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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT THU OCT 8 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
7-8 IN 1990...THE SEASON'S FIRST SNOW OCCURRED FROM THE 7TH TO
THE 8TH. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS VARIED FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES
ACROSS METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.0 INCHES AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS
GUSTED TO 29 MPH.
8 IN 1923...SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 44 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 47 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS PERSISTED THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES WAS THE
WARMEST OF THE MONTH THAT YEAR.
IN 1975...A WIND GUST TO NEAR 100 MPH WAS RECORDED IN BOULDER.
FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED ALONG THE
FOOTHILLS CAUSING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. WEST WINDS GUSTED
TO 45 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
8-9 IN 2017...AN EARLY SEASON SNOWSTORM PRODUCED HEAVY WET SNOW
WHICH BROKE BRANCHES AND DOWNED POWER LINES. ABOUT NINETY-
EIGHT THOUSAND OUTAGES OCCURRED IN DENVER AND THE
SURROUNDING METRO AREA. ALMOST HALF THE OUTAGES WERE VERY
SHORT...WHILE 54210 WERE SUSTAINED OUTAGES THAT LASTED
LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES. SOME HOWEVER LASTED FOR SEVERAL
HOURS. SNOW AMOUNTS VARIED GREATLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25
CORRIDOR. WEST OF I-25...STORM TOTALS INCLUDED: 7.5 INCHES
IN ARVADA...7 INCHES IN BROOMFIELD...6 INCHES BOULDER AND
LOUISVILLE...WITH 5 INCHES AT RALSTON RESERVOIR. EAST OF
I-25...STORM TOTALS RANGED FROM A TRACE TO 4 INCHES. IN
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...STORM TOTALS INCLUDED: 12.5
INCHES NEAR GENESEE...10 INCHES AT ELDORADO SPRINGS...
IDLEDALE AND NEDERLAND...WITH 8.5 INCHES NEAR JAMESTOWN.
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