{"id":4470,"date":"2012-01-03T04:10:55","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T11:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2012-01-02T16:14:16","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T23:14:16","slug":"2011-thornton-weather-recap-year-brings-normal-temperatures-plenty-of-precipitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/2011-thornton-weather-recap-year-brings-normal-temperatures-plenty-of-precipitation\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Thornton weather recap: Year brings normal temperatures, plenty of precipitation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The year goes into the books as a relatively normal year with few notable events.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With 2011 now behind us we can look back at the year in weather and in doing so we note that it wasn’t a particularly eventful one.\u00a0 Temperatures were very close to average for the year and while it was a wet one, there weren’t any events that will remain emblazoned in our memories.<\/p>\n

In terms of temperatures, the year saw an average temperature of 50.6 degrees as recorded at Denver’s official monitoring station at Denver International Airport.\u00a0 This was a negligible 0.1 degrees above normal.\u00a0 Thornton was slightly cooler with an average of 49.8 degrees.<\/p>\n

Denver recorded 50 days of 90 degree or warmer temperatures but failed to reach the 100 degree mark at all.\u00a0 Three days including July 4th, July 31st and August 25th hit 99 degrees.\u00a0 Thornton saw 44 90 degree or warmer days during the year and only one hit 99 degrees (July 4th).<\/p>\n

The mercury dipped below zero on 12 days at DIA with the coldest temperature of -17 degrees occurring on February 2nd.\u00a0 Here in Thornton we recorded 10 days below zero with the coldest reading coming on February 2nd when we dropped to -14.7 degrees.<\/p>\n

While temperatures were not particularly notable, we did managed to record much more precipitation than normal.\u00a0 In all, DIA saw 17.31 inches which was 2.39 inches above the normal of 14.92.\u00a0 Thornton bested Denver’s number with 18.80 inches during the year.<\/p>\n

The first quarter of the year saw precipitation readings slightly below normal.\u00a0 Then in May, the skies opened up and Denver received 4.79 inches of rain – far above the normal for the month of 2.15 inches.\u00a0 Most of this fell with two storms systems, one on the 11th and 12th and a second on the 17th and 18th.<\/p>\n

Thornton as well saw a wet May as 5.67 inches fell into our rain bucket.\u00a0 Much of that occurred in the 24 hours leading up to the city’s annual ThorntonFest resulting in flooding at the Multipurpose Fields and forcing the cancellation of the festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

June and July brought more wet weather and above normal precipitation.\u00a0 The monsoons during the first half of July brought rain on 9 out of 10 days from the 5th to the 14th and the month recorded 3.20 inches overall.<\/p>\n

Here again Thornton was the recipient of even more rain as we recorded 5.51 inches during the month.\u00a0 One nighttime storm did provide not only rain but a decent lightning show<\/a> and another resulted in flooding in the southern part of the city<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The last half of July and all of August were quite dry and followed by a relatively average September.\u00a0 October once again brought above normal precipitation, November followed with drier than normal conditions and December was wetter than average.<\/p>\n

For the calendar year, Denver received 47.5 inches of snowfall.\u00a0 The biggest storm occurred on October 26th when 8.0 inches of snow fell.\u00a0 Thornton was slightly snowier as we received 51.0 inches of snow during 2011.<\/p>\n

Click here to view Thornton’s 2011 climate summary. \u00a0Following is the official Denver statistics for the year from the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER, CO\r\n217 PM MST SUN JAN 1 2012\r\n\r\n................................... \r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 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             105   07\/20\/2005\r\n                        08\/08\/1878\r\n LOW              -29   01\/09\/1875\r\nHIGHEST            99   08\/25        64      35      102  07\/17\r\n                        07\/31\r\n                        07\/04\r\nLOWEST            -17   02\/02        36     -53      -16  01\/07\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     64.8              64.7     0.1     65.3\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     36.4              36.3     0.1     37.0\r\nMEAN             50.6              50.5     0.1     51.2\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90     50              39.6    10.4       49\r\nDAYS MAX = .01        80              79.7     0.3       71\r\nDAYS >= .10        37              34.9     2.1       24\r\nDAYS >= .50        10               7.6     2.4        9\r\nDAYS >= 1.00        6               2.3     3.7        3\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    1.95   MM                       12\/31 TO 12\/31\r\n                                                          12\/31 TO 12\/31\r\n                                                          12\/31 TO 12\/31\r\n STORM TOTAL       MM                                 MM\r\n (MM\/DD(HH))            MM                    12\/31(00) TO 12\/31(00)\r\n                                                 12\/31(00) TO 12\/31(00)1\r\n                                                 12\/31(00) TO 12\/31(00)1\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL             MM   5\r\n 24 HR TOTAL       MM\r\n SNOW DEPTH        MM   MM\r\nTOTALS           47.5                MM      MM     27.8\r\n LIQUID EQUIV      MM                MM      MM       MM\r\nSINCE 7\/1        29.5                MM      MM      4.8\r\n LIQUID 7\/1        MM                MM      MM       MM\r\nSNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0\r\nDAYS >= TRACE      40                MM      MM       42\r\nDAYS >= 1.0        16                MM      MM       10\r\nGREATEST\r\n SNOW DEPTH         7   01\/11                          8  03\/24\r\n                        01\/10\r\n 24 HR TOTAL      8.0   11\/26                    12\/31 TO 12\/31\r\n                                                          12\/31 TO 12\/31\r\n                                                          12\/31 TO 12\/31\r\n STORM TOTAL       MM                                 MM\r\n (MM\/DD(HH))            MM                    12\/31(00) TO 12\/31(00)\r\n                                                 12\/31(00) TO 12\/31(00)1\r\n                                                 12\/31(00) TO 12\/31(00)1\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL    6069              6059      10     5774\r\n SINCE 7\/1         MM              2463      MM     2072\r\nCOOLING TOTAL     964               769     195      870\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\/07\r\nLATEST                          05\/05\r\n.................................................. \r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.9\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   2\/211\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    51\/210    DATE  07\/13\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    72\/200    DATE  06\/29\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           87\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC            232\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         46\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     49\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM             51     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN               11     RAIN                      22\r\nLIGHT RAIN               76     FREEZING RAIN              1\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          3     HAIL                       8\r\nHEAVY SNOW                7     SNOW                      21\r\nLIGHT SNOW               39     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                      92     FOG W\/VIS<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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