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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT TUE OCT 6 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
6 IN 1900...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
IN 1903...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE
TO A HIGH OF 71 DEGREES IN THE CITY. THE LOW READING
WAS ONLY 46 DEGREES.
IN 1910...LIGHT SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRES DRIFTED OVER THE
CITY.
IN 1976...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT BROUGHT LIGHT SNOW OVER
THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 6 THOUSAND FEET. TRAFFIC WAS
SNARLED AT MANY LOCATIONS. ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW
FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
RAINFALL TOTALED 0.20 INCH AND NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED
TO 41 MPH.
IN 1991...THE BRILLIANT ORANGE SUNSET WAS APPARENTLY THE
RESULT OF AN EXTENSIVE VOLCANIC SMOKE LAYER IN THE UPPER
ATMOSPHERE.
IN 1994...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPED IN THE
FOOTHILLS ABOVE 9500 FEET. A WIND GUST TO 78 MPH WAS
RECORDED ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN WEST OF DENVER AND TO
72 MPH AT WARD NORTHWEST OF BOULDER. NORTHWEST WINDS
GUSTED TO 35 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2011...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPED IN AND AROUND THE DENVER
AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. AT THE
NATIONAL WIND TECHNOLOGY CENTER...PEAK WIND GUSTS RANGED
FROM 79 TO 92 MPH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
ACROSS METRO DENVER...THE STRONG WINDS TOPPLED A FEW
TREES AND DAMAGED PATIO FURNITURE. THE WIND CAUSED A
FEW FLIGHT DELAYS AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE
TO A PARTIAL GROUND STOPPAGE OF INCOMING FLIGHTS. PEAK
WIND REPORTS ALSO INCLUDED: 66 MPH AT CEDAR POINT...63
MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...60 MPH AT BUCKLEY
AIR FORCE BASE; 59 MPH AT HIGHLANDS RANCH; 58 MPH AT
DEER TRAIL AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO AIRPORT IN
BROOMFIELD; 55 MPH AT BENNETT...CENTENNIEL AIRPORT AND
CITY PARK IN DENVER.
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