{"id":630,"date":"2008-10-12T02:19:10","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T08:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=630"},"modified":"2008-10-19T09:14:05","modified_gmt":"2008-10-19T15:14:05","slug":"october-12th-18th-this-week-in-denver-weather-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/october-12th-18th-this-week-in-denver-weather-history\/","title":{"rendered":"October 12th to the 18th – This week in Denver weather history"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"October
October 12th to the 18th - This week in Denver weather history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looking back into the Denver weather history books shows Denver can receive just about any kind of weather this time of year.\u00a0 From heavy snow to gale force winds to 80 plus degree temperatures, it can all happen this week.<\/p>\n

10-12 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.<\/p>\n

11-12 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.
\n12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1873…SMOKE FROM SEVERAL VERY LARGE FOREST FIRES WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SIGHTED ALONG THE MOUNTAINS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1923…POST-FRONTAL RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW AND TOTALED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4.0 INCHES.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 14 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1978…NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WITH A STRONG
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COLD FRONT BRIEFLY REDUCED VISIBILITY TO 2 MILES IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BLOWING DUST AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n12-13 IN 2001…OVERNIGHT PEAK WIND GUSTS TO 82 MPH AND 70 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE MEASURED ATOP NIWOT RIDGE AND SQUAW MOUNTAIN…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RESPECTIVELY.
\n12-14 IN 1969…RECORD BREAKING EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES FOR SO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EARLY IN THE SEASON OCCURRED.\u00a0 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 26 DEGREES ON THE 13TH WAS TWO DEGREES LOWER THAN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PREVIOUS RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES FOR THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DATE SET IN 1885.\u00a0 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES ON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE 12TH EXCEEDED THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE (22 DEGREES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SET IN 1885) FOR THE DATE BY ONLY 2 DEGREES.\u00a0 IN ADDITION…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE DATES WERE SET.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOW TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 10 DEGREES ON THE 12TH BREAKING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE OLD RECORD (22 DEGREES IN 1885) BY 12 DEGREES.\u00a0 ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13TH THE MERCURY PLUNGED TO A LOW OF 3 DEGREES BREAKING THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OLD RECORD (28 DEGREES IN 1885) BY 25 DEGREES.\u00a0 ON THE 14TH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE TEMPERATURE REACHED A MINIMUM OF 4 DEGREES BREAKING THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OLD RECORD (25 DEGREES IN 1966) BY 21 DEGREES.
\n13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1990…STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS STIRRED UP CLOUDS OF DUST AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GRAVEL…RATTLED WINDOWS…AND STRIPPED AUTUMN-COLORED LEAVES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM TREES IN BOULDER.\u00a0 A WIND GUST TO 78 MPH WAS CLOCKED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN SOUTHWEST BOULDER…WHILE A 96 MPH GUST WAS RECORDED IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 36 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n13-14 IN 1910…LIGHT SMOKE FROM NEARBY FOREST FIRES DRIFTED OVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1966…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON CAUSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND SHRUBS.\u00a0 THE HEAVY WET SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 6.9 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHERE NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTING TO 45 MPH CAUSED MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTH AND EAST OF DENVER…UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW FELL.\u00a0 HEAVY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOLLOWED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STRONG WINDS RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES…CARS…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND UTILITY LINES BY FALLING LIMBS.\u00a0 A WOMAN WAS KILLED BY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A FALLING SNOW LADEN TREE LIMB IN DENVER.\u00a0 SEVERAL OTHER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PEOPLE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1987…RAIN DRENCHED METRO DENVER.\u00a0 THE SOUTH PLATTE CANYON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AREA SOUTHWEST OF DENVER RECEIVED THE MOST WITH 1.11
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES AT KASSLER AND 1.49 INCHES UPSTREAM AT STRONTIA
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPRINGS.\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…0.62 INCH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF RAIN WAS MEASURED…NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 29 MPH…AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THUNDER WAS HEARD.
\n13-16 IN 1873…SMOKE FROM SEVERAL LARGE FOREST FIRES IN THE MOUNTAINS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MADE THE AIR VERY HAZY IN THE CITY.
\n14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1952…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON LEFT 1.2
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES OF SNOW AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 38 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1974…RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW EARLY IN THE DAY…BUT SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED ONLY 1.0 INCH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 20 MPH.
\n15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1871…A TERRIBLE WIND OCCURRED DURING A SNOW STORM IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS ABOVE BOULDER.\u00a0 DAMAGE WAS MINOR.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1878…HIGH WINDS REACHED SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TIMES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1911…POST-FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 41 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 43 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1948…STRONG WINDS STRUCK THE BOULDER AREA.\u00a0 WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AVERAGED 50 MPH AT VALMONT JUST EAST OF BOULDER.\u00a0 WIND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WERE RECORDED AT THE BOULDER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH BRIEFLY REDUCED THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VISIBILITY TO 1 1\/2 MILES IN BLOWING DUST AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1980…A RARE OCTOBER TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN BOULDER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGING A VOCATIONAL TRAINING BUILDING AND THROWING THREE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEARBY CARS TOGETHER DAMAGING THEM EXTENSIVELY.\u00a0 A MILE AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HALF AWAY SEVERAL CAMPER VEHICLES WERE THROWN 200 FEET.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE STORM ALSO PRODUCED 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN THE BOULDER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AREA.
\n15-16 IN 1928…A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED HAIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 15TH.\u00a0 RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW BY EVENING.\u00a0 THROUGH THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AFTERNOON OF THE 16TH…THE HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.3 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN THE CITY.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 23 MPH ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1984…THE HEAVIEST OCTOBER SNOWSTORM IN SEVERAL YEARS HIT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EASTERN COLORADO WITH A VENGEANCE.\u00a0 THE STORM WAS KNOWN AS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE “BRONCO BLIZZARD” SINCE IT OCCURRED DURING A NATIONALLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TELEVISED MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME IN DENVER.\u00a0 ONE TO TWO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FEET OF SNOW FELL NEAR THE FOOTHILLS IN WEST METRO DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS UP TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 55 MPH WHIPPED THE SNOW INTO DRIFTS AS HIGH AS 4 FEET.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE STORM CLOSED SCHOOLS…ROADS…AND AIRPORTS.\u00a0 I-70
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS CLOSED BOTH EAST AND WEST OF DENVER.\u00a0 I-25 WAS CLOSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTH TO COLORADO SPRINGS.\u00a0 FLIGHTS WERE DELAYED FOR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEVERAL HOURS AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 POWER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OUTAGES WERE WIDESPREAD.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 9.2 INCHES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AS HIGH AS 40 MPH CAUSED FREQUENT SURFACE VISIBILITIES OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/4 TO 1\/2 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVERNIGHT.\u00a0 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 35 DEGREES ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15TH WAS A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.
\n15-17 IN 1989…AN AUTUMN SNOWSTORM HIT METRO DENVER WITH 2 TO 6
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES OF SNOW.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.4 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE THE MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GROUND WAS ONLY 3 INCHES DUE TO MELTING AND NORTH WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 25 MPH ON THE 15TH.\u00a0 THE HEAVY WET SNOW CAUSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LEAFY BRANCHES TO SAG ONTO POWER LINES…RESULTING IN A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NUMBER OF POWER OUTAGES.\u00a0 FIVE THOUSAND HOMES WERE BLACKED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OUT IN BOULDER ON THE 16TH.\u00a0 UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW FELL IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS WITH 19 INCHES RECORDED AT ECHO LAKE.
\n16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1878…HIGH WINDS REACHED SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 60 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1998…ONE OF THE COSTLIEST HAIL STORMS TO EVER HIT METRO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER CAUSED AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 87.8 MILLION DOLLARS IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE TO HOMES…COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS…AND MOTOR VEHICLES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT THE TIME THE STORM WAS RANKED AS THE 7TH COSTLIEST EVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE HAILSTORM…RARE FOR SO LATE IN THE SEASON…BEGAN OVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PORTIONS OF ARVADA…WHEAT RIDGE…AND NORTHWEST DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHERE MOSTLY PEA SIZED HAIL ACCUMULATED UP TO A DEPTH OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6 INCHES NEAR I-70.\u00a0 SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WERE ATTRIBUTED…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT LEAST IN PART…TO THE HAILSTORM.\u00a0 SNOWPLOWS HAD TO BE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CALLED OUT TO CLEAR SEVERAL CITY STREETS.\u00a0 THE STORM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTENSIFIED AS IT MOVED TO THE EAST…INTO THE DENVER AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AURORA AREAS.\u00a0 LARGE HAIL…UP TO 2.00 INCHES IN DIAMETER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 POUNDED EAST AND SOUTHEAST METRO DENVER.\u00a0 TWO INCH DIAMETER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HAIL FELL IN THE CITY OF DENVER AND AT BUCKLEY FIELD.\u00a0 HAIL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AS LARGE AS 1 1\/2 INCHES WAS MEASURED IN SOUTH DENVER WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL IN NORTHERN AURORA.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1999…UPSLOPE CONDITIONS PRODUCED SNOW ACROSS METRO DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH HEAVY AMOUNTS IN THE NEARBY FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCLUDED:\u00a0 9 INCHES AT ELDORADO SPRINGS; 8 INCHES AT GENESEE…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GOLDEN GATE CANYON…LITTLETON AND NEAR MORRISON; 7 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEAR NEDERLAND; AND 6 INCHES IN LOUISVILLE.\u00a0 SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 3.6 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n16-17 IN 1990…STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS RAKED THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WIND GUSTS FROM 60 TO 75 MPH WERE COMMON.\u00a0 STRONG WINDS IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 METRO DENVER RESULTED IN WAVE DAMAGE TO A DOCK USED TO MOOR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEVERAL PRIVATE SAIL BOATS AT CHERRY CREEK RESERVOIR.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE DOCK AND TWO ANCHOR CABLES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A NORTHWEST WIND GUST TO 43 MPH WAS RECORDED AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1878…STRONG WINDS REACHED SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 48 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1988…A WIND GUST TO 62 MPH WAS RECORDED IN CENTRAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER.\u00a0 THE STRONG WINDS CAUSED A FEW BRIEF POWER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OUTAGES.\u00a0 AN OLD SMOLDERING BRUSH FIRE IN THE FOOTHILLS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST OF BOULDER WAS RE-IGNITED BY THE WIND GUSTS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994…WINDS GUSTED TO 85 MPH ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN…5 MILES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTH OF IDAHO SPRINGS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2006…A POTENT STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS INCLUDED:\u00a0 14 INCHES AT BLACKHAWK…13.5 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS…13 INCHES AT CABIN CREEK…12.5 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT ASPEN SPRINGS AND ECHO LAKE…11.5 INCHES AT GEORGETOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND ROLLINSVILLE…10.5 INCHES NEAR JAMESTOWN…AND 10 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT GRANT AND LAKE ELDORA.\u00a0 LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS…FROM 4 TO 9
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES…WERE RECORDED ELSEWHERE IN THE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED ONLY 3.5 INCHES IN THE DENVER STAPLETON AREA.\u00a0 AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH.
\n17-19 IN 1908…A MOIST…HEAVY…WET SNOWFALL TOTALED 13.0 INCHES IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN DENVER OVER THE 3 DAYS.\u00a0 RAIN FROM EARLY MORNING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 17TH CHANGED TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THROUGH THE LATE MORNING OF THE 19TH.\u00a0 DUE TO TEMPERATURES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN THE 30’S AND MELTING…THE MOST SNOW ON THE GROUND WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY 5.0 INCHES AT 6:00 PM ON THE 18TH.\u00a0 NORTHWEST TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 12 AND 20 MPH DURING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE STORM.\u00a0 PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.82 INCHES.
\n18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1875…THE HAZE WAS SO DENSE THAT THE MOUNTAINS WERE NOT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VISIBLE FROM DOWNTOWN DENVER FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1937…A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 32 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 41 MPH.\u00a0 RAIN AND SNOW TOTALED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.16 INCH.\u00a0 POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL OF 0.8 INCH WAS THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY SNOWFALL OF THE MONTH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1960…POST-FRONTAL UPSLOPE RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL WAS 2.2 INCHES AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRECIPITATION (RAIN AND MELTED SNOW) TOTALED 1.58 INCHES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1971…WIND GUSTS TO 48 MPH WERE RECORDED IN DOWNTOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 30 MPH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1999…HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPED IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF METRO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE CITY.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCLUDED:\u00a0 7 INCHES NEAR NEDERLAND…6 INCHES IN BOULDER…AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 INCHES AT CHIEF HOSA.\u00a0 ONLY 1.2 INCHES OF SNOW WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MEASURED AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.
\n18-23 IN 2003…AN EXTENDED WARM SPELL RESULTED IN 5 NEW TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDS.\u00a0 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES ON THE 18TH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EQUALED THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE.\u00a0 HIGH TEMPERATURES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF 86 DEGREES ON THE 19TH…83 DEGREES ON THE 21ST…AND 84
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES ON THE 22ND WERE RECORD HIGHS FOR THE DATES.\u00a0 LOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURE OF 49 DEGREES ON THE 23RD WAS A RECORD HIGH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MINIMUM FOR THE DATE.\u00a0 LOW TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE IN THE 40’S AND LOWER 50’S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking back into the Denver weather history books shows Denver can receive just about any kind of weather this time of year.\u00a0 From heavy snow to gale force winds to 80 plus degree temperatures, it can all happen this week. 10-12 IN 1969…THE SECOND HEAVY SNOWSTORM IN LESS THAN A WEEK \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DUMPED NEARLY A … Continue reading October 12th to the 18th – This week in Denver weather history<\/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":[64,81,62,741],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630"}],"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=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}