{"id":14964,"date":"2015-03-03T16:28:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T23:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=14964"},"modified":"2015-04-06T05:46:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T11:46:48","slug":"february-2015-weather-recap-temps-above-normal-record-setting-snowfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/february-2015-weather-recap-temps-above-normal-record-setting-snowfall\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2015 weather recap: Temps above normal, record-setting snowfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The month of February was quite an interesting one in terms of its weather.\u00a0 Overall temperatures for the first half of the month were well above normal but the latter half saw the bottom fall out and as it did, significant snowfall accumulated.<\/p>\n<p>The first day of February brought a healthy shot of snowfall and cold temperatures.\u00a0 From there, things dried out and warmed up considerably.\u00a0 Thirteen consecutive days were then seen with above normal mercury readings.\u00a0 Only one of those thirteen saw precipitation in the form of a light snow on the 4th of the month.<\/p>\n<p>From the 15th through the end of the month, the mercury plunged and only two temperature readings were at or above normal \u2013 all the rest were below, some significantly so.\u00a0 Additionally, Thornton saw 8 days in the last two weeks of the month with measureable snowfall.\u00a0 Out at the airport, Denver saw similarly snowy conditions and set a record for snowfall during the month of February.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/february-2015-top-shots-monthly-photo-slideshow\/\"><em>February\u00a02015 top shots: Monthly photo slideshow<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite the cold close to the month, overall the month of February saw warmer than average temperatures.\u00a0 Thornton\u2019s month averaged 34.3 degrees, just a bit above the long term Denver average for the month of 32.5.\u00a0 The Mile High City was warmer than normal as well with an average reading of 33.8 degrees for the month.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a spring-like high of 75.9 degrees on the 7th of the month down to a low of 0 degrees on the morning of the 27th.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s warmest and coldest readings came on those same dates with 74 degrees and -6 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Denver set or tied four temperature records for the month.\u00a0 On February 6th a maximum reading of 70 degrees was a record for the date.\u00a0 That same day a low temperature of 46 degrees set a record high minimum for the date.\u00a0 The next day, the 7th, a record high of 74 degrees was set as was a record high minimum of 41 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of precipitation, the month was quite generous.\u00a0 On average Denver receives 0.37 inch of liquid precipitation during February.\u00a0 Thornton saw 1.81 inches while Denver tallied 1.25 inches.<\/p>\n<p>Snowfall was a big part of the month\u2019s story.\u00a0 We did not receive any large storms but rather prolonged ones that delivered steady, healthy doses.\u00a0 Thornton totaled 26.7 inches during the month.\u00a0 Out at Denver International Airport, they lagged the totals in the rest of the metro area with a reading of 22.4 inches.<\/p>\n<p>Denver\u2019s reading of 22.4 inches, while lower than ours, allowed February 2015 to go into the weather history books as the snowiest February on record in the Mile High City.\u00a0 This just eased out the now number two, February 1912, which recorded 22.1 inches.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/climatedataout22015.html\">Click here to view Thornton\u2019s February\u00a02015 climate report<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-C0ANHwh2PEg\/VPTxELX6QCI\/AAAAAAAADWU\/JTKbxoccauo\/s560\/02-2015-Temps.jpg\" alt=\"Thornton, Colorado February 2015 Temperature Summary. (ThorntonWeather.com)\" width=\"560\" height=\"345\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thornton, Colorado February 2015 Temperature Summary. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-sMxYKYbeGJo\/VPTxED6CVqI\/AAAAAAAADWY\/lz0Leyru_dM\/s560\/02-2015-Precip.jpg\" alt=\"Thornton, Colorado February 2015 Precipitation Summary. (ThorntonWeather.com)\" width=\"560\" height=\"327\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thornton, Colorado February 2015 Precipitation Summary. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<pre>CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER, CO\r\n1124 AM MST MON MAR 2 2015\r\n\r\n................................... \r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2015... \r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2015\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            74   02\/07        66       8       68  02\/16\r\nLOWEST             -6   02\/27        -2      -4      -19  02\/05\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     46.6              46.2     0.4     42.3\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     21.0              18.9     2.1     14.1\r\nMEAN             33.8              32.5     1.3     28.2\r\nDAYS MAX &gt;= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MAX &lt;= 32      7               3.9     3.1        8\r\nDAYS MIN &lt;= 32     24              26.9    -2.9       26\r\nDAYS MIN &lt;= 0       2               1.3     0.7        5 \r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES) \r\nRECORD  \r\nMAXIMUM         2.01   1934  \r\nMINIMUM         0.01   1970 \r\nTOTALS           1.25              0.37    0.88     0.19 \r\nDAILY AVG.       0.04              0.01    0.03     0.01 \r\nDAYS &gt;= .01        10               5.3     4.7        4\r\nDAYS &gt;= .10         5               0.7     4.3        1\r\nDAYS &gt;= .50         0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS &gt;= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.40   02\/15 TO 02\/16           02\/04 TO 02\/04\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL           22.4   2015\r\nTOTALS           22.4               5.7\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL     864               908     -44     1022\r\n SINCE 7\/1       4113              4439    -326     4519\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              9.4\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   2\/205\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    44\/010    DATE  02\/21\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    43\/040    DATE  02\/04\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             15\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     60\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                4     SNOW                       8\r\nLIGHT SNOW               13     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                      12     FOG W\/VIS &lt;= 1\/4 MILE      8\r\nHAZE                      9\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":"<p>The month of February was quite an interesting one in terms of its weather.\u00a0 Overall temperatures for the first half of the month were well above normal but the latter half saw the bottom fall out and as it did, significant snowfall accumulated. The first day of February brought a healthy shot of snowfall and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/february-2015-weather-recap-temps-above-normal-record-setting-snowfall\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">February 2015 weather recap: Temps above normal, record-setting snowfall<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[223],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14964"}],"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=14964"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15125,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14964\/revisions\/15125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}