{"id":14743,"date":"2015-01-09T15:23:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T22:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=14743"},"modified":"2015-01-11T05:26:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T12:26:46","slug":"2014-thornton-annual-weather-recap-annual-temps-near-normal-above-average-precipitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/2014-thornton-annual-weather-recap-annual-temps-near-normal-above-average-precipitation\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Thornton annual weather recap: Annual temps near normal, above average precipitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

2014 has come to a close and as we look back on the year, we can see that it was a relatively average year lacking too much drama.<\/p>\n

In terms of temperatures, Thornton saw an average overall annual temperature of 49.4 degrees.\u00a0 Out at Denver International Airport where the Mile High City\u2019s official records are kept, the average was warmer at 50.5 degrees.\u00a0 By comparison, Denver\u2019s 1981 to 2010 annual average temperature is 50.4 degrees.<\/p>\n

Thornton recorded 29 days of high temperature readings at or above 90 degrees.\u00a0 On average Denver sees 40 of them.\u00a0 Denver matched our number with 29 as well.<\/p>\n

The hottest reading of the year was 98.2 degrees which came on July 7.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s highest reading of 100 degrees came on the same date.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the spectrum, our coldest temperature was -12.6 degrees on February 5th.\u00a0 Denver bested us with two -19 degree readings, one on February 5th and another on December 30th.<\/p>\n

In all, Thornton saw 155 days with readings below freezing.\u00a0 Denver recorded 150.\u00a0 Both were near the average of 156.9 days.<\/p>\n

Precipitation for 2014 came in a good ways above average, largely due to a wet May and July.\u00a0 Thornton took 19.54 inches into the rain bucket while Denver received slightly less with 18.77 inches.\u00a0 Both were well above the annual average of 14.30 inches.<\/p>\n

Snowfall for the calendar year lagged behind average in both Thornton and Denver.\u00a0 Thornton saw 46.2 inches of the white stuff, Denver a nearly identical 46.3 inches.\u00a0 On average we expect to see 53.8 inches.<\/p>\n

Click here to view Thornton’s 2014 climate summary report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Thornton,
Thornton, Colorado 2014 Annual Temperature Summary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Thornton,
Thornton, Colorado 2014 Annual Precipitation Summary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER, CO\r\n200 AM MST THU JAN 1 2015\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 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             105   06\/26\/2012\r\n                        06\/25\/2012\r\n                        07\/20\/2005\r\n                        08\/08\/1878\r\n LOW              -29   01\/09\/1875\r\nHIGHEST           100   07\/07        64      36      100  07\/11\r\n                                                          06\/11\r\nLOWEST            -19   12\/30        36     -55      -15  12\/05\r\n                        02\/05\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     64.6              64.7    -0.1     63.9\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     36.5              36.3     0.2     36.3\r\nMEAN             50.5              50.5     0.0     50.1\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90     29              39.6   -10.6       54\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32     24              20.0     4.0       29\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32    150             156.9    -6.9      169\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0      14               5.8     8.2       11\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES)\r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM        23.31   1967\r\n MINIMUM         7.29   2008\r\nTOTALS          18.77             14.30    4.47    17.60\r\nDAILY AVG.       0.05              0.03    0.02     0.05\r\nDAYS >= .01        98              79.7    18.3       82\r\nDAYS >= .10        44              34.9     9.1       42\r\nDAYS >= .50        10               7.6     2.4        8\r\nDAYS >= 1.00        4               2.3     1.7        3\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    2.85   07\/29 TO 07\/30             09\/13 TO 09\/14\r\n\r\n STORM TOTAL       2.93                             4.65\r\n (MM\/DD(HH))      07\/29(00) TO 07\/30(00)   09\/09(00) TO 09\/15(00)\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL          115.9   1913\r\n                        0\r\n                        0\r\n 24 HR TOTAL     23.6   12\/24\/1982 TO 12\/24\/1982\r\n SNOW DEPTH        MM   MM\r\nTOTALS           46.3              53.8    -7.5     72.1\r\n LIQUID EQUIV     MM                MM      MM       MM\r\nSINCE 7\/1        16.0              22.5    -6.5      8.1\r\n LIQUID 7\/1       MM                MM      MM       MM\r\nSNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0\r\nDAYS >= TRACE      55              33.3    21.7       60\r\nDAYS >= 1.0        17              16.3     0.7       20\r\nGREATEST\r\n SNOW DEPTH         6   12\/31                          9  02\/25\r\n                        12\/30\r\n 24 HR TOTAL      5.4   12\/29                    02\/24 TO 02\/24\r\n\r\n STORM TOTAL      5.9                               11.7\r\n (MM\/DD(HH))      12\/29(00) 12\/30(00)        03\/22(00) TO 03\/24(00)\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL    5844              6059    -215     6302\r\n SINCE 7\/1       2291              2468    -207     2451\r\nCOOLING TOTAL     701               769     -68      999\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\/07\r\nLATEST                          05\/05\r\n.....................................................\r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.2\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   2\/214\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    51\/310    DATE  07\/11\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    66\/340    DATE  04\/29\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           72\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC            226\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         67\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     54\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               1\r\nHEAVY RAIN               15     RAIN                      35\r\nLIGHT RAIN               91     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          2     HAIL                       6\r\nHEAVY SNOW                6     SNOW                      24\r\nLIGHT SNOW               56     SLEET                      1\r\nFOG                     115     FOG W\/VIS <= 1\/4 MILE     32\r\nHAZE                     57\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.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
2014 has come to a close and as we look back on the year, we can see that it was a relatively average year lacking too much drama. In terms of temperatures, Thornton saw an average overall annual temperature of 49.4 degrees.\u00a0 Out at Denver International Airport where the Mile High City\u2019s official records are … Continue reading 2014 Thornton annual weather recap: Annual temps near normal, above average precipitation<\/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":[12,7],"tags":[723],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14743"}],"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=14743"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14758,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14743\/revisions\/14758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}