Colorado’s unofficial severe weather season may be over but August holds a wide variety of related weather hazards that can be damaging and deadly. Looking back at this week in Denver weather history, flooding, large hail and even tornadoes have made appearances in our past. From the National Weather Service: 8-13 In 1875…clouds of grasshoppers […]
Click here for the rest of the story.The beginning of August typically continues our monsoon season. This leads to increased chances for thunderstorms with heavy rain and the associated hazards that come with it. Our look back at this week in Denver weather history highlights the dangers of flooding, hail and lightning and even includes reference to grasshopper swarms being blown into […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Monsoonal moisture oftentimes streams into Colorado this time of year leading heavy rain and dangerous lightning. Our look back at this week in Denver weather history features many flooding events caused by the moisture and even some tornadoes. From the National Weather Service: 13-5 In 2008…a streak of 24 consecutive days of 90 degrees shattered […]
Click here for the rest of the story.As we continue in what is the hottest time of the year, we also begin to enter the monsoon season. Our look back at this week in Denver weather history shows that this can bring a wide range of severe weather. Most common are heavy rains which can lead to flooding but dangerous and damaging […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Monsoonal rain, dangerous lightning and large hail are all par for the course as we see in our look back at this week in Denver weather history. But, what about snow? Yes, you read that right. Denver did actually record snowfall on July 17, 1872 but because it occurred before official snowfall measurements began in […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Severe weather becomes a bit less common as we get further into summer but the threat is never gone as we see in our look back at this week in Denver weather history. Many notable events related to severe thunderstorms have occurred including flooding rain, tornadoes and damaging hail. From the National Weather Service: 29-15 […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Dangerous lightning, damaging hail and even tornadoes make the highlights of our look back at this week in Denver weather history. From the National Weather Service: 29-2 In 1990…almost a year to date after the record breaking heat in early July 1989…the third longest heat wave in Denver history started. From June 29th through July […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Late spring and early summer continue Colorado’s severe weather season. Looking back at this week in Denver weather history we see we experience a wide variety of conditions from record-setting heat to damaging thunderstorms with hail, wind and flooding. From the National Weather Service: 23 In 1874…a thunderstorm pelted the city with hail and brief […]
Click here for the rest of the story.Late spring and early summer weather hazards abound in Colorado. Looking back at this week in Denver weather history we see many examples including wildfires, deadly lightning, damaging lightning and dangerous flooding. From the National Weather Service: 12-17 In 2000…two large wildfires developed in the Front Range foothills as careless campers and very dry conditions […]
Click here for the rest of the story.June means severe weather in Colorado and our look back at this week showcases that fact. Numerous, historical events have occurred during this week in the past including the disastrous Hayman fire and the infamous 1988 Denver tornadoes. From the National Weather Service: 7-9 In 1979…rain…at times with thunder on the 7th…fell almost continuously through […]
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