As we near the end of July the weather in Denver tends to be a bit more stable. That doesn’t mean the severe weather threat disappears as can be seen at our look back at this week in Denver weather history. Particularly notable are lightning injuries and deaths, flash flood events and even tornadoes. From […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Our weekly look back at Denver weather history always has interesting items but this week one stands out in particular. Denver has never officially recorded snow during the month of July. However, before official records began in 1882, the U.S. Army Signal Service weather observer reported snow on July 17, 1872! From the National Weather […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Our look back at this week in Denver weather history demonstrates why July is considered the Mile High City’s stormiest month. Many instances of flooding rains, damaging wind and hail and dangerous lightning are seen in our past. From the National Weather Service: 1-18 In 1874…a streak of 18 consecutive days of 90 degrees tied […]
Click here for the rest of the story.In our July weather preview we discussed how the month is not only Denver’s hottest but also its stormiest. Our look back at this week in Denver weather history helps to illustrate that fact. We start seeing 100+ degree days as well as many of the types of fast moving thunderstorm events expected this time of year. […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Change is of course the one constant in Denver’s weather but come July, things actually get pretty consistent. The standard formula for a day in July is a sunny morning, clouds developing in the late morning and early afternoon. Come mid-afternoon, thunderstorms are rolling off of the foothills and into the metro area and the […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Our look back at this week in Denver weather history certainly has plenty of the usual suspects related to severe weather. Most notable however are the many occurrences of lightning strikes and the effects they can have from sparking fires to causing significant injury and death. From the National Weather Service: 22-26 In 2012…the maximum […]
Click here for the rest of the story.While the month of July seemed hot and dry, statistics show that only one of those two conditions held true. We definitely saw a big time lack of precipitation but temperatures averaged out to near normal. High pressure was the dominate feature for the month leading to overall dry conditions. We started out cooler than […]
Click here for the rest of the story.How does 42 degrees sound right about now? That mark is one of the highlights of this week in Denver weather history. It was the low temperature recorded twice in our past and the coldest July temperature on record. Many more notable events have also occurred. From the National Weather Service: 13-5 In 2008…a streak […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Colorado offers outdoor opportunities unlike any other state and while the summer heat settles in, photos of the amazing scenes across our state provide a view into why we love it here so much. The weather this time of year has a pretty standard pattern of quickly warming temperatures followed by afternoon thunderstorms that can cool […]
Click here for the rest of the story.As we near the end of July the weather in Denver tends to be a bit more stable. That doesn’t mean the severe weather threat disappears as can be seen at our look back at this week in Denver weather history. Particularly notable are lightning injuries and deaths, flash flood events and even tornadoes. From […]
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