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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT WED AUG 12 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
8-13 IN 1875...FROM THE 8TH TO THE 13TH...CLOUDS OF GRASSHOPPERS WERE
SEEN FLYING THROUGH THE AIR ON THE PREVAILING WINDS DURING
EACH DAY.
12 IN 1876...THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A HIGH OF 100 DEGREES
IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
IN 1941...EXCESSIVE THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL FLOODED STREETS
AND DELAYED TRAFFIC FOR A FEW HOURS IN SOME SECTIONS OF
THE CITY. THE BASEMENTS OF A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF HOMES
AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WERE FLOODED. THE TOTAL VALUE OF
THE DAMAGE WAS UNKNOWN. ONLY 0.94 INCH OF THUNDERSTORM
RAINFALL WAS RECORDED DOWNTOWN.
IN 1969...A MAN AND A 9-YEAR OLD BOY WERE INJURED...WHEN
LIGHTNING STRUCK A TREE NEAR WHERE THEY WERE STANDING.
BOTH WERE REVIVED AFTER TREATMENT...BUT THE BOY LATER DIED
OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
IN 1984...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS DRENCHED SOUTHERN METRO
DENVER. RURAL ROADS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY RECEIVED MINOR
WASHOUTS. HAIL...AS LARGE AS 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER...WAS
REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST AURORA WITH ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL
REPORTED NEAR PARKER. RAINFALL TOTALED 1.00 INCH AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
12-13 IN 1975...OVERNIGHT FROM THE 12TH TO THE 13TH...HEAVY RAINS
CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE FOOTHILLS FROM DENVER
NORTH. THUNDERSTORM RAINFALL TOTALED 1.56 INCHES AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2004...A BRIEF COOL SPELL RESULTED IN TWO DAILY
TEMPERATURE RECORDS. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 49
DEGREES WAS A RECORD MINIMUM FOR THE 12TH...AS WAS
THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 48 DEGREES ON THE 13TH.
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