{"id":1785,"date":"2009-09-06T03:32:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T10:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2009-09-06T03:32:33","modified_gmt":"2009-09-06T10:32:33","slug":"september-6-to-september-12-this-week-in-denver-weather-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/september-6-to-september-12-this-week-in-denver-weather-history\/","title":{"rendered":"September 6 to September 12 – This week in Denver weather history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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September 6 to September 12 - This week in Denver weather history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Colorado weather is certainly varied and this week’s look back at weather history proves that.\u00a0 We have seen everything from deadly lightning, hail and severe winds to even snow during the second week of September.<\/p>\n

1-7\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1978…the temperature reached 90 degrees or more on seven consecutive days with the highest temperature…94 degrees… Recorded on both the 4th and 6th.<\/p>\n

3-6\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1909…rainfall for the 4 days accumulated to 3.97 inches in Boulder…while in Denver rainfall totaled 2.45 inches on the 4th…5th…and 6th.<\/p>\n

5-9\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1988…layers of smoke aloft from large forest fires in Yellowstone National Park completely obliterated the sun at times.\u00a0 At Stapleton International Airport…surface visibility was reduced at times to 5 and 6 miles in smoke.<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

In 1940…a thunderstorm pelted the city with small hail. The storm produced some lightning damage.\u00a0 One woman was stunned by a bolt which struck near her.\u00a0 Heavy rain from the storm raised the level of Cherry Creek by more than 3 feet during the height of the storm.\u00a0 Rainfall downtown was only 0.26 inch.
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\nIn 1988…strong winds blew down two houses that were under construction in Castle Rock.\u00a0 Northwest winds gusted to 44 mph at Stapleton International Airport.
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\nIn 1993…a man was struck and killed by lightning while standing outside his home in unincorporated Arapahoe County 11 miles south of Denver.\u00a0 Lightning also struck a cabin in Marshdale…20 miles southwest of Denver…which started a fire and damaged one room and a portion of the roof.
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\nIn 1995…hail as large as 3\/4 inch in diameter fell in Coal Creek Canyon in northern Jefferson County.
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\nIn 2001…a thunderstorm dropped 3\/4 inch diameter hail in Aurora near Cherry Creek.<\/p>\n

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In 1875…the creeks were running dangerously high during the night from heavy rains in the mountains.
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\nIn 1885…a thunderstorm produced very white hail of irregular shape and about the size of beans.\u00a0 Precipitation was only 0.10 inch.
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\nIn 1971…a vigorous cold front accompanied by a thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 48 mph at Stapleton International Airport and much upslope cloudiness and light rain across metro Denver.
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\nIn 1989…widespread thunderstorms produced lightning strikes that knocked out power to about 13 thousand homes in Boulder County.\u00a0 In a rugged area stripped of vegetation by a forest fire earlier in July…heavy rain triggered mud slides that destroyed one home and severely damaged another in Boulder canyon 10 miles west of Boulder.\u00a0 In one home…the mud caved in an exterior wall and poured into the residence only seconds after 2 people had evacuated the premises. Rainfall totaled 1 to 3 inches.\u00a0 Hail 1 3\/4 inches in diameter fell in Nederland…Idaho Springs…and Golden Gate Canyon.\u00a0 Hail 1 inch in diameter was measured 10 miles north of Golden.
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\nIn 1993…thunderstorm winds toppled an overhead sign onto the intersection of I-70 and I-25 in Denver…causing considerable damage to 4 vehicles.\u00a0 The winds also caused a police car to be blown off the road northeast of Denver. Thunderstorm winds gusting to 66 mph damaged the siding of a residence southeast of Brighton.\u00a0 A thunderstorm wind gust to 53 mph was recorded at Stapleton International Airport.\u00a0 Hail to 7\/8 inch in diameter fell at Kittredge in the foothills of Jefferson County.
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\nIn 1994…lightning severely damaged a public television transmitter atop squaw mountain west of Denver.<\/p>\n

7-8\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1884…a windstorm from mid-afternoon until the early morning hours of the 8th produced south winds sustained to 48 mph.\u00a0 The strong winds toppled several trees in the city.
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\nIn 1892…there was a trace of rainfall each day.\u00a0 This together with a trace of rain on both the 2nd and 3rd was the only rainfall of the month…making the month the driest on record.\u00a0 The record was equaled in 1944.<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

In 1886…the last thunderstorm of the season pelted the city with hail the size of beans and dropped 0.81 inch of precipitation.
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\nIn 1962…the earliest first freeze of the season occurred. The temperature dipped to a low of 31 degrees.
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\nIn 1973…hail up to 1 1\/2 inches in diameter fell northeast of Boulder.\u00a0 A tornado was reported by a pilot east of Parker.\u00a0 No damage was reported.<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

In 1933…heavy rain in the foothills over the clear creek and Golden gate canyon watersheds caused flooding in Golden and damaged the roadway in Golden gate canyon… Which resulted in its closure.
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\nIn 1969…a funnel cloud was sighted in southeast Denver. There was also considerable thunderstorm activity and local heavy rain across metro Denver.\u00a0 Rainfall totaled 1.30 inches at Stapleton International Airport where small hail also fell.
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\nIn 1973…hail from 3\/4 inch to 1 3\/4 inches in diameter fell in Westminster and south of Broomfield.<\/p>\n

9-10\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1933…heavy rain over the Cherry Creek…Plum Creek…Big Dry Creek…and Little Dry Creek watersheds caused flooding on the South Platte River in Denver overnight.\u00a0 Nearly an inch of rain…0.98 inch…fell in the city.
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\nIn 1944…a trace of rain fell on each day.\u00a0 This together with a trace of rain on the 4th and 30th was the only precipitation for the month.\u00a0 The total of a trace of precipitation for the month equaled the driest September on record first set in 1892.
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\nIn 1994…unusually very warm weather resulted in three temperature records being equaled.\u00a0 High temperatures of 94 degrees on the 9th and 93 degrees on the 10th equaled record maximums for the dates.\u00a0 Low temperature of 63 degrees on the 9th equaled the record high minimum for the date.<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

In 1985…golf ball size hail was reported just east of Parker.
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\nIn 1989…3\/4 inch diameter hail fell in Littleton.\u00a0 Heavy rain produced local flooding in Lakewood.\u00a0 The heavy rain caused the wall of a house to collapse.
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\nIn 1993…thunderstorm winds downed power lines…which caused a power outage in Castle Rock.<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

In 1910…west winds were sustained to 42 mph.
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\nIn 1951…a vigorous Canadian cold front produced a dust storm across metro Denver.\u00a0 Northeast wind gusts to 43 mph reduced the visibility at Stapleton Airport to as low as 1 1\/2 miles for nearly 5 hours.\u00a0 The temperature dropped 47 degrees in 8 hours…from a high of 92 degrees to a low of 45 degrees.
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\nIn 1967…a microburst wind gust to 52 mph produced blowing dust and briefly reduced the visibility to 1\/2 mile at Stapleton International Airport.
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\nIn 1974…a trace of snow…the first of the season…ended the shortest period without snow…94 days from June 9th through September 10th.\u00a0 A trace of snow also fell on June 8th.
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\nIn 1995…strong post-frontal winds associated with a fast moving pacific cold front knocked down power poles and trees as it moved through metro Denver.\u00a0 Numerous power outages affected nearly one thousand people in Denver and Jefferson counties.\u00a0 West winds gusted to 34 mph at Denver International Airport.<\/p>\n

11-12<\/p>\n

In 1974…post-frontal rain changed to snow overnight for the first snow of the season.\u00a0 Snowfall totaled only 1.8 inches at Stapleton International Airport where north winds gusted to 40 mph on the 11th.\u00a0 High temperature of only 46 degrees on the 12th set a new record low maximum for the date.<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

In 1887…west winds to 42 mph were recorded in the city.
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\nIn 1952…a thunderstorm outflow produced strong southeast winds gusting to 52 mph.\u00a0 Surface visibility at Stapleton Airport was briefly reduced to 2 miles in blowing dust.
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\nIn 1963…a nearly stationary…white tornado near Bennett was sighted from Denver.\u00a0 No damage was reported.
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\nIn 1989…an early snowfall and the first of the season brought 2 to 3 inches of slush to metro Denver.\u00a0 More snow whitened the foothills west of Denver where 6 inches were measured at Evergreen.\u00a0 The snow fell on leaf laden trees… And sagging branches onto power lines caused outages.\u00a0 Much of Denver’s snow fell during the evening rush hour…creating traffic chaos.\u00a0 Snowfall totaled 2.3 inches at Stapleton International Airport where the maximum snow depth on the ground was only 1 inch due to melting.
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\nIn 1994…thunderstorm microburst winds gusted to 67 mph in Boulder.\u00a0 No damage was reported.
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\nIn 2002…a severe thunderstorm produced hail as large as 1 inch in diameter near Castle Rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colorado weather is certainly varied and this week’s look back at weather history proves that.\u00a0 We have seen everything from deadly lightning, hail and severe winds to even snow during the second week of September. 1-7\u00a0\u00a0 In 1978…the temperature reached 90 degrees or more on seven consecutive days with the highest temperature…94 degrees… Recorded on … Continue reading September 6 to September 12 – This week in Denver weather history<\/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":[7,63],"tags":[81,106,62,741],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785"}],"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=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1786,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}