We certainly started the month hot with three days of temperatures near or above 95 degrees.\u00a0 Things then cooled down for a few days as the first trough moved through.\u00a0 Warmer temperatures then returned with readings not too far off of normal for the next two weeks.\u00a0 The final 10 days or so of the month then saw cooler conditions with the majority of days recording readings below normal.<\/p>\n
Thornton\u2019s overall average temperature for the month came in at 69.5 degrees.\u00a0 That was three degrees cooler than Denver\u2019s long term average of 72.5 degrees.\u00a0 Out at the airport where Denver\u2019s official measurements are taken, the airport split the difference with an average of 71.2 degrees.<\/p>\n
Temperature ranged from a high of 97.2 degrees on the third of the month down to a cool 46.7 degrees on the 25th.\u00a0 Denver saw a maximum of 97 degrees on the 9th and a low of 47 degrees on the 25th.\u00a0 Thornton saw 14 days with highs at or above 90 degrees while Denver recorded 15.<\/p>\n
Officially, one temperature record was made.\u00a0 On the morning of the 27th the mercury at DIA dropped to 48 degrees typing the record low for the date.<\/p>\n
In terms of precipitation, Denver averages 1.69 inches during the month of August.\u00a0 Thornton saw only 0.76 inches in our rain bucket.\u00a0 The airport fared even worse with only 0.22 inches making the month the eight driest August on record in Denver.<\/p>\n
Click here to view Thornton\u2019s August 2016 climate report.<\/a><\/p>\n From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n Our August weather was a bit of a mixed bag by the two biggest standards.\u00a0 On one hand, it was cooler than normal which was nice.\u00a0 On the other, we saw less than half the amount of precipitation we normally see during August. August typically is when the monsoon kicks in and we see healthy … Continue reading August 2016 weather recap: Thornton enjoys cooler than normal temps but little precip<\/span> CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n848 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016\r\n\r\n................................... \r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 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 105 08\/08\/1878\r\n LOW 40 08\/26\/1910\r\n 08\/25\/1910\r\n 08\/24\/1910\r\nHIGHEST 97 08\/09 98 08\/15\r\nLOWEST 47 08\/25 43 08\/23\r\n 08\/20\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM 86.3 87.2 -0.9 89.8\r\nAVG. MINIMUM 56.2 57.9 -1.7 58.3\r\nMEAN 71.2 72.5 -1.3 74.0\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90 15 11.5 3.5 19\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES)\r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM 5.85 1979\r\n MINIMUM 0.02 1924\r\nTOTALS 0.22 1.69 -1.47 1.18\r\nDAILY AVG. 0.01 0.05 -0.04 0.04\r\nDAYS >= .01 4 8.6 -4.6 9\r\nDAYS >= .10 1 4.3 -3.3 4\r\nDAYS >= .50 0 1.2 -1.2 1\r\nDAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL 0.12 08\/24 TO 08\/24 08\/11 TO 08\/11\r\n 08\/10 TO 08\/11\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL 15 10 5 13\r\n SINCE 7\/1 15 16 -1 18\r\nCOOLING TOTAL 218 244 -26 304\r\n SINCE 1\/1 762 688 74 713\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 9.9\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 2\/173\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 43\/010 DATE 08\/19\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION 55\/020 DATE 08\/19\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC 22\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 47\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0\r\nHEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1\r\nLIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0\r\nHEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0\r\nLIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0\r\nFOG 5 FOG W\/VIS <= 1\/4 MILE 3\r\nHAZE 4\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":"
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