{"id":17761,"date":"2017-08-03T19:38:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T01:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=17761"},"modified":"2017-08-07T05:13:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T11:13:35","slug":"july-2017-weather-recap-thornton-sees-average-temps-but-little-precipitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/july-2017-weather-recap-thornton-sees-average-temps-but-little-precipitation\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2017 weather recap: Thornton sees average temps but little precipitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The month of July might have seemed quite hot but in fact mercury readings were right near normal. What likely caused the misconception is the fact that we saw far less than normal rain.<\/p>\n

High pressure did dominate for much of the month and while monsoonal flow did bring rain to eastern Colorado, it largely missed our area.\u00a0 The Palmer Divide and southeastern Colorado were beneficiaries for much of the month but for us it wasn\u2019t until the last week that we saw relief.<\/p>\n

Thornton\u2019s average temperature for the month came in at 74.1 degrees.\u00a0 This is almost exactly matches Denver\u2019s long-term July average of 74.2 degrees.\u00a0 Out at DIA where the Mile High City\u2019s official temperatures are taken, it shows a far warmer month with an average of 76.4 degrees.<\/p>\n

Temperatures here ranged from a maximum of 99.2 degrees on the 19th down to a low of 50.1 degrees on the morning of the 1st.\u00a0 Out at the airport, their highest reading was actually 100 degrees seen on the 6th and again on the 19th.\u00a0 The low out there was 51 degrees on the 1st.<\/p>\n

On average Denver receives 2.16 inches of precipitation during July.\u00a0 Both Thornton and Denver fell far short of that mark.\u00a0 We managed to record 0.61 inches in our bucket during the month, more than half of which fell on the second to last day of the month. At DIA, Denver recorded 0.47 inches.<\/p>\n

Click here to view Thornton\u2019s July 2017 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Thornton, Colorado’s July 2017 temperature summary. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Thornton, Colorado’s July 2017 precipitation summary. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n656 AM MDT TUE AUG 1 2017\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2017...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2017\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   07\/20\/2005\r\n LOW               42   07\/04\/1903\r\n                        07\/31\/1873\r\nHIGHEST           100   07\/19        99      -5      102  07\/10\r\n                        07\/06\r\nLOWEST             51   07\/01        51       9       51  07\/12\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     91.5              89.4     2.1     92.0\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     61.3              58.9     2.4     60.5\r\nMEAN             76.4              74.2     2.2     76.2\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90     20              16.0     4.0       22\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\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES) \r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM 6.41 1965\r\n MINIMUM 0.01 1901 \r\nTOTALS 0.47 2.16 -1.69 1.07 \r\nDAILY AVG. 0.02 0.07 -0.05 0.03 \r\nDAYS >= .01         6               8.3    -2.3        6\r\nDAYS >= .10         3               4.3    -1.3        4\r\nDAYS >= .50         0               1.4    -1.4        1\r\nDAYS >= 1.00        0               0.7    -0.7        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.15   07\/21 TO 07\/21           07\/01 TO 07\/01\r\n                                                          06\/30 TO 07\/01\r\n                                                          07\/01 TO 07\/01\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS TOTAL      0.0\r\n TOTALS            0.0 2017         0.0\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL       0                 6      -6        0\r\n SINCE 7\/1          0                 6      -6        0\r\nCOOLING TOTAL     360               289      71      356\r\n SINCE 1\/1        533               444      89      544\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              9.6\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   3\/204\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    45\/120    DATE  07\/15\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    53\/120    DATE  07\/15\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            6\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             21\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          4\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     45\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              9     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       3\r\nLIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0\r\nHEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0\r\nLIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                       3     FOG W\/VIS <= 1\/4 MILE      1\r\nHAZE                      3\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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