From there we saw things change significantly and quickly. Following an extraordinarily mild day on the 18th, temperature plummeted over the next 48 hours or so. So much so that the high temperature on the 20th was a record low maximum for the date.<\/p>\n
Chilly temperatures lingered through the 25th as we saw a week of cold.\u00a0 The 19th, 20th and 22nd also brought snow that helped to add to the seasonal totals.<\/p>\n
The final three days of the month saw mercury readings at or above normal.<\/p>\n
Overall average temperature for the month of February was 29.2 degrees.\u00a0 At Denver International Airport where the Mile High City\u2019s official records are kept, it was just slightly warmer with an average of 29.9 degrees. Both came a good bit short of the historical February average temperature of 32.5 degrees.<\/p>\n
Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a high of 69 degrees on the 18th down to a low of 4 degrees below zero on the 21st.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s highest temperature matched ours while their coldest was 7 degrees below on the 21st.<\/p>\n
On average, Denver receives 0.37 inches of precipitation in February. This year, Thornton was a bit above that with 0.45 inches while Denver was below with 0.31 inches.<\/p>\n
Both Thornton and Denver saw above average levels of snow although we bested the Mile High City on that front. Thornton recorded 9.5 inches while Denver saw 6.2 inches. Average for the month is 5.7 inches.<\/p>\n
Click here to view Thornton\u2019s February 2018 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n If you felt like the past month was a bit chilly you would be correct. February saw temps a good bit below normal.\u00a0 We did see some help with our lack of seasonal snow and precipitation was a bit above average as well. The first third of the month continued the dry, warmer than normal … Continue reading February 2018 weather recap: Colder than normal temps, near normal precip<\/span> ![\"Thornton,](\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Feb18-allgraph-590x642.jpg\")
<\/a>CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n805 AM MST THU MAR 1 2018\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2018...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2018\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 80 02\/10\/2017\r\n LOW -25 02\/01\/1951\r\n 02\/08\/1936\r\nHIGHEST 69 02\/18 66 3 80 02\/10\r\nLOWEST -7 02\/21 -6 11 02\/26\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM 44.4 46.2 -1.8 53.9\r\nAVG. MINIMUM 15.4 18.9 -3.5 26.6\r\nMEAN 29.9 32.5 -2.6 40.2\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32 6 3.9 2.1 3\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32 26 26.9 -0.9 21\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0 3 1.3 1.7 0\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES)\r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM 2.01 1934\r\n MINIMUM 0.01 1970\r\nTOTALS 0.31 0.37 -0.06 0.23\r\nDAILY AVG. 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01\r\nDAYS >= .01 5 5.3 -0.3 3\r\nDAYS >= .10 2 0.7 1.3 1\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 0.14 02\/10 TO 02\/10 02\/23 TO 02\/24\r\n\r\n SNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL 6.2 5.7\r\nRECORD FEBRUARY 22.4 2015\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL 975 908 67 685\r\n SINCE 7\/1 4057 4439 -382 3802\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 9.9\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 2\/230\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 38\/270 DATE 02\/24\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION 47\/270 DATE 02\/24\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC 12\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORMS 0\r\nHEAVY RAIN 0 MIXED PRECIP 6\r\nLIGHT RAIN 0 RAIN 0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0\r\nHEAVY SNOW 1 HAIL 0\r\nLIGHT SNOW 15 SNOW 6\r\nFOG 20 FOG W\/VIS <=1\/4 MILE 9\r\nHAZE 9\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":"