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May 13 to May 19 – This Week in Denver Weather History

Sunday, May 13th, 2012 5:46am MDT

As we get further into spring the chances for severe weather increase greatly across northeastern Colorado and that is seen in our look back at this week in Denver weather history. We also note the dangers this weather presents as we see events where the weather injured and even killed Coloradoans. From the National Weather [...]

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May 6 to May 12 – This Week in Denver Weather History

Sunday, May 6th, 2012 3:36am MDT

The first full week of May can be a very eventful one with a wide variety of conditions. As our look back at the week in Denver weather history shows, we can see everything from typical spring severe weather including tornadoes to winter-like weather with significant snowfall. From the National Weather Service: 4-8 In 1969…heavy [...]

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April 29 to May 5 – This Week in Denver Weather History

Sunday, April 29th, 2012 5:14am MDT

As we enter the month of May, winter-like events begin to taper off and we start to see greater occurrences of conditions associated with spring in Denver. Numerous severe weather events with damaging hail and lightning have occurred as well as deadly flooding. 28-29 In 1950…snowfall totaled 6.3 inches at Stapleton Airport…but only 3.5 inches [...]

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April 22 to April 28 – This Week in Denver Weather History

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 1:58pm MDT

Certainly April can bring pleasant weather but it also can bring thunderstorms and even heavy, damaging snow as we see in our look back at this week in Denver weather history. From the National Weather Service: 19-22 In 1933…a major storm dumped 16.8 inches of snowfall over downtown Denver when rain changed to snow during [...]

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April 15 to April 21 – This Week in Denver Weather History

Sunday, April 15th, 2012 10:37am MDT

Snowstorms, tornadoes and wind, oh my! Our look back at this week in Denver weather history highlights the wide variety of weather we can receive this time of year as we transition from winter to spring. From the National Weather Service: 12-15 In 1927…snowfall totaled 8.5 inches in downtown Denver. Most of the snow fell [...]

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April 8 to April 14 – This Week in Denver Weather History

Sunday, April 8th, 2012 5:38am MDT

April in Denver can bring a wide array of weather conditions, many of which appear in their most extreme form. Our look back at this week in Denver weather history demonstrates this with everything from major snowstorms to damaging windstorms to even a tornado. From the National Weather Service: 6-8 In 1973…a major spring snow [...]

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April 1 to April 7 – This Week in Denver Weather History

Sunday, April 1st, 2012 5:28am MDT

April in the Denver area can offer up an extraordinary array of weather conditions. As we discussed in our April weather preview, everything from wind and snow to thunderstorms and tornadoes can make an appearance. We see this variety in our look back at this week in Denver weather history which includes all of those [...]

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March 25 to March 31 – This Week in Denver Weather History

Sunday, March 25th, 2012 5:35am MDT

In stark contrast to the extremely dry and mild month we are experiencing now, March is normally known for its snow. In our look back at this week in Denver weather history we see many significant snow events that have occurred in the past and are much more representative of Denver’s March weather. From the [...]

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March 18 to March 24 – This Week in Denver Weather History

Sunday, March 18th, 2012 3:30pm MDT

As our snowiest month, heavy, wet snows are not at all unusual in March. Certainly we see many of those types of events in our look back at this week in Denver weather history. Also notable are the high wind events including one in 1995 that brought down two houses under construction in Thornton. From [...]

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March 11 to March 17 – This Week in Denver Weather History

Sunday, March 11th, 2012 4:45am MDT

March is usually a month of transition in Denver as winter winds down and spring begins to assert itself. This leads to many different types of weather events from high winds, to monstrous snowstorms and even tornadoes. Our look back at this week in Denver weather history shows that all of these can occur during [...]

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