Overall, Thornton\u2019s average temperature for the month was 52.7 degrees. \u00a0This was a good ways above the Denver long term average for October of 50.9 degrees.<\/p>\n
Out at the airport, Denver\u2019s official average was even warmer at 55.2 degrees.\u00a0 This was close to making the top 10 list of warmest Octobers as number 10 is 55.4 degrees (1910).<\/p>\n
Thornton\u2019s warmest reading was 81 degrees on the 24th and its coldest was a chilly 27.1 degrees on the morning of the 28th.\u00a0 Denver saw its warmest reading of 83 degrees on the 15th and its coldest of 29 degrees on the 27th.<\/p>\n
Denver set or tied four temperature records during the month.\u00a0 A new record high maximum was set for the 15th (83 degrees) and 24th (82 degrees).\u00a0 The record high for the 25th was tied (80 degrees) and the record high minimum for the 26th was tied (49 degrees).<\/p>\n
In terms of precipitation, Thornton saw above average rainfall in its bucket while Denver was below.\u00a0 In all, 1.43\u201d fell in Thornton although the vast majority of that was on two days (the 1st and 9th).\u00a0 Denver International Airport recorded only 0.52 inches.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s average for October is 1.02 inches.<\/p>\n
Neither Thornton nor Denver recorded any snowfall during the month.\u00a0 On average the Mile High City sees 4.0 inches of the white stuff.<\/p>\n
Click here to view Thornton\u2019s October\u00a02014 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n Generally pleasant, unseasonably warm temperatures were the highlight of October 2014 in Thornton.\u00a0 The month was also notable for its distinct lack of snow. We started out the first few days of the month with cooler than normal conditions and a good shot of rain on the first.\u00a0 We rebounded quickly though as high pressure … Continue reading October 2014 weather recap: Month notable for warm conditions, lack of snow<\/span> ![\"Thornton,](\"http:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-a0ewMUNRWc4\/VFYdaDwflaI\/AAAAAAAADPw\/q5lyR5HO4-4\/s580\/10-14-Temps.jpg\")
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CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER, CO\r\n804 AM MDT SAT NOV 1 2014\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2014...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2014\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 90 10\/01\/1892\r\n LOW -2 10\/29\/1917\r\nHIGHEST 83 10\/15 83 0 79 10\/08\r\nLOWEST 29 10\/27 22 7 27 10\/16\r\n 10\/05\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM 69.7 65.3 4.4 60.0\r\nAVG. MINIMUM 40.7 36.6 4.1 35.5\r\nMEAN 55.2 50.9 4.3 47.7\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.4 -0.4 0\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32 4 8.5 -4.5 12\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 \r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES) \r\nRECORD \r\n MAXIMUM 4.17 1969 \r\n MINIMUM T 1934 \r\nTOTALS 0.52 1.02 -0.50 0.72 \r\nDAILY AVG. 0.02 0.03 -0.01 0.02 \r\nDAYS >= .01 5 5.3 -0.3 8\r\nDAYS >= .10 2 2.4 -0.4 3\r\nDAYS >= .50 0 0.5 -0.5 0\r\nDAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL 0.26 10\/09 TO 10\/10 10\/18 TO 10\/18\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL 31.2 1969\r\nTOTALS 0.0 4.0\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL 296 440 -144 525\r\n SINCE 7\/1 394 581 -187 608\r\nCOOLING TOTAL 0 5 -5 0\r\n SINCE 1\/1 701 769 -68 999\r\n\r\nFREEZE DATES\r\nRECORD\r\n EARLIEST 09\/08\/1962\r\n LATEST 06\/08\/2007\r\nEARLIEST 10\/03 10\/07\r\nLATEST 05\/05\r\n.....................................................\r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.1\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 3\/197\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 35\/020 DATE 10\/02\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION 44\/010 DATE 10\/02\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC 17\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 49\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0\r\nHEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1\r\nLIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0\r\nHEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0\r\nLIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0\r\nFOG 4 FOG W\/VIS <= 1\/4 MILE 0\r\nHAZE 8\r\n\r\n- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.\r\nR INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.\r\nMM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.\r\nT INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.\r\n\r\n.....OCTOBER 2014 WARMER AND DRIER THAN AVERAGE.....\r\n\r\nOCTOBER 2014 STARTED OUT COOLER THAN NORMAL AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH\r\nOF LOW PRESSURE MOVED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN\r\nSTATES. THIS SYSTEM BROUGHT SOME LIGHT RAIN TO DENVER ON THE FIRST.\r\nWARMER TEMPERATURES MOVED INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN\r\nCOLORADO BY THE 5TH AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUILT OVER THE\r\nWESTERN UNITED STATES. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION MOVED\r\nINTO THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO ON THE 9TH AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL\r\nTROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION. UPPER\r\nLEVEL HIGH PRESSURE REBUILT OVER THE REGION ON THE 14TH...WITH A 13\r\nDAY STRETCH OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL\r\nAIRPORT FROM THE 14TH THROUGH THE 26TH. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED OR\r\nEXCEEDED THE 80 DEGREE MARK ON ON THE 15TH, 24TH AND 25TH. ANOTHER\r\nUPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT BROUGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES\r\nTO NORTHEASTERN COLORADO ON THE 27TH AND 28TH...WITH TEMPERATURES\r\nRETURNING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL VALUES THE LAST FEW DAYS OF THE\r\nMONTH.\r\n\r\nTEMPERATURES:\r\n\r\nTHE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE\r\nMONTH OF OCTOBER WAS 55.2 DEGREES F WHICH WAS 4.3 DEGREES ABOVE\r\nNORMAL. OCTOBER OF 1950 WAS THE WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD...WITH AN\r\nAVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 59.9 DEGREES F. THE COLDEST OCTOBER ON\r\nRECORD WAS 39.0 DEGREES F BACK IN 1969. THERE WERE NO DAYS IN WHICH\r\nTHE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED 90 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE\r\nOF THE MONTH WAS 83 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 15TH. THE COLDEST\r\nTEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 29 DEGREES OCCURRED ON THE MORNING OF\r\nTHE 27TH.\r\n\r\nDAILY RECORDS:\r\n\r\nDATE TEMPERATURE TYPE OF RECORD OLD RECORD YEAR LAST SET\r\n\r\nOCT 15TH 83 DEGREES RECORD HIGH MAX 82 DEGREES 2011\r\nOCT 24TH 82 DEGREES RECORD HIGH MAX 80 DEGREES 2011\r\nOCT 25TH 80 DEGREES TIED HIGH MAX 80 DEGREES 2007\r\nOCT 26TH 49 DEGREES TIED HIGH MIN 49 DEGREES 1927\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION:\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL\r\nAIRPORT WAS 0.52 INCHES...WHICH IS 0.50 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF\r\n1.02 INCHES. THERE WERE 4 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. ON THE\r\n9TH...0.25 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH IS THE GREATEST DAILY\r\nAMOUNT FOR THE MONTH.\r\n\r\nTEN WETTEST OCTOBER`S IN DENVER WEATHER HISTORY SINCE 1872:\r\n\r\n4.17 INCHES 1969\r\n3.92 INCHES 1892\r\n3.72 INCHES 1942\r\n3.50 INCHES 1923\r\n3.47 INCHES 1984\r\n3.05 INCHES 1914\r\n3.03 INCHES 2007\r\n2.84 INCHES 1947\r\n2.62 INCHES 1957\r\n2.46 INCHES 1959, 1960\r\n\r\nTEN DRIEST OCTOBER`S IN DENVER WEATHER HISTORY SINCE 1872:\r\n\r\n T INCHES 1934\r\n0.01 INCHES 1933\r\n0.05 INCHES 1944, 1962\r\n0.06 INCHES 1948, 1954, 1988\r\n0.08 INCHES 2001, 2003\r\n0.10 INCHES 1980\r\n0.12 INCHES 1876, 1938, 1950\r\n0.17 INCHES 1907\r\n0.18 INCHES 1952, 1964\r\n0.19 INCHES 1879, 1894, 1927\r\n\r\nTEN SNOWIEST OCTOBER`S IN DENVER WEATHER HISTORY SINCE 1872:\r\n\r\n31.2 INCHES 1969\r\n22.7 INCHES 1906\r\n22.1 INCHES 1997\r\n17.8 INCHES 1923\r\n17.2 INCHES 2009\r\n16.4 INCHES 1897\r\n16.2 INCHES 1929\r\n14.0 INCHES 1889\r\n13.8 INCHES 1905\r\n13.6 INCHES 1908\r\n\r\nTHERE WERE 3 DAYS IN WHICH THUNDER WAS OBSERVED AT DENVER\r\nINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...NO DAYS WITH HAIL AND NO DAYS WITH DENSE FOG\r\nWITH A VISIBILITY AT OR BELOW 1\/4 MILE DURING THE MONTH. A PEAK WIND\r\nOF 44 MPH FROM A NORTHERLY DIRECTION WAS RECORDED ON THE 2ND.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"