We immediately rebounded though and warmer weather returned.\u00a0 A string of 70 plus degree days from the 16th to the 20th were quite nice.\u00a0 We also stayed dry until the last week of the month.<\/p>\n
On the 25th we saw a record-setting high temperature but then 72 hours saw our coldest reading of the month (19.4 degrees).\u00a0 There again, we bounced back with a warm day on the 29th before finishing up with much colder weather the last two days of the month.\u00a0 We did see some minimal rain on the 26th and 30th to add to the precipitation total for the month.<\/p>\n
Thornton saw an overall average monthly temperature of 48.6 degrees.\u00a0 This was a good ways below Denver\u2019s long term October average of 50.9 degrees.\u00a0 Out at DIA where the Mile High City\u2019s official measurements are taken, they were warmer with an average of 50.1 degrees.<\/p>\n
Our mercury readings ranged from a high of 84.9 degrees on the 25th down to the 19.4 degree reading on the 27th.\u00a0 DIA saw similar extremes with a maximum of 84 degrees and a minimum of 13 degrees on those same dates.\u00a0 The reading of 84 degrees on the 25th was a record high for the date<\/a>.<\/p>\n In terms of precipitation, Thornton recorded 1.71 inches.\u00a0 Denver lagged considerably with 0.96 inches for the month.\u00a0 Those put Thornton well above, Denver just below the October average of 1.02 inches.<\/p>\n Denver averages 4.0 inches of snowfall in October.\u00a0 Thornton bested that by just a bit with 4.6 inches, the majority of which came on the 9th.\u00a0 Out at the airport, they could only tally 2.8 inches of the white stuff.<\/p>\n Click here to view Thornton\u2019s October 2017 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n The month of October certainly saw its fair share of varying temperatures.\u00a0 We seemed to go back and forth between unseasonably warm to unseasonably cold readings.\u00a0 The month also brought us our first measurable snow of the season and a good bit of precipitation. The month started with comfortable readings and dry conditions.\u00a0 On the … Continue reading October 2017 weather recap: Month offers cooler and wetter than normal conditions<\/span> ![\"Thornton,](\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2017-10-Temps-590x291.jpg\")
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<\/a>CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n303 AM MDT WED NOV 1 2017\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 89 10\/16\/1991\r\n 10\/10\/1910\r\n LOW -2 10\/29\/1917\r\nHIGHEST 84 10\/25 83 1 86 10\/16\r\nLOWEST 13 10\/27 22 -9 25 10\/20\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM 64.5 65.3 -0.8 74.5\r\nAVG. MINIMUM 35.7 36.6 -0.9 41.2\r\nMEAN 50.1 50.9 -0.8 57.8\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.4 -0.4 0\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32 11 8.5 2.5 3\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES)\r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM 4.17 1969\r\n MINIMUM T 1934\r\nTOTALS 0.96 1.02 -0.06 0.26\r\nDAILY AVG. 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.01\r\nDAYS >= .01 5 5.3 -0.3 3\r\nDAYS >= .10 4 2.4 1.6 1\r\nDAYS >= .50 0 0.5 -0.5 0\r\nDAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL 0.35 10\/09 TO 10\/09 10\/05 TO 10\/06\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL 2.8\r\nTOTALS 2.8 4.0\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL 455 440 15 231\r\n SINCE 7\/1 585 581 4 310\r\nCOOLING TOTAL 1 5 -4 17\r\n SINCE 1\/1 881 769 112 878\r\n\r\nFREEZE DATES\r\nRECORD\r\n EARLIEST 09\/08\/1962\r\n LATEST 06\/08\/2007\r\nEARLIEST 10\/09 10\/07\r\nLATEST 05\/05\r\n.................................................................\r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 2\/232\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 46\/300 DATE 10\/14\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION 59\/300 DATE 10\/14\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC 15\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 48\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0\r\nHEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1\r\nLIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 1\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0\r\nHEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 4\r\nLIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0\r\nFOG 10 FOG W\/VIS <= 1\/4 MILE 5\r\nHAZE 6\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":"