NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
114 PM MST WED JAN 03 2001
...DENVER'S WEATHER SUMMARY FOR 2000...
THE YEAR 2000 FEATURED A WIDE RANGE IN TEMPERATURES WITH THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURE MEASURED AT 101 DEGREES ON JULY 6TH AND THE COLDEST DAY
OF THE YEAR...A -2 DEGREES REGISTERED ON BOTH DECEMBER 11TH AND
21ST. IRONICALLY...NEITHER THE HIGH NOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE
YEAR WERE RECORD SETTERS. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WAS THE NEW
RECORD FOR NUMBER OF 90 DEGREES SET IN A YEAR. DURING 2000...THE
HOT SUMMER MONTHS HAD 61 DAYS OF 90 DEGREES OR WARMER WHICH SET A
RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER...THE OLD
RECORD WAS 60 DAYS IN 1994. IN CONTRAST NOVEMBER 2000 LANDED IN THE
RECORD BOOKS AS THE 2ND COLDEST NOVEMBER IN DENVER HISTORY. DURING
THAT MONTH...TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW NORMAL FOR 23 OF THE 30 DAYS.
SOME MORE IRONY...JUST THE YEAR BEFORE...NOVEMBER 1999 FINISHED AS
THE 2ND WARMEST NOVEMBER IN DENVER HISTORY. FROM JANUARY THROUGH
OCTOBER THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL. THE BELOW NORMAL
NOVEMBER 2000 ENDED A STREAK OF 13 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR...50.9
DEGREES...WAS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO
GETTING IN TO THE TOP TEN IN EITHER COLDEST OR WARMEST YEARS. DURING
THE YEAR...THERE 14 NEW RECORDS EITHER SET OR TIED. THE WARMEST
YEAR ON RECORD WAS 1934 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 54.8 DEGREES AND THE
COLDEST WAS IN 1912 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 47.8 DEGREES. AUGUST WAS THE
6TH WARMEST AUGUST AND JULY TIED AS THE 5TH WARMEST JULY.
THE PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 14.55 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.56 BELOW
NORMAL. THE WETTEST MONTH WAS MAY WITH 3.08 INCHES FOLLOWED CLOSELY
BY AUGUST WITH 3.06 INCHES. THE DRIEST MONTH WAS FEBRUARY WITH 0.23
INCH WHICH BARLEY EDGED OUT JANUARY WITH 0.24 INCH. THE WETTEST
YEAR WAS 1967 WITH 23.31 INCHES AND THE DRIEST YEAR WAS 1954 WITH
7.51 INCHES.
SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR THE LAST SEASON (07/01/99 - 06/30/00)
AND HAS STARTED BELOW NORMAL FOR THE CURRENT SEASON (07/01/00 -
12/31/00). THE TOTAL FOR LAST SEASON WAS 45.6 INCHES WHICH WAS 14.7
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE CURRENT SEASON...THE TOTAL HAS BEEN
13.4 INCHES WHICH IS 8.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE TOTAL FOR THE
CALENDAR YEAR 2000 WAS 37.3 INCHES WHICH WAS 23 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE SNOWIEST SNOW SEASON WAS 1908-1909 WITH 118.0 INCHES. THE LEAST
SNOWIEST SEASON 1888-1889 WITH 20.8 INCHES. THE 1.8 INCHES THAT
FELL IN FEBRUARY 2000 TIED AS THE 9TH LEAST SNOWIEST DENVER
FEBRUARYS.
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...DENVER WEATHER STATISTICS FOR 2000...
----------TEMPERATURE--------- PCPN SNOW HEATING COOLING
AVG AVG MONTH MONTH EXTREMES FALL DEGREE DEGREE
MAX MIN AVG NORM HIGH LOW DAYS DAYS
JAN 46.3 19.7 33.0 28.2 64 4 0.24 6.2 984 0 JAN
FEB 53.6 24.7 39.2 32.3 68 14 0.23 1.8 744 0 FEB
MAR 53.5 27.3 40.4 38.0 73 14 1.96 11.3 754 0 MAR
APR 66.0 33.6 49.8 46.8 82 16 0.71 4.6 448 0 APR
MAY 74.8 43.6 59.2 55.9 92 23 3.08 0.0 215 43 MAY
JUN 83.2 50.7 67.0 65.6 95 39 0.79 0.0 61 127 JUN
JUL 92.4 60.9 76.7 72.1 101 53 1.42 0.0 0 368 JUL
AUG 89.3 59.7 74.5 69.8 98 53 3.06 0.0 5 305 AUG
SEP 78.5 48.6 63.6 61.0 95 29 1.52 0.2 149 115 SEP
OCT 64.0 37.0 50.5 50.2 83 29 0.52 T 447 5 OCT
NOV 40.6 17.2 28.9 37.6 64 1 0.75 7.6 1074 0 NOV
DEC 41.9 14.6 28.3 29.6 58 -2 0.27 5.6 1131 0 DEC
ANN 65.3 36.5 50.9 48.9 101 -2 14.55 37.3 6012 963 ANN
***NOTE: OFFICIALLY BOTH SNOWFALL AND HEATING DEGREE DAYS ARE TOTALED ON
A SEASONAL BASIS (JUL 1 TO JUN 30)...NOT ON A YEARLY BASIS (JAN 1 TO DEC
31)***
AVERAGE HIGH FOR THE YEAR 65.3 NORMAL 63.9 DEPARTURE PLUS 1.4
AVERAGE LOW FOR THE YEAR 36.5 NORMAL 33.9 DEPARTURE PLUS 2.6
AVERAGE 2000 TEMPERATURE 50.9 NORMAL 48.9 DEPARTURE PLUS 2.0
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 101 ON JUL 6TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE -2 ON DEC 11 AND 21
DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR ABOVE 61 NORMAL 33 DEPARTURE PLUS 28
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR BELOW 18 NORMAL 22 DEPARTURE MINUS 4
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR BELOW 162 NORMAL 156 DEPARTURE PLUS 6
DAYS WITH MIN 0 OR BELOW 4 NORMAL 9 DEPARTURE MINUS 5
TEMPERATURE RECORDS....
NUMBER OF DAILY MAXIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED......... 8
NUMBER OF DAILY MINIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED......... 3
NUMBER OF DAILY LOW MAXIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED..... 2
NUMBER OF DAILY HIGH MINIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED.... 0
COOLING DEGREE DAYS....
YEARLY TOTAL.... 963 NORMAL.... 534 DEPARTURE PLUS 429
HEATING DEGREE DAYS.... **SEE NOTE ABOVE FOR DATES**
JUL 1998 - JUN 1999 TOTAL 5710 NORMAL 6363 DEPARTURE MINUS 653
JUL 1999 - JUN 2000 TOTAL 5282 NORMAL 6363 DEPARTURE MINUS 1081
JAN 2000 - JUN 2000 TOTAL 3206 NORMAL 3812 DEPARTURE MINUS 606
JUL 2000 - DEC 2000 TOTAL 2806 NORMAL 2551 DEPARTURE PLUS 255
JAN 2000 - DEC 2000 TOTAL 6012 NORMAL 6363 DEPARTURE MINUS 351
LAST FREEZE OF THE SPRING..05/13/00 1999...05/17/99 1998...04/29/98
FIRST FREEZE OF THE FALL...09/22/00 1999...09/28/99 1998...10/06/98
LAST SNOW OF THE SPRING....05/18/00 1999...05/11/99 1998...04/20/98
FIRST SNOW OF THE FALL.....09/24/00 1999...09/28/99 1998...11/01/98
FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY........05/29/00 1999...06/25/99 1998...06/25/98
LAST 90 DEGREE DAY.........09/17/00 1999...08/27/99 1998...09/25/98
PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES)....
YEARLY TOTAL.......... 14.55 NORMAL 16.11 DEPARTURE MINUS 1.56
DAYS WITH .01 OR GREATER 81 NORMAL 89 DEPARTURE MINUS 8
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS... 2.00 ON MAY 17-18TH
SNOWFALL (IN INCHES).... **SEE NOTE ABOVE FOR DATES**
**NOTE: SNOWFALL IS MEASURED AT THE COOPERATIVE WEATHER SITE AT THE
FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
JAN - DEC 1999 53.4 NORMAL 60.3 DEPARTURE MINUS 6.9
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS 9.0 APR 22-23RD
GREATEST DEPTH 5 APR 2ND
JUL 99 - JUN 2000 45.6 NORMAL 60.3 DEPARTURE MINUS 14.7
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS 8.4 NOV 21-22ND
GREATEST DEPTH 7 NOV 22ND
JAN - DEC 2000 37.3 NORMAL 60.3 DEPARTURE MINUS 23.0
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS 5.5 NOV 6TH
GREATEST DEPTH 3 NOV 12TH
JUL - DEC 2000 13.4 NORMAL 21.7 DEPARTURE MINUS 8.3
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS 5.5 NOV 6TH
GREATEST DEPTH 3 NOV 12TH
WINDS (IN MILES PER HOUR)....
AVERAGE SPEED 9.9 NORMAL 8.6 DEPARTURE PLUS 1.3
PEAK GUST 55 JUN 10TH
PEAK GUST DIRECTION (140 - SOUTHEAST)
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (IN INCHES OF MERCURY)....
HIGHEST 30.58 ON DEC 4TH
LOWEST 29.12 ON MAY 11TH
MISCELLANEOUS WEATHER....
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS 51 NORMAL 42 DEPARTURE PLUS 9
DAYS WITH HEAVY FOG 22 NORMAL 10 DEPARTURE PLUS 12
PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 73 NORMAL 69 DEPARTURE PLUS 5
DAYS WITH HAIL 3 NORMAL N/A
DAYS WITH TORNADO/FUNNEL CLOUD 0 NORMAL N/A
BENTON/BURROUGHS
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