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We rebounded briefly for a four day period from the 12th to the 15th with mild temperatures. Once again though, the mercury plunged delivering 13 straight days of below normal temperatures and five days of measurable snowfall.<\/p>\n
Thornton recorded an average temperature for the month of 26.3 degrees. This was our coldest February since ThorntonWeather.com came online in 2007 \u2013 by more than two degrees. Out at Denver International Airport where the Mile High City\u2019s official readings are taken it was slightly warmer with an average of 28.0 degrees.\u00a0 Both were well below Denver\u2019s long term February average of 32.5 degrees for February.<\/p>\n
While certainly cold, neither average reading for the month could crack Denver\u2019s list of top 10 coldest Februarys.<\/p>\n
Thornton saw its warmest mercury reading for the month of 62.3 degrees on the second. Its coldest reading of -7.7 degrees came on the 7th of the month. Denver saw a maximum of 65 degrees on the 3rd and its low of -11 degrees on the 7th.<\/p>\n
February is usually a dry month with Denver averaging 0.37 inches of liquid precipitation. Thornton recorded 0.60 inches this year while Denver saw 0.72 inches.<\/p>\n
Similarly, snow was a good bit above normal for February as well. Thornton saw 11.2 inches of the white stuff while out at the airport 13.4 inches was recorded.<\/p>\n
Click here to view Thornton\u2019s January 2019 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Thornton, Colorado’s temperature summary for February 2019. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ![\"Thornton,](\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-02-Precip-590x292.jpg\")
<\/a>Thornton, Colorado’s precipitation summary for February 2019. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n555 AM MST FRI MAR 1 2019\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2019...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2019\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 65 02\/03\r\nLOWEST -11 02\/07\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM 40.8 46.2 -5.4 44.4\r\nAVG. MINIMUM 15.3 18.9 -3.6 15.4\r\nMEAN 28.0 32.5 -4.5 29.9\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32 8 3.9 4.1 6\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32 26 26.9 -0.9 26\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0 3 1.3 1.7 3\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES)\r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM 2.01 1934\r\n MINIMUM 0.01 1970\r\nTOTALS 0.72 0.37 0.35 0.31\r\nDAILY AVG. 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.01\r\nDAYS >= .01 6 5.3 0.7 5\r\nDAYS >= .10 3 0.7 2.3 2\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 0.41 02\/22\r\n\r\n OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nTOTAL 13.4 5.7 7.7 6.2\r\nRECORD FEB 22.4 2015\r\nSEASON TOTAL 27.8 35.2\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL 1029 908 121 975\r\n SINCE 7\/1 4417 4439 -22 4057\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 9.5\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 1\/176\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 35\/060 DATE 02\/14\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION 42\/070 DATE 02\/14\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 3\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC 20\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDER 0 FREEZING RAIN 0 LIGHT SNOW 14\r\nMIXED PRECIP 0 LGT FR RAIN 0 ICE PELLETS 0\r\nHEAVY RAIN 0 HAIL 0 FOG 17\r\nRAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 HEAVY FOG 11\r\nLIGHT RAIN 0 MODERATE SNOW 3 HAZE 8\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":"Cold and snow. Those were certainly the operative words for the month of February 19. Thornton recorded its coldest February in the past 12 years and its snowiest month overall since March 2016. Mild temperatures started things off for the first four days of the month and fooled us into thinking of an early spring. … Continue reading February 2019 weather recap: Thornton experiences a very cold, somewhat snowy month<\/span>