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Thursday, March 9th, 2023 5:06am MDT
The biannual ritual of changing our clocks to adjust for Daylight Saving Time occurs this Saturday night providing yet another signal of the changing of seasons. The United States will ‘spring forward’ one hour at 2:00am Sunday morning as we begin Daylight Saving Time. The ritual of changing our clocks twice a year can be […]
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Monday, February 27th, 2023 3:26am MDT
February signifies the start of the climb toward warmer temperatures for the year. Cold and snow though do intrude but, coupled with milder conditions, there are lots of photo opportunities as can be seen in our monthly slideshow. The month is one of our least snowiest of the year but it isn’t unusual to see […]
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 11:59pm MDT
Two very cold days and a third cold weather record has been set with this latest Arctic blast. As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City’s high temperature today topped out at only 7 degrees. This easily breaks the previous record low maximum for the date of 10 degrees set in 1874. Here […]
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 7:12am MDT
Our latest Arctic plunge is coming to an end and with it, a record is broken. As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City bottomed out at -11 degrees this morning. That breaks the old record low for the date of -7 degrees set just last year in 2022. Here in Thornton we […]
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 11:15pm MDT
As another Arctic blast settles in, a weather record falls. As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City bottomed out at -7 degrees today. That breaks the old record low for the date of -6 degrees set in 1913. Here in Thornton we were a bit “warmer” with a low of -5 degrees.
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Saturday, February 4th, 2023 5:26am MDT
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 has been a bit of a disappointment although January did help […]
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Friday, February 3rd, 2023 4:04pm MDT
You likely could have guessed the overall summary for the month, one that is summed up with two words: cold and snowy. January 2023, in fact, goes into the books as the second coldest and one of the snowiest Januarys of the past 17 years. Overall, Thornton’s January saw an average temperature of 27.4 degrees. […]
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 8:10am MDT
As one of our coldest months, January can be a good month to hibernate inside and avoid the outdoors. But, like any month in Colorado, photo opportunities abound as our monthly slideshow demonstrates. Snow is not normally dominant in the month but when it does fall, it can create a beautiful blanket of white. Throw […]
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Monday, January 30th, 2023 11:59pm MDT
Yeah, it definitely did not get very warm today and the record books now reflect that. After tying a record low this morning, now we have a new record low maximum. As measured at Denver International Airport, the Mile High City only saw a high temperature today of 4 degrees. This breaks the previous record […]
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Monday, January 30th, 2023 7:08am MDT
With our latest big chill having settled in, the mercury is dropping into record-setting territory. As measured at Denver International Airport, the official low temperature this morning dropped to -10 degrees. This tied the record low for the date last set in 1985. Here in Thornton, we didn’t plummet quite that low as we bottomed […]
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