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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
259 AM MDT SUN OCT 12 2025
..TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY
10-12 IN 1969...FROM THE 10TH TO THE 12TH...THE SECOND HEAVY SNOWSTORM
IN LESS THAN A WEEK DUMPED NEARLY A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS
METRO DENVER AND PLUNGED THE AREA INTO EXTREMELY COLD
TEMPERATURES FOR SO EARLY IN THE SEASON. SNOWFALL TOTALED
11.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTH WINDS
GUSTING TO 26 MPH PRODUCED DRIFTS UP TO 2 FEET DEEP.
TEMPERATURES DIPPED FROM A HIGH OF 52 DEGREES ON THE 10TH TO
A RECORD LOW FOR THE DATE OF 10 DEGREES ON THE 12TH. THERE
WAS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES
FROM HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND ICING. TRAVEL WAS
RESTRICTED OR BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW IN BOTH THE
MOUNTAINS AND ON THE PLAINS EAST OF DENVER.
11-12 IN 1901...AN APPARENT COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTHEAST WINDS
SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48 MPH ON THE 11TH.
GENERAL RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND TOTALED 2.0
INCHES ON THE 12TH. THIS WAS THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE
SEASON. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.32 INCH.
11-13 IN 1892...FROM THE 11TH TO THE 13TH...APPARENT POST-FRONTAL
RAINFALL TOTALED 3.33 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER OVER THE
3-DAY PERIOD. A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE 12TH MELTED AS IT
FELL. RAINFALL OF 2.58 INCHES ON THE 12TH INTO THE 13TH
WAS THE GREATEST 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION EVER RECORDED
DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE
SUSTAINED TO 48 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH ON
THE 12TH.
12 IN 1873...SMOKE FROM SEVERAL VERY LARGE FOREST FIRES WAS
SIGHTED ALONG THE MOUNTAINS.
IN 1923...POST-FRONTAL RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW AND TOTALED
4.0 INCHES. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 14 MPH.
IN 1978...NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WITH A STRONG
COLD FRONT BRIEFLY REDUCED VISIBILITY TO 2 MILES IN
BLOWING DUST AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
12-13 IN 2001...OVERNIGHT FROM THE 12TH TO THE 13TH...PEAK WIND
GUSTS TO 82 MPH AND 70 MPH WERE MEASURED ATOP NIWOT
RIDGE AND SQUAW MOUNTAIN...RESPECTIVELY.
12-14 IN 1969...FROM THE 12TH TO THE 14TH...RECORD BREAKING
EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR SO EARLY IN THE SEASON
OCCURRED. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 26 DEGREES ON THE 13TH
WAS TWO DEGREES LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES FOR THE DATE SET IN 1885. THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES ON THE 12TH EXCEEDED THE
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE (22 DEGREES SET IN 1885) FOR THE
DATE BY ONLY 2 DEGREES. IN ADDITION...3 NEW RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES FOR THE DATES WERE SET. THE LOW
TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 10 DEGREES ON THE 12TH BREAKING
THE OLD RECORD (22 DEGREES IN 1885) BY 12 DEGREES. ON
THE 13TH THE MERCURY PLUNGED TO A LOW OF 3 DEGREES
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD (28 DEGREES IN 1885) BY 25
DEGREES. ON THE 14TH THE TEMPERATURE REACHED A MINIMUM
OF 4 DEGREES BREAKING THE OLD RECORD (25 DEGREES IN 1966)
BY 21 DEGREES.
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