A very brief interlude then arrived cooling things down and delivering light snow on the 23rd.\u00a0 From there, the warm and dry conditions returned and closed out the month.<\/p>\n
Thornton saw an average monthly temperature of 38.5 degrees for the month.\u00a0 Out at the airport where Denver\u2019s official measurements are taken, the month averaged 37.8 degrees.\u00a0 Both were well above the historical February average of 32.5 degrees.<\/p>\n
Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a high of 74.5 degrees on the 18th down to a low of 3.3 degrees on the morning of the 3rd.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s maximum reading for the month was 73 degrees and its lowest 1 degree, both occurring on the same day as Thornton\u2019s.\u00a0 The Mile High City\u2019s reading on the 18th was a record high for the date.<\/p>\n
In terms of precipitation, Denver averages 0.37 inches during what is usually a relatively dry month.\u00a0 Thornton saw 0.53 inches of liquid precip while DIA recorded 0.48 inches.\u00a0 For both locations, the bulk of the moisture occurred with the snowstorm that started the month.<\/p>\n
Snowfall was well above normal for February 2016.\u00a0 Thornton saw 11.9 inches and Denver 11.6 inches.\u00a0 Average for February is 5.9 inches.<\/p>\n
Click here to view Thornton\u2019s February 2016 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n From the National Weather Service:<\/strong><\/p>\n The month of February was a bit of a mixed bag of weather conditions for Thornton.\u00a0 While it started out cold and snowy, it finished quite warm. Snow and cold were the main features for the month initially as we received our biggest snowfall of the season on the 1st and 2nd.\u00a0 Thornton recorded a … Continue reading February 2016 weather recap: Month offered wetter, warmer than normal conditions<\/span> ![\"Thornton,](\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-YTtsEgACu4w\/VtYrxd_tgEI\/AAAAAAAADi8\/QgLRxDL8Gqc\/s560-Ic42\/2016-02-Temps.jpg\")
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CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n1035 AM MST TUE MAR 1 2016\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2016...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2016\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 73 02\/18 68 5 74 02\/07\r\nLOWEST 1 02\/03 5 4 -6 02\/27\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM 52.2 46.2 6.0 46.6\r\nAVG. MINIMUM 23.4 18.9 4.5 21.0\r\nMEAN 37.8 32.5 5.3 33.8\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32 3 3.9 -0.9 7\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32 25 26.9 -1.9 24\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.3 -1.3 2\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES)\r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM 2.01 1934\r\n MINIMUM 0.01 1970\r\nTOTALS 0.48 0.37 0.11 1.25\r\nDAILY AVG. 0.02 MM MM 0.04\r\nDAYS >= .01 2 5.3 -3.3 10\r\nDAYS >= .10 2 0.7 1.3 5\r\nDAYS >= .50 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL 0.45 02\/01 TO 02\/02 02\/15 TO 02\/16\r\n 02\/21 TO 02\/21\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL 11.6 5.7\r\nRECORD FEBRUARY 22.4 2015\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL 780 908 -128 864\r\n SINCE 7\/1 3988 4468 -480 4113\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 11.3\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 3\/217\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 43\/220 DATE 02\/18\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION 53\/230 DATE 02\/18\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC 18\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 50\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0\r\nHEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0\r\nLIGHT RAIN 0 FREEZING RAIN 0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0\r\nHEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2\r\nLIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0\r\nFOG 4 FOG W\/VIS <= 1\/4 MILE 3\r\nHAZE 2\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":"