{"id":10426,"date":"2013-03-03T04:08:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T11:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=10426"},"modified":"2013-03-03T04:39:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T11:39:41","slug":"february-2013-thornton-weather-recap-colder-wetter-than-average-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/february-2013-thornton-weather-recap-colder-wetter-than-average-month\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2013 Thornton weather recap: Colder, wetter than average month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northeastern Colorado\u2019s warm, dry winter took a bit of a turn during February as temperatures cooled and we finally received some much needed precipitation.<\/p>\n

The month started out with a continuation of the warmer and drier conditions we saw in January.\u00a0 Temperatures for the first days of the month were routinely near or above the 50 degree mark with little precipitation.<\/p>\n

That changed on the 9th when low pressure moved through and served to cool things down to below normal.\u00a0 No precipitation was seen however.<\/p>\n

The following 10 days were relatively calm and tranquil but with varying temperatures.\u00a0 The month\u2019s high temperature was recorded on the 17th.<\/p>\n

As we entered the last part of the month the weather turned much more unsettled and finally delivered a healthy dose of winter.\u00a0 A weak system on the 19th and 20th brought light snow and was followed a few days later by a more significant system on the 24th.<\/p>\n

The waning days of the month saw mostly below normal temperatures and one more day of light snow.<\/p>\n

The average temperature in Thornton during February 2013 was 30.3 degrees.\u00a0 Out at Denver International Airport, Denver officially had an average of 30.1 degrees.\u00a0 Both were well below the historical February average of 32.5 degrees.<\/p>\n

Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a high of 66.2 degrees on the 17th down to the lowest reading of 5.7 degrees on the 25th.\u00a0 Only two days in Thornton failed to climb above freezing.<\/p>\n

Denver saw its highest reading of 63 degrees on the 17th and lowest of 5 degrees on the 22nd with six days failing to climb above 32 degrees.\u00a0 All 28 days of the month saw low temperatures below the freezing mark at both locations.<\/p>\n

Precipitation was the real weather highlight of February 2013 given how dry the season had been up to then.\u00a0 Thornton recorded 0.71 inches in its bucket while DIA saw 0.77 inches.\u00a0 Average for February is 0.37 so both locations enjoyed above normal measurements.<\/p>\n

In terms of snowfall, Thornton measured 11.9 inches of the white stuff.\u00a0 Out at the airport they bested our area with 14.1 inches.\u00a0 Historically February averages a mere 5.9 inches so both were well above normal.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the ThorntonWeather.com February 2013 Climate Summary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thornton, Colorado February 2013 Temperatures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thornton, Colorado February 2013 Precipitation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the National Weather Service:<\/strong><\/p>\n

...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2013\r\n\r\nWEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S\r\n                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)\r\n                                          NORMAL\r\n................................................................\r\nTEMPERATURE (F)\r\nRECORD\r\n HIGH              77   02\/28\/2006\r\n                        02\/04\/1890\r\n LOW              -25   02\/01\/1951\r\n                        02\/08\/1936\r\nHIGHEST            63   02\/17        70      -7       65  02\/25\r\nLOWEST              5   02\/22       -14      19        3  02\/11\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     43.3              46.2    -2.9     38.7\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     16.9              18.9    -2.0     18.1\r\nMEAN             30.1              32.5    -2.4     28.4\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MAX = .01         6               5.3     0.7        7\r\nDAYS >= .10         4               0.7     3.3        2\r\nDAYS >= .50         0               0.0     0.0        1\r\nDAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.43   02\/24 TO 02\/24           02\/02 TO 02\/03\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL           22.1   1912\r\nTOTALS           14.1               5.7\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL     972               908      64     1055\r\n SINCE 7\/1       4272              4439    -167     4380\r\nCOOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0\r\n SINCE 1\/1          0                 0       0        0\r\n\r\nFREEZE DATES\r\nRECORD\r\n EARLIEST     09\/08\/1962\r\n LATEST       06\/08\/2007\r\nEARLIEST                        10\/07\r\nLATEST                          05\/05\r\n....................................................\r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.3\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   2\/229\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    35\/360    DATE  02\/15\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    44\/010    DATE  02\/15\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            5\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             16\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          7\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     51\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0\r\nLIGHT RAIN                1     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0\r\nHEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       4\r\nLIGHT SNOW               10     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                       9     FOG W\/VIS<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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