Archive for the ‘Colorado Weather’ Category
Monday, June 21st, 2021 5:10am MDT
Colorado has the rather unenviable distinction of ranking fourth in the United States for lightning-related fatalities. During the spring and summer the nice weather finds many residents outside and while clear skies are the norm, storms oftentimes loom and present a very real hazard to residents. From the National Weather Service: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL […]
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Tags: lightning, lightning safety, national weather service, Weather Education
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 6:13pm MDT
Our mild weather continued today and set another record, the third in the past two days. Officially, as measured at Denver International Airport, the high temperature today topped out at 77 degrees. This just beat out the previous record high for November 4th of 76 degrees set over 100 years ago in 1915. Thornton was […]
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Tags: November weather, record heat, Record Temperature, weather record
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 11:59pm MDT
This mild weather has been quite nice but it certainly is not normal for this time of year with mercury readings well above average. The Mile High City saw two weather records tied or broken on Tuesday. As measured at DIA, Denver saw a high temperature of 79 degrees. This tied the record high for […]
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Tags: November weather, record heat, Record Temperature, weather record
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 7:34am MDT
This time of year many folks start thinking about heading to the hills west of Denver in search of gold – fall foliage gold. Where to go? Below are five of ThorntonWeather.com’s favorite ones near Denver – plus a few further out and some bonus ideas. After that, we will tell you where you can […]
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Tags: autumn, fall colors, fall foliage, October weather, September Weather
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Monday, April 13th, 2020 6:10am MDT
Our spring cold and snow has claimed one record today and may very well break another before the day is over. As measured at DIA, Denver hit a lot temperature of 15 degrees this morning. That easily breaks the previous record low temperature for the date of 17 degrees set in 1933. Here in Thornton, […]
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Tags: record cold, Record Temperature
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Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 12:31pm MDT
This time of year many folks start thinking about heading to the hills west of Denver in search of gold – fall foliage gold. Where to go? Below are five of ThorntonWeather.com’s favorite ones near Denver – plus a few further out and some bonus ideas. After that, we will tell you where you can […]
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Tags: autumn, fall colors, fall foliage, October weather, September Weather
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Thursday, September 20th, 2018 3:08pm MDT
This time of year many folks start thinking about heading to the hills west of Denver in search of gold – fall foliage gold. Where to go? Below are five of ThorntonWeather.com’s favorite ones near Denver – plus a few further out and some bonus ideas. After that, we will tell you where you can […]
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Tags: autumn, fall colors, fall foliage, October weather, September Weather
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Monday, November 7th, 2016 12:39pm MDT
We oftentimes hear about how weather can affect voter turnout but is there truly a link? If there is, who does it benefit – Republicans or Democrats? Studies seem to indicate that what might be thought of as an urban myth is indeed true and could in fact play a role in 2016. In 2005, […]
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Tags: Donald Trump, Election Day, elections, Hillary Clinton
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Friday, October 21st, 2016 6:22am MDT
We happened across this video recently and had to share it. Photographer Jason Hatfield is a transplant to Colorado and has spent recent years filming our fall foliage. The end result? An amazing compilation of the high country in autumn. From Jason’s description: For the 8 years I’ve lived in Colorado, I’ve been most enthralled […]
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Tags: fall foliage, Video
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Saturday, September 24th, 2016 6:25pm MDT
Ah yes, the changing of the seasons is here and that means our weather conditions go from one extreme to the next. Following a dry, warm week, Mother Nature brought snow to Colorado’s high country Friday night into Saturday leading to the closure of the highest, continues road in North America. Rocky Mountain National Park […]
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Tags: snow, Trail Ridge Road
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