Carol Rasmussen, NASA Using satellite data on how water moves around Earth, NASA scientists have solved two mysteries about wobbles in the planet’s rotation – one new and one more than a century old. The research may help improve our knowledge of past and future climate. Although a desktop globe always spins smoothly around the […]
Click here for the rest of the story.The month of March 2016 in Thornton was a bit of a tale of two halves. The first, mild and dry. The second, colder and much, much wetter. We started out with above normal temperature readings dominating the daily temperatures. In fact 12 of the first 14 days of the month saw high temperatures above […]
Click here for the rest of the story.The month of February was a bit of a mixed bag of weather conditions for Thornton. While it started out cold and snowy, it finished quite warm. Snow and cold were the main features for the month initially as we received our biggest snowfall of the season on the 1st and 2nd. Thornton recorded a […]
Click here for the rest of the story.The month of February was quite generous in terms of snowfall at the start. However things quickly transitioned to drier and warmer conditions that lasted most of the rest of the month. March usually offers healthy snowfall giving us an opportunity to add to those numbers. While there is good snow potential in March, the […]
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. Thus far our snow season is looking in pretty good shape with most basins in the […]
Click here for the rest of the story.January 2016’s weather was notable for only one thing – its lack of anything notable. All in all the month failed to produce anything particularly dramatic. While it was just a bit dry, it wasn’t by much and temperatures came in right near normal. Only three periods of snowfall occurred during the month. The heaviest […]
Click here for the rest of the story.The year that was lacked any major drama in terms of the weather. Winter and severe weather conditions during their seasons were pretty typical. Overall, the year saw temperatures and precipitation end above average. Thornton’s average annual temperature for 2015 came in at 51.1 degrees. That was a bit above Denver’s historical average of 50.5 […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Warm and dry were the key weather words for the start of December 2015. That however changed as the month progressed and colder, wetter weather arrived. High pressure dominated the start of the month leading to 10 out of the first 11 days of the month seeing above normal temperatures. No precipitation was recorded over […]
Click here for the rest of the story.As Christmas gets closer everyone always wonders if we are going to get the proverbial white Christmas. Unfortunately, if you look at Denver and Thornton weather history, the chances aren’t all that good but it also depends on what you define as a white Christmas. If to you a white Christmas means having actual snowfall […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Astronomical winter arrives in Thornton tonight and with the solstice also comes the shortest day of the year. Winter officially begins at 9:49pm today. The Winter Solstice occurs when the North Pole is tilted at its furthest from the sun – 23.5 degrees away. This results in the shortest day of the year in the Northern […]
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