Plenty of snow and wind dominate a look back at the Denver weather calendar for this week in weather history – November 9th to the 15th.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
645 PM MST SAT NOV 08 2008
…THIS WEEK IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY…
8-9 IN 1897…WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 50 MPH IN THE CITY.
IN 1919…POST-FRONTAL HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.4 INCHES OVER
DOWNTOWN DENVER. MOST OF THE SNOW…6.6 INCHES…FELL ON THE
9TH. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
30 MPH ON THE 8TH.
IN 1950…A MAJOR WINTER STORM DUMPED 10.4 INCHES OF SNOW AT
STAPLETON AIRPORT WITH THE MOST SNOW…7.8 INCHES…FALLING
ON THE 8TH. EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT STAPLETON
AIRPORT ON THE 8TH. SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.2 INCHES IN
DOWNTOWN DENVER.
IN 1958…STRONG WINDS CAUSED SOME DAMAGE IN BOULDER. WEST-
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT ON
THE 8TH.
IN 1975…HEAVY SNOWFALL HIT METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TOTALED 8.0 INCHES AND
EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 21 MPH. POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY THE
STORM AFFECTED OVER 10 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN METRO DENVER. IN
THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER…10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
THE STORM PRODUCED THE GREATEST 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION…1.29
INCHES…EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN THE
CITY.
IN 1983…METRO DENVER RECEIVED 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. IT WAS THE FIRST
MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON IN DENVER. ONLY 1.8 INCHES OF
SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH
WINDS GUSTED TO 20 MPH.
IN 1989…STRONG WINDS HIT THE FRONT RANGE. ON THE 9TH…THE
WOODEN FRAME OF A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN BOULDER WAS
BLOWN DOWN. THE PREVIOUS EVENING A POWER OUTAGE BLACKENED
NEDERLAND. WIND GUSTS TO 95 MPH WERE RECORDED 4 MILES
SOUTH OF ROLLINSVILLE WITH 97 MPH ON FRITZ PEAK NEAR THAT
TOWN. AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…NORTHWEST WINDS
GUSTED TO 45 MPH ON THE 8TH AND TO 38 MPH ON THE 9TH.
IN 1998…ANOTHER UPSLOPE SNOW EVENT DEVELOPED IN THE FRONT
RANGE FOOTHILLS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRED IN WEST
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY WHERE 14 INCHES WERE MEASURED
8 MILES WEST OF CONIFER. OTHER SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED:
10 INCHES AT EVERGREEN AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERGEN
PARK; 9 INCHES AT GENESEE…NEDERLAND…AND NEAR THE CHIEF
HOSA EXIT ON I-70; AND 8 INCHES IN COAL CREEK CANYON. ON
THE 9TH…SNOWFALL WAS 2.6 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS
GUSTED TO 30 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 9TH.
8-10 IN 1985…INDIAN SUMMER CAME TO AN ABRUPT END WHEN A WINTER
STORM DUMPED 10 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS METRO DENVER…SNARLING
TRAFFIC AND CAUSING FLIGHT DELAYS OF UP TO 3 HOURS AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE TEMPERATURE PLUNGED
FROM A HIGH OF 66 DEGREES ON THE 8TH TO A LOW OF ONLY 13
DEGREES ON THE 9TH…AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A VIGOROUS COLD
FRONT WITH NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 32 MPH. THE
TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO ONLY 19 DEGREES ON THE 10TH…SETTING
A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE. SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.3
INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH MOST OF THE
SNOW…7.1 INCHES…FALLING ON THE 9TH.
9 IN 1939…A TRACE OF SNOW FELL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. THIS
SNOW…ALONG WITH A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE 2ND…WAS THE ONLY
SNOW OF THE MONTH…RANKING IT…ALONG WITH OTHER MONTHS…THE
SECOND LEAST SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION OF
0.01 INCH WAS THE ONLY PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING
THIS THE SECOND DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
IN 1944…THE FIRST KILLING FROST OF THE SEASON OCCURRED IN
THE CITY WHEN THE LOW TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 35 DEGREES.
THIS IS THE LATEST DATE FOR A KILLING FROST EVER RECORDED
IN DENVER.
IN 1946…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.7 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN
DENVER. THIS WAS THE SECOND HEAVY SNOWFALL IN LESS THAN
A WEEK. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 26 MPH.
IN 1995…STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS GUSTED BETWEEN 50 AND 57 MPH
AT ERIE AND BOULDER. WEST WIND GUSTS TO 44 MPH WERE
RECORDED AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
10 IN 1897…WEST CHINOOK WINDS SUSTAINED TO 51 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 60 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 64 DEGREES.
IN 1915…SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 41 MPH WITH GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 44 MPH.
IN 1955…STRONG WINDS RAKED THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS. A WIND
GUST TO 80 MPH WAS RECORDED ATOP ROCKY FLATS SOUTH OF
BOULDER WHERE SOME DAMAGE OCCURRED.
IN 1995…SNOWFALL TOTALED 6 TO 9 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS
WEST OF DENVER…WHILE ONLY 2.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL
AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1998…STRONG BORA WINDS GUSTING FROM 70 TO 92 MPH COUPLED
WITH BLOWING SNOW CREATED WHITEOUT AND SLICK BLACK ICE
CONDITIONS AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER.
STATE HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER AND C-470…
NEAR THE MORRISON INTERCHANGE WERE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL
HOURS DUE TO MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENTS. DOZENS OF MOTORISTS
WERE STRANDED UNTIL WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVED. A SMALL
MOTOR HOME WAS A TOTAL LOSS WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER
BEING BLOWN ON ITS SIDE BY STRONG CROSSWINDS. A MAN WAS
INJURED WHEN HE WAS BLOWN OFF A VEHICLE WHILE ATTEMPTING
TO RESCUE THE OCCUPANTS. WIND GUSTS INCLUDED: 92 MPH ATOP
BLUE MOUNTAIN NEAR COAL CREEK CANYON…83 MPH ATOP FRITZ
PEAK NEAR ROLLINSVILLE…AND 77 MPH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY
AIRPORT NEAR BROOMFIELD. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 36 MPH AT
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2000…FREEZING DRIZZLE WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS IN
THE EVENING. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MADE MANY HIGHWAYS ICY
AND SLICK…WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS. SOME HIGHWAYS ACROSS METRO DENVER WERE CLOSED
AT TIMES…INCLUDING PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAY 119 BETWEEN
BOULDER AND LONGMONT AND U.S. 36 BETWEEN WESTMINSTER AND
BOULDER. STATE HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER AND GOLDEN ATOP
ROCKY FLATS BECAME NEARLY IMPASSABLE DUE TO A COATING OF
ICE BY LATE EVENING.
10-11 IN 1911…A STRONG COLD FRONT PRODUCED SNOW AND A COLD WAVE.
THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED 68 DEGREES FROM A HIGH OF 66 DEGREES
AT 12:40 PM ON THE 10TH TO A LOW OF 2 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT
7:15 AM ON THE 11TH. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 23 DEGREES AT
MIDNIGHT ON THE 10TH WAS ALSO THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
11TH. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 51 MPH. SNOWFALL WAS ONLY 2.5 INCHES.
IN 1982…UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
BETWEEN DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS. WINDS GUSTED TO 50
MPH ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. RAINFALL TOTALED 0.27 INCH
WITH ONLY 0.1 INCH OF SNOW ON THE 11TH AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 39 MPH.
DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ZERO PERSISTED ALL DAY
ON THE 10TH.
11 IN 1901…A TRACE OF RAIN FELL IN THE MORNING…AND A TRACE OF
SNOW FELL IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS WAS THE ONLY SNOWFALL AND
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH…RANKING IT THE DRIEST NOVEMBER
ON RECORD…ALONG WITH NOVEMBER OF 1899 AND 1949. THE MONTH
ALSO RANKS AS THE SECOND LEAST SNOWIEST NOVEMBER…ALONG WITH
NOVEMBERS IN OTHER YEARS.
IN 1903…NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
56 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 56 DEGREES.
IN 1912…RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW…WHICH BECAME HEAVY…AND TOTALED
6.5 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. PRECIPITATION WAS 1.02
INCHES…THE GREATEST CALENDAR DAY PRECIPITATION EVER RECORDED
IN NOVEMBER. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 27 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 29 MPH.
IN 1919…LIGHT SNOW FELL FROM AN APPARENT CLEAR SKY DURING THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. THE FIRST SNOW WAS OBSERVED AT ABOUT 12:40
PM AND CONTINUED AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE CLOUDS COULD BE
SEEN FORMING…FOLLOWED BY THE SKY BECOMING TOTALLY CLOUDY.
DURING THIS TIME THE TEMPERATURE FELL FROM 50 DEGREES AT
NOON TO ONLY 18 DEGREES AT 100 PM AND PLUNGED TO 6 DEGREES
AT 5:45 PM. A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 2 DEGREES WAS RECORDED
OVERNIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 33 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 36 MPH BETWEEN NOON AND 1:00 PM BEHIND AN APPARENT
ARCTIC COLD FRONT. SNOWFALL WAS ONLY 0.1 INCH.
IN 1949…NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 50 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
A TRACE OF RAIN FELL. ANOTHER TRACE OF RAIN ON THE 15TH WAS
THE ONLY PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING THE MONTH ONE OF
THE DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD AND THE LEAST SNOWIEST WITH
NO SNOW. THIS WAS THE FIRST NOVEMBER SINCE 1882 WITHOUT
SNOW.
IN 1959…STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS STRUCK BOULDER AND THE
FOOTHILLS CAUSING SOME DAMAGE. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO
37 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
IN 1995…STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS GUSTING TO 84 MPH BLEW OUT
A FEW CAR WINDOWS IN BOULDER COUNTY. WINDS GUSTED TO
69 MPH AT GOLDEN…LAKEWOOD…AND TABLE MESA IN BOULDER.
WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 43 MPH AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2000…HEAVY SNOW OCCURRED IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST
OF DENVER AND OVER MONUMENT RIDGE SOUTH OF DENVER.
SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED: 6.5 INCHES NEAR PARKER…
6 INCHES NEAR BERGEN PARK…5 INCHES AT GENESEE AND
NEAR SEDALIA…AND 4 INCHES AT COAL CREEK CANYON AND
ST. MARY`S GLACIER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 1.6 INCHES AT
THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2003…STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT
RANGE. PEAK WIND REPORTS INCLUDED 91 MPH ATOP BLUE
MOUNTAIN NEAR WONDERVU AND 75 MPH IN BOULDER.
DAMAGING WINDS DOWNED POWER LINES IN BOULDER COUNTY.
NORTH OF GOLDEN…A SEMI-TRUCK WAS BLOWN OVER BY THE
WINDS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 72 AND 93
ATOP ROCKY FLATS. AT THE SAME LOCATION…BLOWING ROCKS
SHATTERED SEVERAL CAR WINDOWS AT AN RTD PARK AND RIDE.
WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
11-12 IN 1922…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED 14.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. THE MOST SNOW ON THE GROUND
WAS 10.5 INCHES AT 6:00 PM ON THE 12TH. NORTH WINDS
WERE SUSTAINED TO 21 MPH ON THE 11TH. TEMPERATURES
WERE GENERALLY IN THE TEENS AND 20`S.
IN 1964…STRONG WINDS IN BOULDER CAUSED POWER OUTAGES AND
MINOR DAMAGE. WINDS GUSTED TO 42 MPH IN DOWNTOWN BOULDER.
AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WEST WINDS GUSTED TO
36 MPH ON THE 11TH AND 35 MPH ON THE 12TH.
IN 1976…SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CAUSED ICING ON BRIDGES…
OVERPASSES AND SOME MAIN ROADS. THE ELEVATED PORTION OF
I-70 WAS CLOSED FOR A TIME DURING THE AFTERNOON OF THE
11TH. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 0.8 INCH AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED
TO 20 MPH ON THE 11TH.
IN 1989…THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A MAXIMUM OF 76 DEGREES
ON BOTH DAYS…SETTING NEW RECORD HIGHS FOR EACH DAY.
IN 1995…HURRICANE FORCE DOWNSLOPE WINDS WHIPPED ACROSS THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH IN BOULDER REGISTERED A PEAK WIND
GUST TO 124 MPH WITH SEVERAL MORE WIND GUSTS OVER 100 MPH.
UTILITY POLES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED…LEAVING SEVERAL
HUNDRED HOMES IN BOULDER WITHOUT POWER. WINDOWS WERE BLOWN
OUT OF CARS IN BOULDER. OTHER REPORTS OF STRONG WIND GUSTS
INCLUDED: 108 MPH ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN WEST OF DENVER…104
MPH AT TABLE MESA IN BOULDER…99 MPH AT GOLDEN GATE CANYON…
85 MPH AT THE ROCKY FLATS ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY SITE…
69 MPH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR BROOMFIELD…AND
62 MPH IN LAKEWOOD. WEST-NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WERE RECORDED AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 12TH.
11-14 IN 1970…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.2 INCHES AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED
TO 22 MPH ON THE 12TH AND 14TH. MOST OF THE SNOW…
4.2 INCHES…FELL ON THE 12TH.
12 IN 1894…NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 48 MPH BEHIND AN APPARENT DRY COLD FRONT.
IN 1903…WEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 57 DEGREES.
A TRACE OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED.
IN 1922…HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 8.5 INCHES WAS MEASURED OVER
DOWNTOWN DENVER.
IN 1974…STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 80 MPH CAUSED LOCAL
DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND PROPERTY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS FROM
DENVER NORTH. AUTOMOBILES…HOMES…AND POWER LINES
SUFFERED DAMAGE IN BOULDER. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH
AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
12-13 IN 1961…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.6 INCHES AT STAPLETON
AIRPORT. EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 20 MPH.
12-15 IN 1909…LIGHT SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.7 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN
DENVER OVER THE 4 DAYS. THIS WAS THE FIRST MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED
TO 15 MPH ON THE 12TH.
13 IN 1951…NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE RECORDED AT
STAPLETON AIRPORT.
IN 1983…WINDS GUSTED TO AROUND 60 MPH IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS. THERE WERE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND A FEW
BROKEN WINDOWS ACROSS METRO DENVER. THE STRONG WINDS DID
10 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO AWNINGS AT THE BROWN PALACE
HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MPH AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
13-14 IN 1925…HEAVY POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.4 INCHES
OVERNIGHT IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE
SUSTAINED TO 27 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 29 MPH ON THE 13TH.
IN 1974…NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 52 MPH AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…WARMING THE TEMPERATURE TO 60
DEGREES SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THE 13TH. A COLD FRONT
COOLED TEMPERATURES INTO THE 20`S BY LATE MORNING AND
PRODUCED SNOWFALL OF 3.7 INCHES. THE LOW TEMPERATURE
DIPPED TO 14 DEGREES ON THE 14TH.
IN 1993…AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMBINED WITH A
WEAK BUT MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW ACROSS
METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGED 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH
UP TO 16 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AT THE ELDORA SKI AREA.
SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 20 MPH ON THE
14TH. MOST OF THE SNOW FELL ON THE 14TH.
IN 1994…HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG THE FRONT RANGE
URBAN CORRIDOR WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER NORTHWEST METRO
DENVER. SIXTEEN TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN BOULDER…
LAFAYETTE…AND LOUISVILLE. THIS WAS THE SECOND HEAVY
SNOWFALL OVER NORTHWEST METRO DENVER IN 10 DAYS. ELEVEN
TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW WERE MEASURED FROM LONGMONT SOUTHWARD
INTO AURORA. SNOWFALL TOTALED 12.1 INCHES AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 29
MPH ON THE 13TH. MOST OF THE SNOW…9.0 INCHES…FELL ON THE
14TH.
IN 1997…HEAVY SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT IN PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON
AND BOULDER COUNTIES. ABOUT 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW WERE
REPORTED IN BOULDER…WHILE 4 INCHES WERE MEASURED 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MORRISON AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLDEN.
SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 1.8 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED
TO 26 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
14 IN 1874…WEST WINDS BLEW AT GALE SPEEDS FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL
MID AFTERNOON WHEN THE WINDS ABATED. THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
VELOCITY WAS 48 MPH.
IN 1928…STRONG WINDS CAUSED 3 HUNDRED TO 5 HUNDRED DOLLARS
DAMAGE IN BOULDER. WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WERE RECORDED AT
VALMONT JUST EAST OF BOULDER.
IN 2006…AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM COMBINED WITH A HIGH
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND A COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE
STRONG WINDS ACROSS METRO DENVER. A WIND GUST TO 66 MPH
WAS RECORDED IN LONGMONT. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO
38 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 52 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT WHERE WINDS WERE STRONG AND GUSTY MOST OF THE DAY.
14-15 IN 1917…OVERNIGHT RAINFALL WAS 0.03 INCH. THIS WAS THE
ONLY MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING IT
THE 5TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
IN 1985…3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS METRO DENVER.
SNOWFALL TOTALED 3.8 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 13 MPH.
IN 2005…A WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO THE
MOUNTAINS ALSO SPREAD HEAVY SNOW INTO THE FOOTHILLS TO
THE WEST OF DENVER. SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED: 14 INCHES
AT ASPEN SPRINGS…13 INCHES NEAR PINECLIFFE…AND 12 INCHES
NEAR NEDERLAND. INTERSTATE 70 ALONG WITH U.S. HIGHWAY 40
HAD TO BE CLOSED NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS DUE TO SNOW…POOR
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW…NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS…AND AN
INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER. HIGH WINDS WERE RECORDED IN
THE FOOTHILLS ON THE 14TH. WINDS GUSTED TO 89 MPH AT
GEORGETOWN AND TO 91 MPH ON SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN WEST OF
BOULDER. STRONG MICROBURST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A
DISSIPATING RAIN SHOWER GUSTED TO 61 MPH AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 14TH.
14-18 IN 1964…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON
TOTALED 6.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 32 MPH ON THE 14TH.
MOST OF THE SNOW…4.2 INCHES…FELL ON THE 14TH. THIS
WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH.
15 IN 1902…4.0 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.
THIS WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH.
NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 20 MPH.
IN 1906…STRONG WINDS HOWLED AND ROARED ACROSS BOULDER…
CAUSING SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. THE STRONG
WINDS CAUSED ONE FATALITY AND MINOR INJURIES TO OTHERS.
WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 46 MPH IN DOWNTOWN DENVER
WHERE THE STRONG CHINOOK WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO
A HIGH OF 74 DEGREES.
IN 1944…THE LOW TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 32 DEGREES. THIS
IS THE LATEST DATE OF THE FIRST FREEZE IN DENVER.
IN 1949…A TRACE OF RAIN FELL. ANOTHER TRACE OF RAIN ON THE
11TH WAS THE ONLY PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING THE
MONTH ONE OF THE DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD AND THE LEAST
SNOWIEST WITH NO SNOW. THIS WAS THE FIRST NOVEMBER SINCE
1882 WITHOUT SNOW.
IN 1960…STRONG WINDS CAUSED 2 THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGE TO A
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING IN BOULDER WHERE WIND GUSTS WERE
ESTIMATED TO 70 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WERE RECORDED IN
DOWNTOWN DENVER. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO UTILITY LINES…SIGNS…
AND TREES. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 44 MPH AT STAPLETON
AIRPORT.
IN 1986…STRONG CHINOOK WINDS HOWLED OVER THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST…81 MPH…WAS RECORDED AT
TABLE MESA IN BOULDER. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1987…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON WAS ALSO A
MAJOR SNOWSTORM. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS TO
CLOSE I-70 EAST OF DENVER AND I-25 TO COLORADO SPRINGS.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGED FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS METRO
DENVER WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS. AT STAPLETON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…6.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AND NORTH
WINDS GUSTED TO 47 MPH REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO AS LOW
AS 1/8 MILE IN HEAVY SNOW. STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30
MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING
AROUND 30 DEGREES PLUNGED WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO
5 BELOW ZERO.
IN 1988…THE SEASON`S FIRST SNOW STORM HIT METRO DENVER.
THE STORM DUMPED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW…WHICH CAUSED
NUMEROUS TRAFFIC SNARLS AND ACCIDENTS. NORTH WIND GUSTS
TO 43 MPH CAUSED SOME BLOWING SNOW. SNOWFALL TOTALED 2.5
INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS THE
LATEST FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON. NO TRACES OF SNOW
HAD OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE SEASON.
15-16 IN 1894…WINDS BEHIND AN APPARENT STRONG COLD FRONT WERE
SUSTAINED TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ON THE 15TH.
SNOWFALL TOTALED 2.6 INCHES IN THE CITY. TEMPERATURES
PLUNGED FROM A HIGH OF 72 DEGREES ON THE 15TH TO A LOW
OF ONLY 5 DEGREES ON THE 16TH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
ON THE 16TH WAS 24 DEGREES…WHICH OCCURRED SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
IN 1996…AROUND A FOOT OF NEW SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS
WEST OF DENVER WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS
ACROSS METRO DENVER. SOME OF THE SNOWFALL TOTALS
INCLUDED: 15 INCHES AT GEORGETOWN…12 INCHES AT IDAHO
SPRINGS…10 INCHES AT CHIEF HOSA…AND 9 INCHES IN COAL
CREEK CANYON. SNOWFALL TOTALED 2.9 INCHES AT THE SITE
OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTHEAST
WINDS GUSTED TO 23 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON
THE 16TH.
15-17 IN 1991…A STRONG WINTER STORM DUMPED HEAVY SNOW OVER METRO
DENVER. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TOTALED 15 INCHES AT CASTLE ROCK
AND CONIFER…14 INCHES AT MORRISON AND PARKER…12 INCHES IN
SOUTHEAST AURORA…AND 11.6 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. WINDS WERE LIGHT WITH THE STORM.