Denver Weather Summary for 2003
.CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
428 AM MST THU JAN 01 2004
...DENVER'S WEATHER SUMMARY FOR 2003...
2003 FINISHED WITH AN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND WITH BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION. NEITHER CATEGORY QUALIFIED FOR ANY OF THE TOP TEN STATUS
CATEGORIES. THE YEAR FINISHED WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 50.7 DEGREES
WHICH IS 0.6 ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION FINISHED BELOW NORMAL IN BOTH
RAIN AND SNOW CATEGORIES. ANNUAL RAINFALL TOTALED 13.92 INCHES WHICH IS
1.89 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR HALF THE SEASON SO
FAR (JULY-DECEMBER) TALLIED ONLY 7.4 INCHES WHICH IS 18.2 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR (JAN-DEC) THE NUMBER WAS A LITTLE BETTER
WITH A TOTAL OF 60.5 INCHES WHICH IS STILL 1.2 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF
61.7 INCHES. THERE WERE 15 MORE THUNDERSTORMS THAN NORMAL...14 MORE DENSE
FOG DAYS THAN NORMAL AND 2 PERCENT LESS SUNSHINE THAT THE NORM. FOUR DAYS
RECORDED HAIL...ALL SMALL HAIL AND THERE WAS 1 FUNNEL CLOUD (NOT REACHING
THE GROUND) RECORDED NEAR THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PEAK WIND
SPEED DURING THE YEAR WAS 59 MPH FROM A NORTH WESTERLY DIRECTION.
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...DENVER WEATHER STATISTICS FOR 2003...
----------TEMPERATURE--------- PCPN SNOW HEATING COOLING
AVG AVG MONTH MONTH EXTREMES FALL DEGREE DEGREE
MAX MIN AVG NORM HIGH LOW DAYS DAYS
JAN 51.7 22.0 36.9 29.2 68 10 0.03 T 865 0 JAN
FEB 38.6 16.5 27.6 33.2 69 -7 0.47 7.5 1041 0 FEB
MAR 51.8 28.1 40.0 39.6 75 7 3.05 35.2 768 0 MAR
APR 63.5 37.3 50.4 47.6 80 22 2.22 3.4 430 0 APR
MAY 70.1 44.9 57.5 57.2 94 31 1.91 7.0 260 36 MAY
JUN 74.3 49.9 62.1 67.6 88 40 3.95 0.0 107 28 JUN
JUL 93.0 60.8 76.9 73.4 101 52 0.54 0.0 0 376 JUL
AUG 88.6 58.8 73.7 71.7 98 48 1.24 0.0 10 289 AUG
SEP 74.4 44.2 59.3 62.4 87 29 0.26 0.0 192 29 SEP
OCT 70.6 39.6 55.1 51.0 86 23 0.08 0.0 302 13 OCT
NOV 48.9 23.5 36.2 37.5 69 -3 0.05 2.9 858 0 NOV
DEC 46.6 18.6 32.6 30.3 63 5 0.12 4.5 1001 0 DEC
ANN 64.3 37.0 50.7 50.1 101 -7 13.92 7.4 5834 771 ANN
***NOTE: 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).
***NOTE: SNOWFALL AND SUNSHINE DATA MEASURED BY COOP OBSERVERS AT THE
FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
AVERAGE HIGH FOR THE YEAR 64.3 NORMAL 64.2 DEPARTURE PLUS 0.1
AVERAGE LOW FOR THE YEAR 37.0 NORMAL 35.8 DEPARTURE PLUS 1.2
AVERAGE 2003 TEMPERATURE 50.7 NORMAL 50.1 DEPARTURE PLUS 0.6
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 101 ON JUL 16TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE -7 ON FEB 7TH
DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR ABOVE 44 NORMAL 33 DEPARTURE PLUS 11
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR BELOW 15 NORMAL 22 DEPARTURE MINUS 7
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR BELOW 161 NORMAL 156 DEPARTURE PLUS 5
DAYS WITH MIN 0 OR BELOW 5 NORMAL 9 DEPARTURE MINUS 4
TEMPERATURE RECORDS....
NUMBER OF DAILY MAXIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED......... 9
NUMBER OF DAILY MINIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED......... 1
NUMBER OF DAILY LOW MAXIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED..... 0
NUMBER OF DAILY HIGH MINIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED.... 4
COOLING DEGREE DAYS....
YEARLY TOTAL.... 771 NORMAL.... 696 DEPARTURE PLUS 75
HEATING DEGREE DAYS.... **SEE NOTE ABOVE FOR DATES**
JUL 2000 - JUN 2001 TOTAL 6438 NORMAL 6363 DEPARTURE PLUS 75
JUL 2001 - JUN 2002 TOTAL 5934 NORMAL 6128 DEPARTURE MINUS 194
JUL 2002 - JUN 2003 TOTAL 6022 NORMAL 6128 DEPARTURE MINUS 106
JUL 2003 - DEC 2003 TOTAL 2366 NORMAL 2486 DEPARTURE MINUS 120
LAST FREEZE OF THE SPRING... 05/11/03 05/24/02 05/21/01 05/13/00
FIRST FREEZE OF THE FALL.... 09/14/03 10/04/02 10/05/01 09/22/00
LAST SNOW OF THE SPRING..... 05/10/03 05/25/02 05/21/01 05/18/00
FIRST SNOW OF THE FALL...... 11/06/03 10/24/02 10/05/01 09/24/00
FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY......... 05/29/03 05/30/02 06/10/01 05/29/00
LAST 90 DEGREE DAY.......... 08/27/03 09/07/02 09/04/01 09/17/00
PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES)....
YEARLY TOTAL............ 13.92 NORMAL 15.81 DEPARTURE MINUS 1.89
DAYS WITH .01 OR GREATER 73 NORMAL 89 DEPARTURE MINUS -16
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.... 2.45 ON JUN 18-19
SNOWFALL (IN INCHES).... **SEE NOTE ABOVE FOR DATES**
**NOTE: SNOWFALL IS MEASURED AT THE COOPERATIVE WEATHER SITE NEAR THE
FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN DENVER COUNTY.
JAN 2002 - DEC 2002...... 30.8 NORMAL 61.7 DEPARTURE MINUS 30.9
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS..... 6.5 MAR 1-2 2002
GREATEST DEPTH........... 5 MAR 23 2002
JUL 2002 - DEC 2002...... 8.7 NORMAL 25.6 DEPARTURE MINUS 16.9
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS..... 2.2 OCT 29-30 2002
GREATEST DEPTH........... 2 OCT 30 31 2002
JUL 2002 - JUN 2003...... 60.5 NORMAL 61.7 DEPARTURE MINUS 1.2
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS.....
GREATEST DEPTH...........
JUL 2003 - DEC 2003...... 7.4 NORMAL 25.6 DEPARTURE MINUS 18.2
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS..... 3.9 3.9 ON THE 8TH-9TH
GREATEST DEPTH........... 4 ON THE 8TH AND 9TH
WINDS (IN MILES PER HOUR)....
AVERAGE SPEED......... 9.9 NORMAL 8.6 DEPARTURE PLUS 1.3
PEAK GUST............. 59 ON APR 15
PEAK GUST DIRECTION... (330 - NORTHWEST)
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (IN INCHES OF MERCURY)....
HIGHEST.................... 30.62 ON DEC 5
LOWEST..................... 29.16 ON OCT 29
MISCELLANEOUS WEATHER....
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS......... 57 NORMAL 42 DEPARTURE PLUS 15
DAYS WITH HEAVY FOG............. 24 NORMAL 10 DEPARTURE PLUS 14
PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE ... 67 NORMAL 69 DEPARTURE MINUS 2
DAYS WITH HAIL.................. 4 NORMAL N/A
DAYS WITH TORNADO/FUNNEL CLOUD... 1 NORMAL N/A
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