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Time lapse video captures Thornton’s Tax Day snowstorm

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 7:56am MDT

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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24 hours of snow in 48 seconds!

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 7:29pm MDT
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Video: Denver’s late March snowstorm as seen from Thornton

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013 9:40am MDT

The snow is falling, the wind is blowing and it is cold and nasty out there right now.  We took to the street for a little bit to capture some video of our late spring snowstorm.  Highlights include the flag flapping in the wind, blowing snow, shoveling and even an appearance by Scout, our Frisbee [...]

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Snowstorm set to deliver powerful punch with heavy snow, strong winds

Saturday, March 9th, 2013 6:41am MDT

Almost exactly on cue our March snowstorm arrived early this morning.  In less than three hours Thornton recorded 2.6″ of snow with much more forecast (click here for our latest snowfall measurement). Look for the snow to continue throughout the day before starting to taper off around 4:00pm.  Accompanying the snow are going to be [...]

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36 hours in 72 seconds: Time lapse video of Thornton’s February snowstorm

Monday, February 25th, 2013 8:42am MDT

The recent snowstorm didn’t bring all that much snow to Thornton, 6.9 inches, but it was our biggest snowfall in over a year and delivers some much needed precipitation.  The light, fluffy snow was easily blown around by winds gusting in excess of 32 mph which limited visibility and made conditions outside harsh. The video [...]

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Interactive map of snowfall totals across northeastern Colorado, February 2-4, 2012

Saturday, February 4th, 2012 10:12am MDT

Thornton residents have begun digging out from the major winter storm that deposited an extraordinary amount of snow on the city.  In the end, the storm will go into the record books as the biggest February snowstorm in Denver history. Here is Thornton we recorded 13.8″ of snowfall and that was actually one of the [...]

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Time lapse video of Thornton’s February 2012 snowstorm

Saturday, February 4th, 2012 10:09am MDT

The snow has moved out and the sun will be shining soon as residents begin digging out from a record-setting snowstorm.  Here is Thornton we recorded 13.8″ of snowfall and that was actually one of the lower totals across northeastern Colorado. It was however Thornton’s biggest snowstorm since October 2009 when we recorded 14.1″ from [...]

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Second snowstorm in three days hits Thornton, third round on the way

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 1:58pm MDT

The meteorological winter starts on December 1 and Old Man Winter is making sure we know he is around.  Two snowstorms have hit Thornton in a three day span and more snow is on the way. On Thursday the first storm brought 5.1 inches to Thornton.  Denver officially recorded 5.7 inches at Denver International Airport [...]

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Thornton gets second snowstorm in a week

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 5:46pm MDT

After weeks of what some would call boring weather, Thornton saw things change considerably over the past week.  Not one, but two snowstorms have hit the city getting us 2/3 of the way to the snow total we had for all of last season. Here in Thornton we measured 6.6 inches with last week’s snowstorm [...]

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Thornton goes from record high temps to heavy snow in a few short days

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 12:14pm MDT

The weather in Colorado is famously variable and in a span of a few short days this was fully evident.  We went from record high temperatures to a winter-like snowstorm and back to sunny skies in four days. On Monday, October24, Denver set a record high temperature of 80 degrees, besting the record high for [...]

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