{"id":4205,"date":"2011-11-04T16:56:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T22:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=4205"},"modified":"2011-11-04T16:56:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T22:56:48","slug":"october-2011-weather-recap-month-finishes-warmer-snowier-and-wetter-than-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/october-2011-weather-recap-month-finishes-warmer-snowier-and-wetter-than-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2011 Thornton weather recap: Month finishes warmer, snowier and wetter than normal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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October offered a bit of everything for everyone from record warmth to heavy snowfall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 2011 started out quite warm but then stabilized into a seasonal pattern.\u00a0 As is often the case with Colorado weather though, at one point we went from record high temperatures to snow in a span of two days.<\/p>\n

In terms of temperature, Denver finished the month with an overall overage temperature of 52.6 degrees.\u00a0 This was 1.6 degrees above the normal for the month of 50.9 degrees.\u00a0 Temperatures ranged from a high of 87 degrees on the first of the month down to 14 degrees on the 26th and 27th.<\/p>\n

Here in Thornton we were slightly cooler with an average temperature of 50.4 degrees.\u00a0 Our highs ranged from a top mark of 86.6 degrees on the first down to a very cold 12.8 degrees on the 27th.<\/p>\n

Two record high temperatures were tied or broken during the month.\u00a0 On the 15th, the mercury climbed to 82 degrees which tied the record for the date last set in 1938.\u00a0 On the 24th the temperature hit 80 degrees, breaking the previous record high for the date of 79.<\/p>\n

Quite a bit more precipitation was recorded than normal during October 2011.\u00a0 1.79 inches fell into the rain bucket at DIA which is 0.82 inch above normal.\u00a0 Much of that precipitation fell on October 8th when 1.04 inches was recorded, a record for the date.\u00a0 DIA also recorded a trace of snowfall, the first of the season.<\/p>\n

The Mile High City was hit with its first snowstorm on the 25th and 26th when 8.5 inches of the white stuff fell.\u00a0 That also was the snowfall total for the month which far exceeded the normal of 4.2 inches.<\/p>\n

Thornton nearly mirrored Denver’s precipitation as we recorded 1.75 inches during the month between rain and snowmelt.\u00a0 Our snowfall fell short of DIAs however as we recorded 6.6 inches during the storm late in the month.<\/p>\n

Click here to view Thornton’s climate summary for October 2011.<\/a><\/p>\n

From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n

...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2011... \r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2011\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              90   10\/01\/1892\r\n LOW               -2   10\/29\/1917\r\nHIGHEST            87   10\/01        90      -3       85  10\/03\r\nLOWEST             14   10\/26        -2      16       20  10\/28\r\n                        10\/27\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     67.3              65.3     2.0     69.7\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     37.9              36.6     1.3     40.9\r\nMEAN             52.6              50.9     1.7     55.3\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MAX = .01         4               5.3    -1.3        4\r\nDAYS >= .10         3               2.4     0.6        2\r\nDAYS >= .50         1               0.5     0.5        0\r\nDAYS >= 1.00        1               0.1     0.9        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    1.04   10\/08 TO 10\/08\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL           31.2   1969\r\nTOTALS            8.5                4.2\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL     400               438     -38      300\r\n SINCE 7\/1        495               576     -81      335\r\nCOOLING TOTAL      23                 5      18        8\r\n SINCE 1\/1        964               769     195      870\r\n\r\nFREEZE DATES\r\nRECORD\r\n EARLIEST     09\/08\/1962\r\n LATEST       06\/08\/2007\r\nEARLIEST      10\/17             10\/07\r\nLATEST                          05\/05\r\n................................................... \r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.8\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   4\/205\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    49\/210    DATE  10\/06\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    63\/200    DATE  10\/06\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           13\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             15\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          3\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     44\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              1     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1\r\nLIGHT RAIN                5     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0\r\nHEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       2\r\nLIGHT SNOW                3     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                       5     FOG W\/VIS<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
October 2011 started out quite warm but then stabilized into a seasonal pattern.\u00a0 As is often the case with Colorado weather though, at one point we went from record high temperatures to snow in a span of two days. In terms of temperature, Denver finished the month with an overall overage temperature of 52.6 degrees.\u00a0 … Continue reading October 2011 Thornton weather recap: Month finishes warmer, snowier and wetter 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":[12,7],"tags":[61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4205"}],"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=4205"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4208,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4205\/revisions\/4208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}