND NEAR HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOWFALL
TOTALS INCLUDED: 20 INCHES NEAR JAMESTOWN...18 INCHES ATOP
GOLD HILL...17 INCHES NEAR EVERGREEN...15 INCHES AT NEDERLAND
AND ELDORA...13 INCHES AT BLACKHAWK...11 INCHES AT ASPEN
SPRINGS...9 INCHES IN LOUISVILLE...8 INCHES AT KEN CARYL...6
INCHES AT NIWOT...SEDALIA...AND IN THORNTON; 5 INCHES IN
LAKEWOOD...LYONS...AND WESTMINSTER. SNOWFALL WAS 4.4 INCHES
AT DENVER STAPLETON. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 21 MPH
AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2008...FROM THE 9TH TO THE 10TH...A VERY MOIST STORM BROUGHT
HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. STORM
TOTALS INCLUDED: 12.5 INCHES AT ASPEN SPRINGS...11 INCHES
JUST SOUTHWEST OF CONIFER; WITH 10.5 INCHES NEAR CENTRAL
CITY AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVERGREEN. LESSER AMOUNTS OF
5 TO 9 INCHES WERE OBSERVED ELSEWHERE. NORTH WINDS
GUSTED TO 43 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE
10TH...AND 1.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT THE FORMER STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
9-11 IN 1951...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 9.4 INCHES AT STAPLETON
AIRPORT. THE STORM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG NORTHEAST
WINDS GUSTING TO 43 MPH.
IN 1953...HEAVY SNOWFALL OCCURRED AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE
7.9 INCHES OF SNOW WERE MEASURED. NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO
29 MPH.
IN 1994...6 TO 14 INCHES OF HEAVY SNOW BURIED MUCH OF EASTERN
COLORADO...CLOSING MANY SCHOOLS AND I-70 FROM EAST OF DENVER
TO THE KANSAS BORDER. RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW ON THE 9TH...AND
SNOW CONTINUED THROUGH THE 11TH. SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.7
INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BUT MAXIMUM
SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND WAS ONLY 3 INCHES ON THE 10TH DUE
TO MELTING. EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 26 MPH ON THE 9TH.
IN 1995...A MAJOR SPRING STORM DUMPED 8 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW
IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.3
INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...BUT MOST OF THE SNOW MELTED AS IT FELL WITH THE
MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND OF ONLY 2 INCHES. FIVE-TO
6-INCH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRED OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF METRO DENVER AND EASTWARD ONTO THE PLAINS. NORTHEAST
WINDS GUSTED TO 36 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON
THE 10TH. I-70 WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS EAST OF
WATKINS TO THE KANSAS BORDER DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 29 DEGREES
ON THE 10TH WAS A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.
9-12 IN 1901...RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW AND TOTALED 10.8 INCHES IN
DOWNTOWN DENVER OVER THE 4 DAYS. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE
SUSTAINED TO 28 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 31 MPH ON THE 11TH.
TEMPERATURES HOVERED IN THE 30'S.
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