Thornton saw an overall average temperature for the month of 36.8 degrees. This was a good bit colder than Denver\u2019s long term average for the month of 38.3 degrees. Out at DIA where Denver\u2019s official measurements are taken, it was a good bit warmer with an average of 37.8 degrees.<\/p>\n
Temperatures for us ranged from a high of 64.7 degrees on the 2nd of the month down to a cold low of 15.7 degrees on the morning of the 26th.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s high of 65 degrees on the 2nd matched ours but their coldest reading of 10 on the 12th was notably colder than our lowest reading.<\/p>\n
November\u2019s long term precipitation average in Denver is 0.61 inches.\u00a0 Thornton managed about half that in our bucket with 0.31 inches with Denver close to us at 0.35 inches.<\/p>\n
Snowfall was respectable but not notable. Thornton recorded 6.3 inches of the white stuff while Denver, as usual, lagged with 4.5 inches. Both measurements were below Denver\u2019s long term November average of 8.7 inches.<\/p>\n
Click here to view Thornton\u2019s November 2018 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thornton\u2019s month of November saw us get a real taste of what is to come for the next few months. Temperatures cooled considerably and we saw a decent bit of snow although not as much as normal. The first five days of the month started out relatively mild but then we saw a series of … Continue reading November 2018 weather recap: Chilly temps, not much moisture<\/span> ![\"Thornton,](\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018-11-Temps-590x292.jpg\")
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<\/a>CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n929 AM MST MON DEC 3 2018\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 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 81 11\/27\/2017\r\n LOW -18 11\/29\/1877\r\nHIGHEST 65 11\/02 73 -8 81 11\/27\r\nLOWEST 10 11\/12 -6 16 22 11\/15\r\n 11\/12\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM 50.6 52.1 -1.5 61.1\r\nAVG. MINIMUM 25.0 24.5 0.5 29.4\r\nMEAN 37.8 38.3 -0.5 45.3\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32 2 2.3 -0.3 0\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32 27 23.4 3.6 22\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.6 -0.6 0\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES)\r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM 3.21 1946\r\n MINIMUM T 1899\r\n 1901\r\n 1949\r\nTOTALS 0.35 0.61 -0.26 0.29\r\nDAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 0.01\r\nDAYS >= .01 6 4.7 1.3 3\r\nDAYS >= .10 1 1.6 -0.6 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 0.17 11\/11 TO 11\/11 11\/17 TO 11\/17\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\nTOTAL 4.5 8.7\r\nRECORD NOVEMBER 42.5 1946\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL 808 801 7 586\r\n SINCE 7\/1 1373 1382 -9 1171\r\nCOOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0\r\n SINCE 1\/1 1026 769 257 881\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 9.8\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 2\/225\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 48\/330 DATE 11\/24\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION 62\/320 DATE 11\/24\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC 16\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 56\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORMS 0 MIXED PRECIP 0\r\nHEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0\r\nLIGHT RAIN 2 FREEZING RAIN 0\r\nLIGHT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0\r\nHEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 3\r\nLIGHT SNOW 9 SLEET 0\r\nFOG 8 DENSE FOG 2\r\nHAZE 2\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":"