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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT THU JUN 25 2026
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
22-26 IN 2012...FROM THE 22ND TO THE 26TH...THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS. TWO OF
THE HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THE 25TH AND 26TH PEAKED AT 105
DEGREES...WHICH SET THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF
JUNE AND TIED THE ALL-TIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR DENVER.
25 IN 1873...FOREST FIRES PRODUCED A GREAT DEAL OF SMOKE IN THE
MOUNTAINS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY.
IN 1958...AN UNUSUALLY COLD DAY FOR SUMMER SET TWO TEMPERATURE
RECORDS FOR THE DATE. UNDER CLOUDY SKIES WITH OCCASIONAL
DRIZZLE...A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 55 DEGREES WAS
ESTABLISHED ALONG WITH A RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 42
DEGREES.
IN 1959...A WAITRESS...WORKING AT A KITCHEN SINK...WAS INJURED
BY A BOLT OF LIGHTNING...WHICH STRUCK THE REAR OF A TAVERN
IN DENVER. SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
IN 1971...A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY AT A HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL FIELD IN BRIGHTON...BUT CAUSED NO DAMAGE.
IN 1981...3/4 INCH HAIL PELTED WHEAT RIDGE AND HAIL TO 1 1/4
INCHES FELL IN LOUISVILLE. A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD WAS
SIGHTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL 4 MILES EAST
OF STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1982...A BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRUCK A CABIN IN THE FOOTHILLS
WEST OF DENVER. THE RESULTING FIRE TOTALLY DESTROYED THE
CABIN.
IN 1987...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR BENNETT.
IN 1988...A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 1 MILE SOUTH OF WATKINS AND
WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 4 MINUTES. ANOTHER TORNADO WAS
SPOTTED JUST SOUTHEAST OF BARR LAKE AND WAS ON THE GROUND
FOR 5 MINUTES. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM EITHER TORNADO.
LIGHTNING STRUCK TWO ROCK CLIMBERS NEAR ELDORADO SPRINGS.
A 25-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS KILLED...AND A 21-YEAR-OLD MAN
SUFFERED EXTENSIVE INJURIES. THUNDERSTORM WINDS KNOCKED
OVER TWO ELM TREES NEAR DOWNTOWN DENVER. ONE FELL ON A
HOUSE DESTROYING MOST OF IT. A NEARBY BUILDING WAS
UNROOFED...AND TWO CARS WERE DAMAGED. A TRUCK THAT HAD BEEN
SEVERELY DAMAGED BY ONE OF THE DENVER TORNADOES 10 DAYS
BEFORE WAS HIT AGAIN. THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 51 MPH
WERE RECORDED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1991...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED A HIGH OF 100 DEGREES...
SETTING A NEW RECORD FOR THE DATE.
IN 1997...ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL IN ARVADA AND 1 1/2
INCH HAIL IN BOULDER. HAIL AS LARGE AS 3/4 INCHES FELL
IN DENVER...LOUISVILLE...WESTMINSTER...AND NEAR BROOMFIELD.
IN 1999...THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 58 MPH NEAR FORT
LUPTON TOPPLING AN OIL RIG. A 37-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS KILLED
WHEN HE FELL 55 FEET FROM THE DERRICK OF THE RIG.
IN 2001...FOUR GOLFERS AND ONE CONSTRUCTION WORKER RECEIVED
MINOR INJURIES FROM A NEARBY LIGHTNING STRIKE ON THE
BROADLANDS GOLF COURSE IN BROOMFIELD.
IN 2002...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER WAS MEASURED IN GREENWOOD
VILLAGE.
IN 2005...HAIL TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER FELL NEAR BENNETT AND
ROGGEN. A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST TO 61 MPH WAS RECORDED
NEAR GOLDEN.
IN 2009...LIGHTNING STRUCK THE DARLINGTON PRISMATIC ELECTRIC
FOUNTAIN IN CITY PARK'S LAKE. THE DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED TO
BE APPROXIMATELY $25000.
IN 2010...WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A DRY MICROBURST DOWNED
SEVERAL TREES IN THE VICINITY OF 14TH AND FEDERAL...AND
NEAR BAYAUD ST. AND CLARKSON ST. IN DENVER. AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...A PEAK WIND GUST TO 45 MPH WAS
OBSERVED FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
IN 2015...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUED IN THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS MOVED
OVER PARTS OF ADAMS...ARAPAHOE...DOUGLAS AND WELD COUNTIES.
THE LARGEST HAIL OCCURRED NEAR AURORA AND KEENSEBURG...WITH
HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE OR 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
ELSEWHERE...THE HAIL RANGED IN SIZE FROM 7/8 INCH TO 1 1/4
INCHES IN DIAMETER. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...JUST
A TRACE OF RAINFALL WAS OBSERVED. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 31
MPH WAS ALSO OBSERVED FROM THE EAST.
25-26 IN 1969...FROM THE 25TH INTO THE 26TH...HIGH WINDS RAKED BOULDER
CAUSING ONE FATALITY AND SOME INJURIES. ONE MAN WAS INJURED
BY A FALLING TREE LIMB. AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH IN BOULDER...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 55 TO 60
MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 123 MPH WERE RECORDED. IN DOWNTOWN
BOULDER...WINDS AVERAGED 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH.
WIDESPREAD MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED...ESPECIALLY IN THE TABLE
MESA AREA OF SOUTH BOULDER. MUCH TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN
THE OLDER AREAS OF BOULDER WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED.
A MOBILE HOME WAS OVERTURNED BY THE WINDS. AT STAPLETON
AIRPORT...WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 43 MPH ON THE 25TH AND 37 MPH
ON THE 26TH.
IN 1975...FROM THE 25TH INTO THE 26TH...STRONG WINDS DAMAGED
UTILITY LINES...BUILDINGS...VEHICLES...TREES...AND POWER LINES
IN BOULDER AND OTHER COMMUNITIES TO THE NORTH OF BOULDER.
MICROBURST WINDS GUSTED TO 45 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT ON THE 25TH.
IN 1983...FROM THE 25TH INTO THE 26TH...HEAVY RAIN FELL IN THE
FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER WITH 1.50 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES AT
INTERCANYON. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER METRO DENVER ON THE
26TH WITH TWO-DAY STORM TOTALS AT MANY LOCATIONS RANGING
FROM 1.00 TO 2.50 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALED 1.37 INCHES AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 26TH.
IN 1985...FROM THE 25TH INTO THE 26TH...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN FELL OVER METRO DENVER. AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...RAINFALL TOTALED 0.93 INCHES...THUNDERSTORM WINDS
GUSTED TO 44 MPH...AND 7/10 INCH HAIL WAS MEASURED. THE
AIRMASS WAS UNUSUALLY COLD FOR THE SEASON...AND SNOW FELL IN
THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 8 THOUSAND FEET. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
OF ONLY 63 DEGREES ON THE 26TH EQUALED THE RECORD LOW
MAXIMUM READING FOR THE DATE.
IN 2012...DENVER BROKE THE ALL-TIME RECORD TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH OF JUNE ON THE 25TH WHEN IT REACHED 105 DEGREES. THIS
ALSO TIED THE ALL-TIME RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE IN DENVER.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 105 DEGREES WAS THEN MATCHED ONCE
MORE ON THE 26TH. SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN THESE RECORDS...THE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71 ON THE MORNING OF THE 26TH...
ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE DATE.
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