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The unseasonably warm weather this week reached record setting levels today. At 1:55pm the temperature at Denver International Airport reached 87° tying the record high temperature for the date previously set on May 14, 1996. Here in Thornton we were a couple of degrees warmer as the mercury climbed to 89°. This is the warmest [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.In the wake of our May Day snowstorm, clear skies the following morning allowed temperatures to plummet and reach very winter-like levels. As the mercury bottomed out, Denver broke one low temperature record and tied another. As measured at Denver International Airport, the temperature this morning dropped to 19 degrees at 6:41am. This easily breaks [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.When we look back at April 2013 it will be remembered for two key things: the cold and the snow. By both measurements the month saw extremes with temperatures well below normal and well above normal snowfall, the third month in a row we experienced those conditions. A series of storm systems moved through during [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Just before midnight last night the mercury dropped to 21 degrees at Denver International Airport setting a record low temperature for the date of April 22. The breaks the previous record for the date of 22 degrees set 139 years ago in 1874. Here in Thornton we couldn’t quite match that with a low temperature [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Of all the weather types associated with thunderstorms – hail, tornadoes, floods, etc – lightning is usually the most dangerous. In the United States there are an estimated 25 million cloud to ground lightning flashes each year and each one is a potential threat to life and property. During the past 10 years there has [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.During the spring and summer months in Colorado, a wide array of severe weather can strike. Tornadoes may grab all the headlines, but straight line winds and hail can do a great amount of damage in their own right – and they are more common. Straight line winds are winds out of a thunderstorm and [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Mother Nature can be a fickle lady as we are now seeing. While the calendar says spring, she is quite content to visit wintry weather on us once again. As expected a three-day long event is occurring that will bring heavy, wet snow to the area and winter-like temperatures. While not unusual for this time of year, [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.One fact that may surprise those new to Colorado is that we are actually on the western edge of the infamous Tornado Alley. This large swath of land comprises much of the nation’s midsection and is a unique place as the United States sees more tornadoes than any other place on earth. In fact, tornadoes [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Our unseasonably cold April continues. Following a healthy show of snow yesterday temperatures dropped this morning to a low of 22 degrees as measured at Denver International Airport. This ties the record low for the date last set in 1999. Here in Thornton we matched DIA’s number with a low of 22 degrees this morning. [...]
Click here for the rest of the story.Mother Nature delivered a potent blast of wintry weather for Tax Day catching forecasters and residents off guard. The mid-April snowstorm brought a hefty shot of snow and cold temperatures to Denver and northeastern Colorado. Two days before the event models pointed to significant snowfall for Tax Day. Soon however those same models shifted their [...]
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