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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT THU AUG 6 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
6 IN 1877...A SEVERE RAIN...HAIL...AND WIND STORM STRUCK DENVER.
THE STORM PRODUCED A ONE MINUTE SUSTAINED WIND SPEED OF
75 MPH. RAINFALL TOTALED 1.00 INCH IN 25 MINUTES. THE
HAIL STORM DAMAGED VEGETABLE GARDENS IN THE CITY.
IN 1954...AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN WESTMINSTER.
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED IN THE AREA...BUT IT WAS NOT
CERTAIN IF IT HAD TOUCHED DOWN. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
IN 1980...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 100 DEGREES...SETTING A NEW
RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE.
IN 1982...3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTH DENVER.
HEAVY RAIN CAUSED STREET FLOODING IN CENTRAL DENVER WHERE
4 TO 5 FEET OF WATER INUNDATED I-25...CLOSING THE FREEWAY
FOR A WHILE. RAINFALL ACROSS METRO DENVER RANGED UP TO
2.35 INCHES IN JUST OVER AN HOUR. AN ESTIMATED 2000
BASEMENTS WERE FLOODED. ONLY 0.01 INCH OF RAIN FELL AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1991...HEAVY RAIN CAUSED FLOODING AT THE JUNCTION OF I-25
AND I-70. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NORTHEAST OF BOULDER
NEAR NIWOT.
IN 1995...MICROBURST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 58 MPH CAUSED
MINOR DAMAGE TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN BROOMFIELD. SOME
HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION WERE ALSO DAMAGED WHEN THE WINDS
KNOCKED OVER 2 BY 4 WOOD BEAMS ALONG WITH SOME INSULATION
AND ROOFING MATERIALS...WHICH BROKE A FEW WINDOWS.
MICROBURST WINDS ALSO OVERTURNED A CAMPER NEAR BARR LAKE.
IN 1996...HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES FELL
NEAR BENNETT.
IN 2001...3/4 INCH HAIL FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS NEAR CONIFER.
IN 2008...A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE RECORD OF 1.29 INCHES IN 24
HOURS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.10 INCHES SET IN
1929.
IN 2020...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED NEAR BYERS. THE
WIND SNAPPED LARGE TREE BRANCHES...UP TO 4 INCHES IN
DIAMETER...AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...A PEAK WIND
GUST TO 47 MPH WAS OBSERVED FROM THE WEST.
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