{"id":489,"date":"2008-09-28T03:00:21","date_gmt":"2008-09-28T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=489"},"modified":"2008-10-01T08:35:35","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T14:35:35","slug":"this-week-in-denver-weather-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/this-week-in-denver-weather-history\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Denver weather history – September 27 – October 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"This<\/a>
This week in Denver weather history - September 27- October 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new weekly feature for ThorntonWeather.com – This Week in Denver Weather History.\u00a0 The National Weather Service<\/a> maintains a historical archives of weather history across the nation and makes it available to the public.\u00a0 ThorntonWeather.com will start publishing that information weekly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, let’s stroll down memory lane with This Week in Denver Weather History<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

26-28 IN 1936…THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED SO EARLY IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEASON DUMPED A TOTAL OF 16.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON DOWNTOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER AND 21.3 INCHES AT DENVER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15.0 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED FROM 6:00 PM ON THE 27TH TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6:00 PM ON THE 28TH IS THE GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL EVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE FIRST SNOW OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEASON.\u00a0 THE SNOW WAS INTERMITTENT THROUGH THE 26TH…BUT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CONTINUOUS FROM EARLY AFTERNOON ON THE 27TH TO AROUND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MIDNIGHT ON THE 28TH…EXCEPT FOR A PERIOD OF RAIN DURING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE AFTERNOON OF THE 28TH WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO A LOSS OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEPTH ON THE GROUND.\u00a0 THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN WAS 13 INCHES WITH 8 INCHES AT DENVER MUNICIPAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.\u00a0 THERE WERE NO HIGH WINDS WITH THE STORM AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRAFFIC WAS INTERRUPTED FOR ONLY A SHORT PERIOD.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STORM PRODUCED PROPERTY DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT 7 MILLION
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOLLARS.\u00a0 WITH TREES AND SHRUBS IN FULL FOLIAGE…THE LEAVES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CAUGHT AND HELD THE HEAVY WATER-LADEN SNOW…UNTIL THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BRANCHES SNAPPED FROM THE WEIGHT.\u00a0 MORE THAN 3000 WORKMEN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE CALLED TO REMOVE THE DEBRIS AND SNOW FROM THE CITY.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CITY FIREMEN WHO WERE OFF DUTY…AS WELL AS ALL THE RESERVES…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE ASKED TO REPORT TO THEIR STATIONS.\u00a0 ALL SCHOOLS IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CITY REMAINED OPEN…BUT ATTENDANCE WAS ONLY 50 PERCENT OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORMAL.\u00a0 GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE SENT HOME AT NOON ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28TH.\u00a0 THE EARLY STORM CAUGHT STOCKMEN WITH MANY CATTLE STILL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN HIGHER RANGES.\u00a0 WARM WEATHER FOLLOWED THE SNOW…WHICH HAD
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALL MELTED BY THE END OF THE MONTH…EXCEPT FOR A FEW INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN SHELTERED PLACES. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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27-28 IN 1984…HEAVY SNOW FELL OVER THE PLAINS AND FOOTHILLS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ON THE PLAINS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH UP TO A FOOT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE FOOTHILLS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE MAIN PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE STORM WAS THOUSANDS OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY SNOW-LADEN TREE LIMBS SNAPPING AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FALLING ONTO POWER LINES.\u00a0 OVER 15 THOUSAND HOMES LOST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 POWER IN METRO DENVER.\u00a0 SOME CARS WERE DAMAGED BY FALLING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TREES AND LIMBS.\u00a0 THE SNOW ALSO CAUSED SOME FLIGHT DELAYS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE 5.1 INCHES OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW FELL AND NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 29 MPH.\u00a0 MAXIMUM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND WAS 3 INCHES DUE TO MELTING.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGH TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 34 DEGREES ON THE 28TH WAS A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE AND EQUALED THE ALL-TIME
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORD FOR THE MONTH AT THAT TIME.
\n28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1877…HEAVY DENSE SMOKE FROM MOUNTAIN FOREST FIRES SPREAD
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVER THE CITY.\u00a0 THE SMOKE WAS SO DENSE THAT IT OBSCURED THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUN AT TIMES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1921…POST-FRONTAL NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 44
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1953…A PACIFIC COLD FRONT PRODUCED A WEST WIND GUST TO 59
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE THE VISIBILITY WAS BRIEFLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 REDUCED TO 3\/4 MILES IN BLOWING DUST.\u00a0 STRONG WINDS WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALSO WIDESPREAD OVER BOULDER DURING THE AFTERNOON.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1960…STRONG…GUSTY WINDS TORE THE ROOF FROM 6 UNITS OF A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOTEL ON WEST COLFAX AVENUE IN DENVER.\u00a0 THE ROOFING SAILED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVER THE BUILDING AND CRASHED DOWN ON A TRUCK…WRECKING IT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE STRONG WINDS WERE THE RESULT OF AN APPARENT MICROBURST.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1999…SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF METRO DENVER AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVER THE PLAINS.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED 7 INCHES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CONIFER.\u00a0 AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT…3.1 INCHES OF SNOW WERE MEASURED.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON.\u00a0 THE HEAVY WET SNOW SNAPPED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BRANCHES FROM FULLY LEAFED TREES…DOWNING POWER LINES AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CAUSING SCATTERED OUTAGES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2004…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HAIL TO 3\/4 INCH IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DIAMETER IN LITTLETON AND IN DOUGLAS COUNTY 14 MILES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST OF CASTLE ROCK.
\n28-29 IN 1959…ONE OF THE HEAVIEST SEPTEMBER SNOW STORMS OF RECORD
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BEGAN AS RAIN AND CHANGED TO HEAVY WET SNOW.\u00a0 THE STORM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE TO TREES AND SHRUBBERY…WHICH WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STILL IN FULL LEAF.\u00a0 THE STORM DUMPED 10.6 INCHES OF SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT STAPLETON AIRPORT…THE THIRD HEAVIEST SEPTEMBER SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AMOUNT TO DATE.\u00a0 FALLING TREES AND LIMBS DISRUPTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRAFFIC…BROKE POWER AND COMMUNICATION LINES…AND DAMAGED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BUILDINGS AND CARS.\u00a0 ONE MAN WAS KILLED IN DENVER BY A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FALLING TREE LIMB…AND FOUR OTHERS DIED OF HEART
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ATTACKS WHILE SHOVELING SNOW OR TRYING TO MOVE HEAVY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TREE LIMBS.\u00a0 DIRECT COSTS OF THE STORM FOR CLEANING UP
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEBRIS…REPAIRING UTILITY LINES…AND DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND OTHER PROPERTY ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN COLORADO WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ESTIMATED TO BE OVER A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.\u00a0 THE VALUE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF TREES DESTROYED OR DAMAGED WAS ESTIMATED TO EXCEED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.\u00a0 NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 32 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT ON THE 28TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1985…AN UNUSUALLY COLD AIR MASS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SETTLED OVER THE AREA.\u00a0 METRO DENVER RECEIVED 8 TO 12
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES OF POWDERY SNOW.\u00a0 THE 8.7 INCHES OF SNOW THAT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS THE FIRST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON AND THE CITY`S HEAVIEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEPTEMBER SNOWFALL SINCE 1971.\u00a0 THE SNOW CAUSED FLIGHT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DELAYS OF OVER 2 HOURS AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I-70 WAS CLOSED FOR A TIME WEST OF DENVER.\u00a0 SNOW-LADEN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TREE LIMBS SNAPPED OVER ALL OF METRO DENVER…CAUSING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.\u00a0 TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE WITHOUT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ELECTRICITY FOR A TIME IN BOULDER.\u00a0 THE MORNING OF THE 29TH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SAW MID-WINTER TEMPERATURES ALONG THE FRONT RANGE.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 17 DEGREES…THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EVER RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER IN DENVER.\u00a0 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF ONLY 29 DEGREES ON THE 29TH WAS A NEW RECORD LOW MAXIMUM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOR THE DATE AND LOWEST EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEPTEMBER.\u00a0 THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 21 DEGREES ON THE EVENING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF THE 28TH SET A NEW RECORD LOW FOR THE DATE.\u00a0 THE COLD
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEATHER PERSISTED THROUGH THE 1ST WITH RECORD MINIMUM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURES OF 25 DEGREES SET ON THE 30TH AND 27 DEGREES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SET ON OCTOBER 1ST.
\n29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1966…A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT MOVED THRU METRO DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 51 MPH KICKED UP BILLOWS OF BLOWING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DUST…WHICH BRIEFLY REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO 1 MILE AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 THE COLD AIR CAUSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURES TO DROP RAPIDLY FROM A HIGH OF 86 DEGREES TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A LOW OF 46 DEGREES BY DAYS END.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1985…THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 17 DEGREES…OCCURRED.\u00a0 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WARMED TO ONLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29 DEGREES…THE ALL-TIME RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE MONTH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994…THE TEMPERATURE REACHED A HIGH OF 91 DEGREES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE 60TH DAY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF THE YEAR THAT THE TEMPERATURE HAD REACHED 90 DEGREES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OR MORE…ESTABLISHING A NEW RECORD AT THAT TIME.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PREVIOUS RECORD OF 52 “90 DEGREE DAYS” OCCURRED IN 1978.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY 43 “90 DEGREE DAYS” WERE RECORDED AT DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DURING 1994.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1995…LIGHTNING STRUCK A COUPLE IN AURORA AS THEY WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WALKING IN THE RAIN.\u00a0 THE BOLT STRUCK THE UMBRELLA THE MAN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS CARRYING…INJURING BOTH THE MAN AND HIS WIFE.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2000…LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED STRONG WIND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 76 MPH IN WESTMINSTER…TO 69 MPH NEAR BOULDER…AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 60 MPH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR BROOMFIELD.\u00a0 NO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
\n30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1898…SOUTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 41 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 54 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1940…A LATE SEASON THUNDERSTORM IN THE CITY CAUSED ONE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LIGHTNING DEATH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1944…THE MONTH ENDED WITH A TRACE OF RAIN ON THIS DATE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND FOR THE MONTH.\u00a0 A TRACE OF RAIN ALSO OCCURRED ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4TH…9TH…AND 10TH.\u00a0 THERE WAS NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOR THE MONTH.\u00a0 THE TOTAL OF A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION FOR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE MONTH EQUALED THE DRIEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FIRST SET
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1892.
\n30-1\u00a0 IN 1959…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.9 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.\u00a0 WINDS WERE LIGHT.
\n1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1892…THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN OCTOBER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 90 DEGREES…OCCURRED.\u00a0 THIS IS ALSO THE LATEST 90 DEGREE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 READING OF THE SEASON.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1898…SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 49 MPH IN THE CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1927…A TRACE OF SNOW WAS THE ONLY SNOW OF THE MONTH…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANKING THE YEAR…AMONGST SEVERAL OTHER YEARS…THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SECOND LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1971…A WIND GUST TO 90 MPH WAS RECORDED AT BUCKLEY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FIELD IN AURORA.\u00a0 THE SEVERE WINDS CAUSED DAMAGE IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEAST METRO DENVER.\u00a0 A BRICK WALL OF A BOWLING ALLEY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS BLOWN DOWN…THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A GARAGE…AND SOME
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BUSINESS SIGNS WERE DAMAGED.\u00a0 A MAN IN THE BOWLING ALLEY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS INJURED BY FLYING GLASS.\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 43 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994…UNUSUALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FOR SO LATE IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEASON PUMMELED METRO DENVER WITH LARGE HAIL.\u00a0 THE LARGEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HAIL…2 INCHES IN DIAMETER…FELL AT BUCKLEY FIELD.\u00a0 HAIL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 3\/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOULDER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND AT NIWOT.\u00a0 HAIL 3\/4 TO 1 1\/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER FELL IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER…ARVADA…WHEAT RIDGE…EDGEWATER…CAPITOL HILL AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST DENVER…BENNETT…AND STRASBURG.\u00a0 HAIL OF UNKNOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SIZE DAMAGED A BOEING 737 AIRCRAFT AND INJURED BOTH PILOTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BROKEN OUT ON TAKEOFF.\u00a0 HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 40 MPH AND RAINFALL TOTALED 0.82 INCH.
\n2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1903…SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AS HIGH AS 60 MPH.\u00a0 THE STRONG CHINOOK WINDS WARMED THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 78 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1910…AN APPARENT DRY MICROBURST PRODUCED SUSTAINED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS TO 43 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1934…A TRACE OF RAIN WAS THE ONLY PRECIPITATION OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MONTH.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.
\n3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1875…VERY DENSE HAZE HID THE MOUNTAINS FROM VIEW AS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OBSERVED FROM THE CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1933…RAINFALL OF JUST 0.01 INCH WAS THE ONLY PRECIPITATION
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF THE MONTH.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE SECOND DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1954…THE LOW TEMPERATURE COOLED TO ONLY 60 DEGREES…THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE MONTH OCTOBER.
\n3-4\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1969…THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TOTALED 16.0 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 THERE WAS A THUNDER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW SHOWER ON THE EVENING OF THE 3RD…BUT OTHERWISE LITTLE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WIND WITH THE STORM.\u00a0 THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS 8 INCHES DUE TO MELTING.\u00a0 HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATED ON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TREES…WHICH WERE STILL IN FULL LEAF…AND CAUSED WIDESPREAD
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE FROM BROKEN LIMBS AND DOWNED UTILITY LINES.
\n3-5\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1984…THE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC HURRICANE POLO PRODUCED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.\u00a0 MOST LOCATIONS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECEIVED BETWEEN 1.00 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN…BUT 3.45
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES FELL IN LITTLETON.\u00a0 RAINFALL TOTALED 1.73 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…WHERE NORTH WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 24 MPH.
\n4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1912…SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 60 MPH RAISED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 83 DEGREES…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH THAT YEAR.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1924…WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 46 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 50 MPH IN THE CITY.\u00a0 THE APPARENT BORA WINDS COOLED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 57 DEGREES FROM A HIGH OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 70 DEGREES ON THE 3RD.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2004…SEVERAL SMALL TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN NEAR BRIGHTON…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BARR LAKE…AND HUDSON IN ADAMS AND SOUTHERN WELD COUNTIES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOST OF THESE CAUSED NO DAMAGE.\u00a0 HOWEVER…A SMALL TORNADO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRIGHTON CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND SEVERELY DAMAGED A BARN.\u00a0 THE BARN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS TORN FROM ITS FOUNDATION…AND THE ROOF WAS THROWN 100
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FEET.\u00a0 FOUR LLAMAS IN THE BARN WERE INJURED WHEN IT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COLLAPSED.
\n4-5\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1997…UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER RESULTED IN TWO TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDS.\u00a0 HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES ON THE 4TH EXCEEDED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1922 BY ONE DEGREE.\u00a0 HIGH TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF 86 DEGREES ON THE 5TH EQUALED THE RECORD SET IN 1990 AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PREVIOUS YEARS.<\/p>\n

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A new weekly feature for ThorntonWeather.com – This Week in Denver Weather History.\u00a0 The National Weather Service maintains a historical archives of weather history across the nation and makes it available to the public.\u00a0 ThorntonWeather.com will start publishing that information weekly.\u00a0 So, let’s stroll down memory lane with This Week in Denver Weather History.\u00a0 26-28 … Continue reading This week in Denver weather history – September 27 – October 4<\/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":[6,7,63],"tags":[62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489"}],"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=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}