{"id":608,"date":"2008-10-05T04:05:38","date_gmt":"2008-10-05T10:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=608"},"modified":"2008-10-05T04:05:38","modified_gmt":"2008-10-05T10:05:38","slug":"this-week-in-denver-weather-history-october-5th-to-october-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/this-week-in-denver-weather-history-october-5th-to-october-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Denver weather history – October 5th to October 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week in Denver weather history - October 5th to October 11th<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In our weekly look back at Denver weather history, we see a wide range of weather has occurred in the past.\u00a0 From thunderstorms to rain to big time snowstorms, we can and have seen it all.<\/p>\n

3-5\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.\u00a0
\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

5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1962…UNUSUALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS LATE IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEASON AFFECTED AREAS FROM BOULDER NORTHWARD.\u00a0 HAIL UP TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GOLF BALL SIZE AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS DID MUCH DAMAGE TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROOFS…WINDOWS…AND SIGNS IN BOULDER.\u00a0 HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOCAL FLOODING.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994…LIGHTNING CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE TO OVER 2400 HOMES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOR A FEW HOURS IN AND AROUND NEDERLAND IN THE FOOTHILLS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER.\u00a0 VERY STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANIED THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THUNDERSTORM.\u00a0 THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 60 MPH AND HAIL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 1\/2 INCH DIAMETER FELL IN LAFAYETTE.\u00a0 STRONG MICROBURST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTING TO 69 MPH NEAR STRASBURG CAUSED AN OIL RIG
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO TOPPLE ONTO TWO VEHICLES…INJURING ONE PERSON.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STRONG WINDS IN THE AREA ALSO DOWNED A FEW POWER POLES…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BUT CAUSED POWER OUTAGES TO ONLY A FEW HOMES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1995…STRONG WINDS SPREAD FROM THE FOOTHILLS ONTO THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PLAINS.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS TO 77 MPH WERE REPORTED ATOP SQUAW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOUNTAIN WEST OF DENVER.\u00a0 ON THE PLAINS…WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 60 MPH AT KENNESBURG AND TO 62 MPH NEAR STRASBURG.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.
\n6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1900…NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1903…NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 50 MPH.\u00a0 THE STRONG WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO A HIGH OF 71 DEGREES IN THE CITY.\u00a0 THE LOW READING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS ONLY 46 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1910…LIGHT SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRES DRIFTED OVER THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1976…AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT BROUGHT LIGHT SNOW OVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 6 THOUSAND FEET.\u00a0 TRAFFIC WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNARLED AT MANY LOCATIONS.\u00a0 ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RAINFALL TOTALED 0.20 INCH AND NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 41 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1991…THE BRILLIANT ORANGE SUNSET WAS APPARENTLY THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RESULT OF AN EXTENSIVE VOLCANIC SMOKE LAYER IN THE UPPER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ATMOSPHERE.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994…STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPED IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS ABOVE 9500 FEET.\u00a0 A WIND GUST TO 78 MPH WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDED ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN WEST OF DENVER AND TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 72 MPH AT WARD NORTHWEST OF BOULDER.\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 35 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1903…NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 48 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1917…POST-FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 52 MPH.\u00a0 RAIN WAS MIXED WITH A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRACE OF SNOW…THE FIRST OF THE SEASON.\u00a0 PRECIPITATION
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 0.22 INCH AND INCLUDED THE OCCURRENCE OF HAIL…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EVEN THOUGH NO THUNDER WAS HEARD.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1950…STRONG WINDS CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE IN BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THIS WAS THE HEAVIEST WINDSTORM SINCE JANUARY.\u00a0 DAMAGE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS MINOR.\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 35 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1985…STRONG CHINOOK WINDS BUFFETED THE FRONT RANGE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 REPORTED IN BOULDER AND ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN WEST OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n7-8\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1990…THE SEASON`S FIRST SNOW OCCURRED.\u00a0 SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AMOUNTS VARIED FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS METRO DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 29 MPH.
\n8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1923…SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 44 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 47 MPH.\u00a0 THE STRONG WINDS PERSISTED THROUGH THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AFTERNOON.\u00a0 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES WAS THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WARMEST OF THE MONTH THAT YEAR.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1975…A WIND GUST TO NEAR 100 MPH WAS RECORDED IN BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED ALONG THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS CAUSING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 45 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1910…LIGHT SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRES IN THE MOUNTAINS WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SIGHTED OVER THE CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1982…NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 49 MPH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n9-10\u00a0 IN 2005…A MAJOR WINTER STORM BROUGHT HEAVY…WET SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS…EASTERN FOOTHILLS…PORTIONS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF METRO DENVER…AND THE PALMER DIVIDE.\u00a0 SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANGED FROM 8 TO 26 INCHES WITH DRIFTS FROM 3 TO 4 FEET
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN PLACES.\u00a0 THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRED TO THE EAST AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY…CLOSING MOST MAJOR HIGHWAYS IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THAT AREA…INCLUDING I-70 FROM DENVER TO LIMON.\u00a0 THE RED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CROSS OPENED FOUR SHELTERS FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE STRANDED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALONG I-70 IN EASTERN COLORADO.\u00a0 SINCE MANY TREES HAD NOT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YET SHED THEIR LEAVES…THE STORM CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TREE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE.\u00a0 ONE WOMAN IN DENVER WAS KILLED WHEN A TREE BRANCH…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 TO 10 INCHES IN DIAMETER…SNAPPED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HEAVY…WET SNOW AND STRUCK HER AS SHE WAS SHOVELING HER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DRIVEWAY.\u00a0 XCEL ENERGY REPORTED POWER OUTAGES TO ABOUT 35
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THOUSAND CUSTOMERS.\u00a0 SEVERAL INCOMING FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 SNOW TOTALS INCLUDED:\u00a0 16
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS NEAR BOULDER…12 INCHES AT GENESEE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND NEAR GOLDEN…22 INCHES NEAR WATKINS…19 INCHES NEAR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BENNETT…17 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF AURORA…14 INCHES NEAR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PARKER…13 INCHES NEAR CASTLE ROCK…12 INCHES IN CENTENNIAL…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11 INCHES IN PARKER…AND 10 INCHES AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT AND IN LITTLETON.\u00a0 WHILE MANY AREAS OF METRO DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECEIVED HEAVY SNOW…OTHERS EXPERIENCED ALMOST ENTIRELY RAIN.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THIS INCLUDED WEST AND NORTHWEST METRO DENVER…BOULDER…AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LONGMONT.\u00a0 RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE SIGNIFICANT AS STORM TOTALS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANGED BETWEEN 1.50 AND 2.50 INCHES.\u00a0 THE STEADY RAINFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRIGGERED 3 ROCKSLIDES IN FOOTHILLS CANYONS.\u00a0 TWO OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SLIDES OCCURRED ON STATE HIGHWAY 119 IN BOULDER CANYON AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE LONGEST SLIDE…7 FEET IN LENGTH…ON STATE HIGHWAY 74 IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BEAR CREEK CANYON AT IDLEDALE.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO AROUND 23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 31 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT ON THE 9TH.\u00a0 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 34 DEGREES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 10TH WAS A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.\u00a0 THE LOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURE ON BOTH DAYS WAS 32 DEGREES.
\n10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1901…AN EVENING THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED EAST WINDS TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 43 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1949…STRONG WINDS BELIEVED TO BE THE WORST IN BOULDER`S
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HISTORY AT THE TIME CAUSED OVER 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE IN THE CITY.\u00a0 PEAK WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO 85 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT VALMONT…JUST EAST OF BOULDER.\u00a0 HIGH WINDS ALSO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OCCURRED OVER MOST OF METRO DENVER AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TREES…WINDOW GLASS…AND UTILITY LINES.\u00a0 THE DAMAGE WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOST PRONOUNCED OVER THE NORTHWEST METRO AREA…INCLUDING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH DENVER AND LAKEWOOD.\u00a0 FALLING TREE BRANCHES CAUSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE TO PARKED AUTOS AND HOUSES.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE RECORDED AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1964…LIGHTNING STRUCK AND KILLED A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY…WHILE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HE WAS RIDING HIS BICYCLE ALONG A TREE-LINED RESIDENTIAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STREET IN SOUTH DENVER.\u00a0 APPARENT MICROBURST WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 54 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n10-11 IN 1986…THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRODUCED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW OVER METRO DENVER WITH 5
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 10 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER.\u00a0 WONDERVU
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDED THE MOST SNOW FROM THE STORM…13 INCHES.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HEAVY WET SNOW CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES.\u00a0 THE STORM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 41 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDED ON THE 10TH.\u00a0 THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 3.1 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY ONE INCH ON THE GROUND DUE TO MELTING.\u00a0 THE STRONG
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COLD FRONT ACCOMPANYING THE STORM COOLED THE TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM A HIGH OF 73 DEGREES ON THE 10TH TO A HIGH OF ONLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33 DEGREES ON THE 11TH…WHICH WAS A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOR THE DATE.
\n10-12 IN 1969…THE SECOND HEAVY SNOWSTORM IN LESS THAN A WEEK
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DUMPED NEARLY A FOOT OF SNOW ACROSS METRO DENVER AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PLUNGED THE AREA INTO EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR SO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EARLY IN THE SEASON.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 11.0 INCHES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 26 MPH PRODUCED DRIFTS UP TO 2 FEET DEEP.\u00a0 TEMPERATURES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DIPPED FROM A HIGH OF 52 DEGREES ON THE 10TH TO A RECORD
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOW FOR THE DATE OF 10 DEGREES ON THE 12TH.\u00a0 THERE WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND ICING.\u00a0 TRAVEL WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RESTRICTED OR BLOCKED BY DRIFTING SNOW IN BOTH THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOUNTAINS AND ON THE PLAINS EAST OF DENVER.
\n11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1997…DAMAGING WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEVELOPED IN THE FOOTHILLS AND SPREAD ACROSS METRO DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 88 MPH AT CONIFER…71 MPH AT THE NATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH ON THE MESA IN BOULDER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND 53 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 SEVERAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TREES AND STREET SIGNS WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH SCATTERED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 POWER OUTAGES REPORTED THROUGHOUT METRO DENVER.\u00a0 IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ARVADA…A CAR WINDOW WAS BLOWN OUT BY A STRONG WIND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUST.
\n11-12 IN 1901…AN APPARENT COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTHEAST WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48 MPH ON THE 11TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GENERAL RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND TOTALED 2.0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.32 INCH.
\n11-13 IN 1892…APPARENT POST-FRONTAL RAINFALL TOTALED 3.33
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER OVER THE 3 DAYS.\u00a0 A TRACE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF SNOW ON THE 12TH MELTED AS IT FELL.\u00a0 RAINFALL OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.58 INCHES ON THE 12TH INTO THE 13TH WAS THE GREATEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OCTOBER.\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 48 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH ON THE 12TH.<\/p>\n

Historical information compiled by and courtesy of the National Weather Service<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our weekly look back at Denver weather history, we see a wide range of weather has occurred in the past.\u00a0 From thunderstorms to rain to big time snowstorms, we can and have seen it all. 3-5\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1984…THE REMNANTS OF PACIFIC HURRICANE POLO PRODUCED \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.\u00a0 MOST LOCATIONS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECEIVED … Continue reading This week in Denver weather history – October 5th to October 11th<\/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":[6,63],"tags":[62,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608"}],"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=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}