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Satellite imagery provides bird’s eye view of Earth at the change of seasons. Pretty neat imagery and explanation from NASA: Enjoy the Equinox! Every year, there are two equinoxes. One is in March; the other is in September. In 2014, the March equinox falls on March 20, 2014. On the equinoxes, the sun shines directly […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Like all months in Colorado, February 2014 did have some warm periods but those were few and far between as compared to the cold we experienced. Those cold temperatures did not translate to precipitation however. The month started out quite cold with 9 out of the first 10 days seeing below normal temperatures. Two of […]
Click here for the rest of the story.The past two months have brought periods of extreme cold but not a lot of snow to Denver. March however is our snowiest month and may bring a turnaround in those numbers. It also typically brings much warmer temperatures. March is historically Denver’s snowiest month and brings about 20% of our annual snowfall. Heavy, wet […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Unseasonably cold weather gripped much of the nation in January and brought a term to public’s consciousness they may not have heard before: polar vortex. As explained in a video from NASA, the ‘stretching’ of the vortex was responsible for the record-setting cold seen last month. NASA writes: This movie of temperature observations from NASA’s […]
Click here for the rest of the story.January 2014 could be remembered as a month that brought a weather rollercoaster. Looking back it seems as if we were constantly jumping between mild temperatures to cold to warmth and back to cold again. The month started out cooler than normal for the first two days with a light shot of snow on New […]
Click here for the rest of the story.February in Colorado typically brings to an end an extended period when average temperatures are at their lowest. Winter begins to loosen its grip and temperatures get warmer but precipitation is not a particularly common event during the month. Thanks to some late January snows, Denver’s seasonal snowfall has started to rebound but still remains […]
Click here for the rest of the story.As of this writing Thornton is weathering a wintry blast and another appears on tap for the end of the week. If mid-range forecasts are to believed, that same pattern may be lingering for the next couple of weeks. As seen in the image below, the Climate Prediction Center’s outlooks through February 9 indicate we […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Another year is in the books and as we look back at 2013’s weather, we see Thornton – and indeed much of the state – saw cooler and wetter than normal conditions. In terms of temperatures, Thornton saw an average overall annual temperature of 49.3 degrees. Out at Denver International Airport where the Mile High […]
Click here for the rest of the story.As we begin the new year the winter chill begins to set in. While January can see its share of extremes, the month historically sees stable temperatures and is usually relatively dry. January ranks as the second coldest month in Denver next to December with average temperatures remaining virtually the same from the start to […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Thornton and the Denver area closed out 2013 with a display of typically highly variable weather. We recorded some record low temperatures followed by unseasonably warm conditions. One thing that was lacking was snow. The first three days of the month started out quite mild with highs well above normal. That changed quickly midday on […]
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