{"id":730,"date":"2008-10-26T03:56:48","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T09:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=730"},"modified":"2008-10-26T09:02:32","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T15:02:32","slug":"this-week-in-weather-history-october-26-to-november-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/this-week-in-weather-history-october-26-to-november-1\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Denver weather history – October 26 to November 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week in Denver weather history - October 26 to November 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lots of interesting stuff in this look back at Denver weather history for the week of October 26th to November 1st.\u00a0 Lots of snow including some major storms and the seemingly ever present\u00a0wind are on this look into history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
\n645 PM MDT SAT OCT 25 2008<\/p>\n

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

25-26 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.
\n26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1995…WINDS GUSTING FROM 100 TO NEAR 110 MPH POUNDED THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS NORTHWEST OF DENVER.\u00a0 AT NEDERLAND WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 100 MPH AND TO 70 MPH IN COAL CREEK CANYON.\u00a0 ATOP
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SQUAW MOUNTAIN WEST OF DENVER WIND GUSTS TO 108 MPH WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDED.\u00a0 THE STRONG WINDS DOWNED SOME TREES AND CAUSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 POWER OUTAGES.\u00a0 WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 47 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n26-27 IN 1971…STRONG WINDS RAKED BOULDER.\u00a0 AT THE NATIONAL BUREAU
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF STANDARDS WIND GUSTS TO 62 MPH WERE RECORDED…WHILE IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN BOULDER WINDS PEAKED TO 48 MPH.\u00a0 AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 38 MPH ON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE 26TH AND NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 36 MPH ON THE 27TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1976…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON TURNED INTO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A MAJOR STORM.\u00a0 TRAFFIC WAS HALTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGHWAYS TO THE WEST OF DENVER WHERE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.2 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 30 MPH.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…6.3 INCHES…FELL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALL DAY ON THE 26TH.\u00a0 THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GROUND WAS 5 INCHES ON THE MORNING OF THE 27TH.
\n27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1980…THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TOTALED ONLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.5 INCHES WITH 0.10 INCH OF MOISTURE AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE THE MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH ON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE GROUND WAS ONLY 1 INCH DUE TO MELTING.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING IT THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DRIEST OCTOBER SINCE 1962 WHEN ONLY 0.03 INCH OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994…WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WERE RECORDED ATOP SQUAW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOUNTAIN…5 MILES SOUTH OF IDAHO SPRINGS…AND AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROLLINSVILLE IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 28 MPH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n27-28 IN 1874…STRONG WEST WINDS IN BOULDER ALONG WITH A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 REPORTED TORNADO PRODUCED 150 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1913…A STRONG COLD FRONT PRODUCED SUSTAINED NORTHEAST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 38 MPH ON THE 27TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.8 INCHES.\u00a0 TEMPERATURES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PLUNGED TO A LOW OF 17 DEGREES ON THE MORNING OF THE 28TH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AFTER A HIGH OF 60 DEGREES ON THE 27TH.
\n28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1917…POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.5 INCHES IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CITY.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 33
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH CAUSED THE TEMPERATURE TO PLUNGE FROM A HIGH OF 58
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES TO A LOW OF 9 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1967…WINDS GUSTED TO 65 MPH IN DOWNTOWN BOULDER…CAUSING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MINOR DAMAGE.\u00a0 SOUTH WINDS GUSTED TO 32 MPH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1991…THE FIRST MAJOR SNOW OF THE SEASON HIT METRO DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AS A COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS MOVED OVER THE AREA.\u00a0 SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO RANGED FROM 3 TO 10
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES WITH 4.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL RECORDED AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 22 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE LOW TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 13 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1993…HIGH WINDS BUFFETED THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WIND GUST TO 83 MPH WAS RECORDED ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN…35
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MILES WEST OF DENVER…AND A GUST TO 76 MPH OCCURRED NEAR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROLLINSVILLE SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER.
\n28-29 IN 1993…AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH A MOIST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UPSLOPE FLOW TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF METRO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 5.4 INCHES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO 14 INCHES IN BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEW SNOWFALL TOTALED 8 INCHES AT GROSS RESERVOIR IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER.\u00a0 ON THE 28TH…NORTH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 30 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHERE THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO ONLY 25 DEGREES ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29TH…EQUALING THE RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.
\n28-30 IN 1971…A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PLUNGED TEMPERATURES FROM A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGH OF 70 DEGREES ON THE 27TH TO RECORD LOW LEVELS ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29TH AND 30TH.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 3.1 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 23 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE ALSO FELL ON THE 28TH.\u00a0 RECORD DAILY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES ON THE 28TH AND 25
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES ON THE 29TH WERE ESTABLISHED ALONG WITH A DAILY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORD MINIMUM OF 13 DEGREES ON THE 30TH.
\n28-31 IN 1929…RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 28TH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND CONTINUED UNTIL MIDDAY ON THE 30TH FOLLOWED BY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WHICH CONTINUED THROUGH THE 31ST.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL OVER THE FOUR DAYS TOTALED 16.2 INCHES IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CITY.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…8.5 INCHES…FELL ON THE 29TH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH 6.1 INCHES ON THE 30TH.\u00a0 TEMPERATURES HOVERED IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20`S DURING MOST OF THE STORM.
\n29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1917…THE ALL-TIME LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OCTOBER…2 DEGREES BELOW ZERO…OCCURRED.\u00a0 THIS IS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALSO THE EARLIEST BELOW ZERO READING OF THE SEASON.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1939…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON TOTALED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5.6 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 POST-FRONTAL NORTHEAST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 28 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1961…HEAVY SNOWFALL MEASURED 6.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 30 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1973…STRONG WINDS CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO HOMES…STORES…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND UTILITY LINES ALONG THE FOOTHILLS FROM METRO DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1981…HIGH WINDS BUFFETED THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 55 MPH IN SOUTH BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1996…HIGH WINDS GUSTING FROM 70 TO AROUND 100 MPH BLASTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 METRO DENVER.\u00a0 ONE MAN WAS KILLED WHEN A STRONG WIND GUST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVERTURNED A POP-UP CAMPER ONTO HIM WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SECURE IT.\u00a0 IN ADDITION…FIVE PEOPLE AT THE ROCKY FLATS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ENVIRONMENTAL TEST FACILITY RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES WHEN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEVERAL WINDSHIELDS WERE BLOWN OUT OF THEIR CARS…SPRAYING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GLASS ONTO THE OCCUPANTS.\u00a0 SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE ALSO DOWNED.\u00a0 TWO 75-FOOT HIGH PINE TREES WERE UPROOTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT THE MT. OLIVET CEMETERY IN ARVADA.\u00a0 PROPERTY DAMAGE FROM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE WINDSTORM RAN INTO THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.\u00a0 THE HIGHEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDED WIND GUSTS INCLUDED:\u00a0 101 MPH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT NEAR BROOMFIELD…100 MPH IN GOLDEN GATE CANYON…96
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH IN COAL CREEK CANYON…AND 87 MPH AT UPPER TABLE MESA IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 43 MPH AT DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 INSURED DAMAGE FROM THE WIND STORM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 5.2 MILLION DOLLARS…THE THIRD MOST COSTLY STORM OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORD IN COLORADO AT THE TIME.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2003…STRONG CHINOOK WINDS DEVELOPED IN AND NEAR THE FRONT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANGE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 WINDS GUSTING TO 80 MPH IN BOULDER DOWNED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES…CAUSING DAMAGE AND TRIGGERING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SCATTERED ELECTRICAL OUTAGES.\u00a0 THE COMBINATION OF STRONG
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS…VERY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS…AND DOWNED POWER LINES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPARKED TWO LARGE WILDFIRES.\u00a0 THE OVERLAND WILDFIRE IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER COUNTY…NEAR JAMESTOWN…CONSUMED NEARLY 3900 ACRES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND DESTROYED 12 STRUCTURES…INCLUDING HOMES…TRAILERS…AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OUT-BUILDINGS.\u00a0 PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ESTIMATES FOR THE VALUE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF LOST PROPERTY WAS NEARLY ONE MILLION DOLLARS.\u00a0 IN DOUGLAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COUNTY…THE CHEROKEE RANCH WILDFIRE CONSUMED 1200 ACRES AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DESTROYED 4 STRUCTURES.\u00a0 THE LARGE SMOKE PLUMES FROM BOTH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FIRES WERE HIGHLY VISIBLE ACROSS METRO DENVER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 45 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n29-30 IN 1905…HEAVY SNOWFALL DEVELOPED ON THE EVENING OF THE 29TH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE EVENING OF THE 30TH.\u00a0 SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 11.0 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 PRECIPITATION
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS 1.02 INCHES.\u00a0 TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE 20`S.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1959…RAIN DURING MOST OF THE DAY ON THE 28TH CHANGED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW EARLY ON THE 29TH AND CONTINUED THROUGH MOST OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30TH.\u00a0 HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.4 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.\u00a0 NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 24 MPH ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30TH.\u00a0 SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE ALSO OCCURRED ON THE 30TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1981…4 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WERE RECORDED IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 0.4 INCH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 25 MPH.
\n29-31 IN 1889…THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TOTALED 14.0 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVER THE THREE DAYS IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL WAS 8.0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES ON THE 29TH AND 5.0 INCHES ON THE 31ST.\u00a0 NORTH TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 30 MPH ON THE 29TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1950…A WARM SPELL RESULTED IN FIVE DAILY TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDS.\u00a0 RECORD HIGHS OF 84…80…AND 79 DEGREES OCCURRED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 29TH…30TH…AND 31ST…RESPECTIVELY.\u00a0 LOW TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF 49 DEGREES ON THE 30TH WAS THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE DATE.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1991…THE SECOND SURGE OF COLD ARCTIC AIR IN A MATTER OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAYS PLUNGED METRO DENVER INTO THE DEEP FREEZE.\u00a0 WHILE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOW TEMPERATURES REMAINED ABOVE ZERO…HIGH TEMPERATURES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE ONLY IN THE 20`S.\u00a0 THREE TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET:
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORD LOWS OF 7 DEGREES ON THE 30TH AND 10 DEGREES ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31ST AND A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM OF ONLY 21 DEGREES ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30TH.\u00a0 SNOWFALL WAS LIGHT WITH ONLY 1.9 INCHES RECORDED AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE EAST WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 23 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2002…SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.3 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 32
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH ON THE 29TH BEHIND A COLD FRONT…WHICH PLUNGED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS.\u00a0 HIGH TEMPERATURES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF 18 DEGREES ON THE 30TH AND 19 DEGREES ON THE 31ST WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORD LOW MAXIMUMS FOR EACH DATE.\u00a0 LOW TEMPERATURES DIPPED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 12 DEGREES ON THE 30TH AND 15 DEGREES ON THE 31ST.
\n29-1\u00a0 IN 1972…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 15.5 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 HOWEVER…THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT WHEN 7 INCHES FELL ON TRICK-OR-TREATERS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DURING A SHORT 3-HOUR PERIOD.\u00a0 I-25 WAS CLOSED SOUTH OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 29 MPH CAUSED SOME BLOWING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW ON THE 1ST.\u00a0 THE SNOW STARTED LATE ON THE 29TH AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ENDED DURING THE MID AFTERNOON ON THE 1ST.\u00a0 THE GREATEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS 13 INCHES ON THE 1ST.
\n30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1974…A RARE THUNDERSTORM FOR SO LATE IN OCTOBER PRODUCED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HAIL TO 3\/8 INCH IN DIAMETER AND 0.10 INCH OF RAIN AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1991…THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WARMED TO ONLY 21 DEGREES…THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALL-TIME RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SAME TEMPERATURE ALSO OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 25…1997.
\n31\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1997…HIGH WINDS BUFFETED THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AREAS OF METRO DENVER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 70 MPH IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BROOMFIELD AND TO 40 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRED IN THE MOUNTAINS WEST OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER AND IN THE FOOTHILLS NORTH OF DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2001…HIGH WINDS DEVELOPED IN THE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 PEAK WIND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS WERE MEASURED TO 74 MPH AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH ON THE MESA IN BOULDER AND TO 72 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEAR ROLLINSVILLE.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 53 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 71 DEGREES AT DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n31-1\u00a0 IN 1951…6.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WERE MEASURED AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1989…A HALLOWEEN STORM DROPPED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 METRO DENVER WITH THE ADJACENT FOOTHILLS RECEIVING 5 TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10 INCHES.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.5 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 31ST.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW FELL ON THE EVENING OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31ST…BUT THE STORM LEFT ICY STREETS THROUGHOUT METRO DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE MORNING OF THE 1ST…MAKING IT A “SPOOKY” COMMUTE FOR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MANY MOTORISTS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2004…HEAVY SNOW FELL IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF JEFFERSON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES.\u00a0 STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL INCLUDED:\u00a0 14.5
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES IN ASPEN PARK…10 INCHES AT ROXBOROUGH STATE PARK AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND NEAR SEDALIA…8 INCHES NEAR BERGEN PARK…AND 7 INCHES IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGHLANDS RANCH.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 3.2 INCHES IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER STAPLETON AREA.\u00a0 POST-FRONTAL NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 41 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1896…NORTHWEST CHINOOK WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 46 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 60
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES IN THE CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1973…WIND GUSTS TO 92 MPH WERE RECORDED IN BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE THE CHINOOK WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO A HIGH OF 70 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1989…A 39-YEAR-OLD LAKEWOOD MAN IN A MOTORIZED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHEELCHAIR WAS FOUND DEAD OF EXPOSURE EARLY IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MORNING AFTER AN OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL DUMPED 3 TO 6
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS METRO DENVER.
\n1-2\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1892…SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.0 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY SNOW OF THE MONTH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1956…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.\u00a0 THE STORM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH BLOWING AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DRIFTING SNOW.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 47 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1991…THE STORM SYSTEM WHICH HIT THE FRONT RANGE AT THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 END OF OCTOBER FINISHED THE JOB DURING THE START OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOVEMBER.\u00a0 SIX INCHES OF NEW SNOW WERE RECORDED AT BOTH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROLLINSVILLE AND MORRISON…WHILE 2.9 INCHES OF SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 17 MPH.\u00a0 THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGH OF ONLY 19 DEGREES ON THE 2ND…SETTING A RECORD
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1995…A WINTER STORM DROPPED 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 THE EXCEPTION WAS AT GOLDEN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GATE CANYON WHERE A FOOT OF NEW SNOW WAS MEASURED.\u00a0 ICY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROADS…FOG…AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG I-70 IN THE FOOTHILLS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST OF DENVER CAUSED DOZENS OF ACCIDENTS.\u00a0 ONE MAN WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 KILLED WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND WAS EJECTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHEN HIS TRUCK HIT A MEDIAN AND ROLLED OVER.\u00a0 AT LEAST 20
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OTHER ACCIDENTS INVOLVED MINOR INJURIES.\u00a0 ONLY 1.0 INCH OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW FELL AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE SOME FREEZING RAIN ALSO FELL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lots of interesting stuff in this look back at Denver weather history for the week of October 26th to November 1st.\u00a0 Lots of snow including some major storms and the seemingly ever present\u00a0wind are on this look into history.\u00a0 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 645 PM MDT SAT OCT 25 2008 …THIS … Continue reading This week in Denver weather history – October 26 to November 1<\/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":[81,62,61,741],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730"}],"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=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}