{"id":12236,"date":"2013-12-10T14:55:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T21:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=12236"},"modified":"2013-12-12T07:07:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T14:07:45","slug":"chinook-winds-bring-an-end-to-thorntons-nearly-7-day-streak-of-sub-freezing-temperatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/chinook-winds-bring-an-end-to-thorntons-nearly-7-day-streak-of-sub-freezing-temperatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Thornton’s sub-freezing cold streak notable but not particularly unusual"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Thornton,
Thornton, Colorado temperatures during the December 2013 cold spell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thornton\u2019s December 2013 Arctic blast has come to an end as the mercury finally climbed above freezing today.\u00a0 For nearly seven straight days we saw temperatures below 32 degrees.<\/p>\n

Soon after noon on Tuesday, December 3 the cold front arrived along the Colorado Front Range.\u00a0 The mercury would plummet quickly from a high that day of 55.9 degrees and drop below freezing at 1:56 p.m.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until 9:12 a.m. this morning when the temperature finally climbed above 32 degrees, the rising temperatures being pushed higher by Chinook winds.\u00a0 In all, sub-freezing temperatures were recorded for 6 days, 19 hours and 16 minutes straight.<\/p>\n

Looking at how the event ranks in comparison to historical Denver cold spells, it falls short of making the list of top 10 longest periods with maximum temperatures below freezing.<\/p>\n

Number 10 on the list is a nine day streak that ended on December 25, 1983.\u00a0 The top spot goes to a 14 day period that ended on November 29, 1880.<\/p>\n

During the recent cold spell Denver recorded two low temperature records<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Snowfall was relatively minimal however as is often the case when temperatures drop so far.\u00a0 Thornton measured 2.4 inches and Denver 3.1 inches.<\/p>\n

The table below shows the high and low temperatures for Thornton and Denver during the cold spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/strong><\/td>\nThornton High<\/strong><\/td>\nThornton Low<\/strong><\/td>\nDenver High<\/strong><\/td>\nDenver Low<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/3\/13<\/strong><\/td>\n55.9<\/td>\n11.4<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/4\/13<\/strong><\/td>\n12.3<\/td>\n-4.3<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n-13 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/5\/13<\/strong><\/td>\n12.2<\/td>\n-9.3<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n-15 *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/6\/13<\/strong><\/td>\n12.3<\/td>\n-6.8<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n-13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/7\/13<\/strong><\/td>\n13.9<\/td>\n-6.6<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n-11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/8\/13<\/strong><\/td>\n20.9<\/td>\n1.8<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/9\/13<\/strong><\/td>\n30.5<\/td>\n-3.8<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12\/10\/13<\/strong><\/td>\n46.9<\/td>\n13.2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* Record low temperatures<\/p>\n

\"Denver,
Denver, Colorado sub-freezing temperature streaks. (National Weather Service)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The minimum temperature at Denver International Airport dropped below zero for six consecutive days from December 4th through December 9th 2013. The longest consecutive stretch of below zero low temperatures occurred back in December of 1972. Click for a larger view. (National Weather Service)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thornton\u2019s December 2013 Arctic blast has come to an end as the mercury finally climbed above freezing today.\u00a0 For nearly seven straight days we saw temperatures below 32 degrees. Soon after noon on Tuesday, December 3 the cold front arrived along the Colorado Front Range.\u00a0 The mercury would plummet quickly from a high that day … Continue reading Thornton’s sub-freezing cold streak notable but not particularly unusual<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[156],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12236"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12248,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12236\/revisions\/12248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}