{"id":647,"date":"2008-10-19T09:04:46","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T15:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2008-10-26T09:02:53","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T15:02:53","slug":"this-week-in-weather-history-october-19-to-october-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/this-week-in-weather-history-october-19-to-october-25\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Denver weather history – October 19 to October 25"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"October
October 19th to October 25th - This week in Denver weather history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Snow and wind seem to dominate a look back at Denver weather history for this week.\u00a0 Perhaps most notably, the October blizzard of 1997 occurred this week in history, one of the deadliest storms in Colorado history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
\n645 PM MDT SAT OCT 18 2008<\/p>\n

…THIS WEEK IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY…<\/p>\n

17-19 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.
\n18-23 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

19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1887…NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WERE RECORDED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN THE CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1982…3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER NORTHWEST METRO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER…INCLUDING BOULDER.\u00a0 ONLY 1.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE RECORDED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 35 MPH.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE FIRST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON.
\n19-20 IN 1990…AN EARLY WINTER STORM DUMPED HEAVY SNOW ACROSS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 METRO DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 6500 FEET ELEVATION…4 TO 7 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN THE CASTLE ROCK AREA…AND 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 METRO DENVER AND BOULDER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 3.6 INCHES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTING TO 48 MPH KICKED UP SOME BLOWING DUST SHORTLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AFTER A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON THE 19TH.\u00a0 HOWEVER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURES WERE WARM ENOUGH TO KEEP MOST ROADWAYS WET
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND SLUSHY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
\n19-23 IN 1906…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 22.7 INCHES IN THE CITY OVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE 5 DAYS.\u00a0 RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW ON THE EVENING OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19TH…AND SNOW CONTINUED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23RD.\u00a0 THE HEAVIEST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL…16.0 INCHES…FELL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM 8:00 PM ON THE 20TH TO 8:00 PM ON THE 22ND.\u00a0 THE MOST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW ON THE GROUND WAS 13.3 INCHES ON THE EVENING OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23RD.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON AND THE ONLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW OF THE MONTH.\u00a0 WINDS DURING THE STORM WERE FROM THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH EACH DAY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURES DURING THE STORM WERE GENERALLY IN THE 20`S.
\n20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1878…BETWEEN 3:00 PM AND 4:00 PM WIND SPEEDS AVERAGED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 48 MPH WITH A MAXIMUM 1 MINUTE SUSTAINED VELOCITY TO 96
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH AT BOTH 3:27 PM AND 3:48 PM IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 THIS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IS THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND SPEED EVER RECORDED IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1986…A RARE LATE OCTOBER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 3\/4 INCH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DIAMETER HAIL AT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 HAIL PILED UP 2 1\/2
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES DEEP…CAUSING SOME STREET FLOODING IN SOUTH METRO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.
\n20-21 IN 2007…A STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO THE SOUTHERN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER SUBURBS AS WELL AS THE PALMER DIVIDE SOUTH OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 STORM TOTALS INCLUDED:\u00a0 7.5 INCHES NEAR CASTLE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROCK…LONE TREE AND GREENWOOD VILLAGE…WITH 6.5 INCHES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ELIZABETH.\u00a0 SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 2 FEET DEEP WERE OBSERVED 6
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETH.\u00a0 IN THE DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON AREA…2.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED.
\n20-22 IN 1936…5.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…4.5 INCHES…FELL ON THE 20TH.
\n21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1920…THE RARE EVENT OF SNOW FROM A THUNDERSTORM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OCCURRED IN THE CITY DURING THE EVENING.\u00a0 BRILLIANT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FLASHES OF LIGHTNING AND LOUD PEALS OF THUNDER WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FIRST NOTED AT 7:35 PM.\u00a0 LIGHT RAIN BEGAN FALLING AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8:30 PM…AND LIGHT MOIST SNOW BEGAN FALLING A FEW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MINUTES LATER.\u00a0 SOME SOFT HAIL WAS ALSO SEEN FALLING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH THE RAIN AND SNOW…BUT BOTH MELTED ALMOST AS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FAST AS THEY FELL.\u00a0 THE HAIL ONLY CONTINUED FOR A FEW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MINUTES…AND THE RAIN AND SNOW CEASED ABOUT 9:40 PM.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE SNOWFALL WAS THE FIRST TO OCCUR IN DENVER THIS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEASON.\u00a0 THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION AT THE STATION
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MEASURED ONLY 0.01 INCH…BUT HEAVIER AMOUNTS WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 REPORTED FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.\u00a0 SNOWFALL WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY A TRACE.
\n21-22 IN 1978…HEAVY RAIN ON THE 21ST CHANGED TO SNOW BY DAYBREAK
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 22ND AND CONTINUED THE REST OF THE DAY.\u00a0 THIS WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON…BUT TOTALED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY 1.7 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 29 MPH.\u00a0 WHILE ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COVERED THE GROUND…PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.27 INCHES.
\n22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1878…WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1887…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON OCCURRED…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ENDING THE LONGEST SNOW-FREE PERIOD IN DENVER…232 DAYS…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SINCE THE LAST SNOW ON MARCH 5TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1947…THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON TOTALED ONLY 1.6
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES.\u00a0 POST-FRONTAL NORTH WINDS CAUSED TEMPERATURES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO PLUNGE FROM A HIGH OF 60 DEGREES AT MIDNIGHT TO A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOW OF ONLY 30 DEGREES 24 HOURS LATER.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY SNOW OF THE MONTH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1985…HIGH WINDS GUSTING FROM 60 TO 80 MPH BUFFETED THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 THE STRONGEST REPORTED WIND GUST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS 89 MPH IN EASTERN BOULDER.\u00a0 A TREEHOUSE EAST OF BOULDER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS SET ON FIRE BY A DOWNED POWER LINE.\u00a0 TWO PEOPLE IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER WERE INJURED.\u00a0 A WOMAN BROKE HER ARM WHEN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STRONG WINDS KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND.\u00a0 A CARPENTER IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CITY SUFFERED A SEVERELY CUT HAND WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 REPAIR A ROOF THAT WAS BEING TORN FROM A BUILDING.\u00a0 AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 41 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2001…WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 54 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 70 DEGREES AT DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n22-23 IN 1914…POST-FRONTAL RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW.\u00a0 PRECIPITATION
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 2.72 INCHES…MOST OF WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOIST SNOW WHICH MELTED AS IT FELL IN THE BUSINESS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SECTION OF THE CITY.\u00a0 ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON LAWNS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON THE MORNING OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24TH.\u00a0 OFFICIAL SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 0.4 INCH DOWNTOWN…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BUT AN ESTIMATED 8.0 INCHES OF SNOW MELTED AS IT FELL.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 29 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON BOTH DAYS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1975…A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS METRO DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 52 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRODUCED BILLOWS OF BLOWING DUST AND PLUNGED THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURE 21 DEGREES IN AN HOUR.\u00a0 THE SURFACE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO 1\/4 MILE IN BLOWING DUST AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 THE TEMPERATURE COOLED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM A DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 81 DEGREES TO A LOW OF 38
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES BY DAY`S END.\u00a0 THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 2.7 INCHES ON THE 23RD.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1995…HEAVY SNOW FELL ON THE PALMER RIDGE SOUTH OF DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES.\u00a0 SEDALIA…SOUTH OF DENVER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECEIVED 8 INCHES OF SNOW.\u00a0 WINDS STRENGTHENED ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PLAINS AND PRODUCED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS…REDUCING SURFACE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1\/4 MILE.\u00a0 I-70 WAS CLOSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM JUST EAST OF DENVER AT GUN CLUB ROAD TO THE KANSAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BORDER.\u00a0 TEN INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT STRASBURG EAST OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER WHERE NORTH WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 35 TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH PRODUCED 2 TO 4 FOOT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DRIFTS.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 2.2 INCHES AT THE SITE OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 51 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1876…SKIES WERE FAIR…BUT WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 48 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1942…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED 10.2 INCHES OF SNOW OVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 POST-FRONTAL NORTHEAST WINDS WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUSTAINED TO ONLY 13 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1955…THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON AND THE ONLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH DUMPED 4.1 INCHES OF SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON STAPLETON AIRPORT.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE SINGLE HEAVIEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OCTOBER SNOWFALL IN 13 YEARS SINCE 1942.\u00a0 THE STORM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALSO BROUGHT THE FIRST SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEASON WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO A LOW OF 25 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1956…SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 53 MPH AND PRODUCED SOME
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BLOWING DUST AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1967…A NORTHWEST WIND GUST TO 51 MPH WAS RECORDED AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 IN DOWNTOWN BOULDER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 20 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1981…STRONG WINDS OCCURRED IN THE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED AT WONDERVU.
\n23-24 IN 1887…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TOTALED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3.1 INCHES.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS TO 20 MPH WERE RECORDED ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23RD.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1932…POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL FROM THE LATE EVENING OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23RD CONTINUED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON OF THE 24TH AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 6.2 INCHES.\u00a0 SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 25
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 26 MPH ON THE 23RD.\u00a0 TEMPERATURES COOLED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM A HIGH OF 68 DEGREES ON THE 23RD TO A LOW OF 25
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES ON THE 24TH…THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH THAT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 YEAR.\u00a0 MANY TREES THAT HAD NOT SHED THEIR LEAVES BECAME
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HEAVILY LADEN BY THE WET SNOW.\u00a0 MANY BRANCHES WERE BROKEN…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND A FEW TREES TOPPLED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LANDSCAPE BECAME ONE OF RARE BEAUTY.
\n24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1956…SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 56 MPH AND PRODUCED SOME
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BLOWING DUST AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.\u00a0 A COLD FRONT PRODUCED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A THUNDERSTORM WITH 1\/8 INCH HAIL.\u00a0 RAIN LATER CHANGED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW.\u00a0 PRECIPITATION TOTALED ONLY 0.11 INCH AND SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY 0.3 INCH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1973…STRONG WINDS RAKED THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS…CAUSING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE IN BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.\u00a0 THE HEAVIEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE BOULDER AREA WHERE 20 TO 25 MOBILE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HOMES WERE HIT…SOME POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES WERE BLOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWN…AND A STORE WAS DAMAGED.\u00a0 A WIND GUST TO 76 MPH WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDED IN BOULDER AT THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.
\n24-25 IN 1921…RAINFALL TOTALED 0.35 INCH OVERNIGHT BEHIND AN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 APPARENT COLD FRONT.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH GUSTS TO 46 MPH ON THE 25TH.\u00a0 TEMPERATURES PLUNGED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM A HIGH OF 73 DEGREES ON THE 24TH TO A LOW OF 39
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES ON THE 25TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1923…RAIN OVERNIGHT CHANGED TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATED TO 12.0 INCHES BEFORE ENDING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE MORNING OF THE 25TH.\u00a0 POST-FRONTAL NORTH WINDS WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUSTAINED TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 23 MPH ON THE 24TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1997…ONE OF THE WORST AND DEADLIEST BLIZZARDS OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DECADE DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN COLORADO AS DEEP EAST TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEAST FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE FOUR CORNERS…COMBINED WITH A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STRONG ARCTIC AIR MASS OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS METRO DENVER RANGED FROM 14 TO 31
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES.\u00a0 THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRED IN THE FOOTHILLS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DENVER WHERE 2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE MEASURED.\u00a0 SUSTAINED WINDS TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGH AS 60 MPH PRODUCED ZERO VISIBILITIES AND EXTREMELY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ZERO.\u00a0 WINDS WHIPPED THE SNOW INTO DRIFTS 4 TO 10 FEET
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEEP.\u00a0 SEVERAL MAJOR AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS WERE CLOSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AS TRAVEL BECAME IMPOSSIBLE.\u00a0 RED CROSS SHELTERS WERE SET
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UP FOR HUNDREDS OF TRAVELERS WHO BECAME STRANDED WHEN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THEY HAD TO ABANDON THEIR VEHICLES.\u00a0 FOUR PEOPLE DIED IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AS A RESULT OF THE BLIZZARD.\u00a0 NONE OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE DEATHS WERE IN METRO DENVER.\u00a0 AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT…4 THOUSAND TRAVELERS WERE STRANDED WHEN THE AIRPORT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS FORCED TO SHUT DOWN.\u00a0 AT LEAST 120 CARS WERE ABANDONED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALONG PENA BLVD….THE ONLY ARTERIAL LEADING INTO AND OUT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF DIA.\u00a0 THE BLIZZARD COST AIR CARRIERS AT LEAST 20 MILLION
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOLLARS.\u00a0 THOUSANDS OF CATTLE DIED IN THE STORM OVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEASTERN COLORADO…RESULTING IN LOSSES TOTALING 1.5
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MILLION DOLLARS.\u00a0 SOME OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALS INCLUDED:\u00a0 51 INCHES AT COAL CREEK CANYON; 48
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES AT SILVER SPRUCE RANCH…NEAR WARD; 42 INCHES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERCANYON…IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF DENVER; 37 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT SEDALIA; 35 INCHES AT ASPEN SPRINGS AND CONIFER IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER; 31 INCHES AT ELDORADO SPRINGS…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTHEAST AURORA…AND ENGLEWOOD; AND 30 INCHES ON TABLE MESA
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN BOULDER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 21.9 INCHES AT THE SITE OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…SETTING A NEW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24-HOUR SNOWFALL RECORD OF 19.1 INCHES FOR THE MONTH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 14 INCHES AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 39 MPH ON THE 24TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGH TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 21 DEGREES ON THE 25TH EQUALED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE FIRST SET IN 1873.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOW TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 3 DEGREES ON THE 26TH SET A NEW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORD MINIMUM FOR THE DATE.
\n25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1925…A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 52 MPH.\u00a0 POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY 0.4 INCH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1959…NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 55 MPH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1997…THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WARMED TO ONLY 21 DEGREES…THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE MONTH.\u00a0 THE SAME TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALSO OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 30…1991.
\n25-26 IN 1996…4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 ONLY 1.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WERE MEASURED AT THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 26TH.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE SITE.\u00a0 THE SNOWFALL PRODUCED ICY AND SNOWPACKED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGHWAYS…WHICH RESULTED IN A 50-TO 60-CAR PILEUP ON I-25
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTH OF METRO DENVER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 33 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2006…A WINTER STORM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOWFALL TO METRO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER AND THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 TOTAL SNOWFALL RANGED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM 12 TO 22 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND 6 TO 12
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES ACROSS METRO DENVER.\u00a0 NORTHERLY WINDS AT SUSTAINED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 47 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHIPPED THE SNOW INTO DRIFTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 TO 4 FEET DEEP.\u00a0 MANY TREE LIMBS SNAPPED UNDER THE WEIGHT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF THE HEAVY…WET SNOW WHICH ALSO DOWNED POWER LINES…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LEAVING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER.\u00a0 STORM TOTAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL INCLUDED:\u00a0 25 INCHES NEAR ASPEN SPRINGS…CONIFER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND EVERGREEN; 23.5 INCHES NEAR ROLLINSVILLE; 23 INCHES IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDAHO SPRINGS; 22.5 INCHES NEAR BLACKHAWK; 21.5 INCHES NEAR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BAILEY; 19 INCHES NEAR BERGEN PARK; 18 INCHES NEAR ASPEN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPRINGS…GENESEE…AND JAMESTOWN; 17 INCHES SOUTHWEST OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER; 16 INCHES IN EVERGREEN; AND 15 INCHES NEAR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GEORGETOWN AND PERRY PARK.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.3 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN THE DENVER STAPLETON AREA.\u00a0 AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIPORT…RAIN…INCLUDING A THUNDERSTORM…CHANGED TO SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE EVENING OF THE 25TH AFTER A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 70 DEGREES.
\n25-27 IN 1897…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED 13.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF THE 25TH AND CONTINUED THROUGH MID-MORNING OF THE 27TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…12.0 INCHES…FELL ON THE 26TH WHEN NORTH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 36 MPH AND GUSTS WERE AS HIGH AS 46
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH.\u00a0 TEMPERATURES DURING THE STORM WERE IN THE 20`S AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOWER 30`S.\u00a0 PRECIPITATION (RAIN AND MELTED SNOW) TOTALED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.21 INCHES.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snow and wind seem to dominate a look back at Denver weather history for this week.\u00a0 Perhaps most notably, the October blizzard of 1997 occurred this week in history, one of the deadliest storms in Colorado history.\u00a0 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 645 PM MDT SAT OCT 18 2008 …THIS WEEK IN … Continue reading This week in Denver weather history – October 19 to October 25<\/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":[64,81,62,82,741],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647"}],"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=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":734,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}