{"id":2931,"date":"2010-09-05T03:37:43","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T09:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2010-09-05T03:57:21","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T09:57:21","slug":"denvers-august-wraps-up-warmer-and-drier-than-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climatology\/denvers-august-wraps-up-warmer-and-drier-than-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver’s August wraps up warmer and drier than normal"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Denver wraps up a warm and dry August 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Is it global warming at work?\u00a0 Probably not but the Mile High City experienced a very warm month of August that nearly ended up in the “top 10” statistical column. \u00a0Were it not for things cooling down in the last week that almost certainly would have happened.<\/p>\n

Denver’s average temperature for the month was 73.8 degrees – 2.1 degrees above normal.\u00a0 That put it 0.3 degrees shy of the number ten spot for warmest August on record which was in 1947 with an average temperature of 74.1.\u00a0 We should be thankful we didn’t reach near the top spot.\u00a0 The hottest August on record was in 1937 when we hit an average of 76.8 degrees<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In terms of extremes, the hottest day of the month occurred on the 22nd when the mercury climbed to 97 degrees.\u00a0 The coldest temperature recorded was on the 17th when we dropped to 47 degrees.\u00a0 Neither of those were records.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Overall we recorded 12 days with 90 degree or higher temperatures – three above normal.\u00a0 Similarly we have seen 41 ninety degree plus days this year which is 10 more than normal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Only one temperature record was set for the month.\u00a0 That occurred on the 18th when a record high minimum of 67 degrees was recorded.\u00a0 This tied the previous record for the date set in 1986.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here in Thornton we were a bit cooler than the Denver measurements.\u00a0 We saw an average temperature of\u00a072.3 degrees with a high of 93.9 on the 18th and a low of 51.1 degrees on the 17th.<\/p>\n

It may not have seemed like it as we did have quite a few days with thunderstorms but we in fact finished August with below normal precipitation.\u00a0 Denver recorded 1.05 inch but that was 0.77 inch below normal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most of that precipitation however fell within the first seven days of the month when 1.03 of the total was recorded.\u00a0 Of that, 0.68 inch was recorded on the first of the month.\u00a0 However, a mere 0.02 inch was recorded for the final three weeks of the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thornton fared better than the official measurements in terms of precipitation.\u00a0 We recorded 1.41 inches for the month and the moisture we received was spread out across the month much better.<\/p>\n

At the official Denver monitoring station at Denver International Airport they recorded 10 days with thunderstorms.\u00a0 The max wind gust was 45 mph recorded on the 12th and again on the 16th.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Below are the official Denver weather statistics for August 2010 from the National Weather Service.\u00a0 Click here to view Thornton’s summary report.<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER, CO\r\n715 PM MDT THU SEP 2 2010\r\n\r\n................................... \r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2010...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2010\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             105   08\/08\/1878\r\n LOW               40   08\/26\/1910\r\n                        08\/25\/1910\r\n                        08\/24\/1910\r\nHIGHEST            97   08\/22       105      -8       98  08\/23\r\nLOWEST             47   08\/17        40       7       47  08\/17\r\n                                                          08\/16\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     88.6              86.0     2.6     85.5\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     59.0              57.4     1.6     55.1\r\nMEAN             73.8              71.7     2.1     70.4\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90     12               9.3     2.7        9\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0<\/pre>\n
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)\r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM         5.85   1979\r\n\r\n MINIMUM         0.02   1924\r\nTOTALS           1.05              1.82   -0.77     1.14\r\nDAILY AVG.       0.03              0.06   -0.03     0.04\r\nDAYS >= .01         6               8.8    -2.8        8\r\nDAYS >= .10         3                MM      MM        4\r\nDAYS >= .50         1                MM      MM        0\r\nDAYS >= 1.00        0                MM      MM        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.68  08\/01 TO 08\/01   0.47  08\/06 TO 08\/06       \r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL            0.0   NEVER ANY SNOW RECORDED IN AUGUST\r\nTOTALS            0.0                                               \r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL       0                 9      -9        9\r\n SINCE 7\/1          3                10      -7       22\r\nCOOLING TOTAL     280               217      63      180\r\n SINCE 1\/1        762               639     123      455              \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              9.6                    8.6\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   4\/186            MM\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    38\/190  08\/12          08\/280 08\/06\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    45\/340  08\/12\/16     47\/210 08\/05\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM                                      \r\n\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             21\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          2\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     45\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM             10     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       2\r\nLIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0\r\nHEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0\r\nLIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                       3     FOG W\/VIS <= 1\/4 MILE      1\r\nHAZE                      4                                           \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":"
Is it global warming at work?\u00a0 Probably not but the Mile High City experienced a very warm month of August that nearly ended up in the “top 10” statistical column. \u00a0Were it not for things cooling down in the last week that almost certainly would have happened. Denver’s average temperature for the month was 73.8 … Continue reading Denver’s August wraps up warmer and drier than normal<\/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":[12],"tags":[26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931"}],"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=2931"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2934,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions\/2934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}