{"id":773,"date":"2008-11-01T07:50:05","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T13:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=773"},"modified":"2008-11-04T07:53:37","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T13:53:37","slug":"this-week-in-denver-weather-history-november-1-to-november-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/this-week-in-denver-weather-history-november-1-to-november-8\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Denver weather history &#8211; November 1 to November 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-774\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-774\" title=\"This week in Denver weather history - November 1 to November 8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/tw-logo-history2.jpg\" alt=\"This week in Denver weather history - November 1 to November 8\" width=\"250\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/tw-logo-history2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/tw-logo-history2-150x117.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This week in Denver weather history - November 1 to November 8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lots of snow and lots of wind are the common theme when looking back at this week in Denver weather history.\u00a0 Certainly fall always brings the wind and November is our second snowiest month and the history books definitely seem to back that up.<\/p>\n<p>1-2\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1892&#8230;SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.0 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY SNOW OF THE MONTH.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1956&#8230;HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.\u00a0 THE STORM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MUCH BLOWING AND<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DRIFTING SNOW.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 47 MPH.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1991&#8230;THE STORM SYSTEM WHICH HIT THE FRONT RANGE AT THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 END OF OCTOBER FINISHED THE JOB DURING THE START OF<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOVEMBER.\u00a0 SIX INCHES OF NEW SNOW WERE RECORDED AT BOTH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROLLINSVILLE AND MORRISON&#8230;WHILE 2.9 INCHES OF SNOW<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 17 MPH.\u00a0 THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGH OF ONLY 19 DEGREES ON THE 2ND&#8230;SETTING A RECORD<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.<br \/>\n<!--more-->\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1995&#8230;A WINTER STORM DROPPED 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 THE EXCEPTION WAS AT GOLDEN<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GATE CANYON WHERE A FOOT OF NEW SNOW WAS MEASURED.\u00a0 ICY<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROADS&#8230;FOG&#8230;AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG I-70 IN THE FOOTHILLS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST OF DENVER CAUSED DOZENS OF ACCIDENTS.\u00a0 ONE MAN WAS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 KILLED WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE AND WAS EJECTED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHEN HIS TRUCK HIT A MEDIAN AND ROLLED OVER.\u00a0 AT LEAST 20<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OTHER ACCIDENTS INVOLVED MINOR INJURIES.\u00a0 ONLY 1.0 INCH OF<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW FELL AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE SOME FREEZING RAIN ALSO FELL.<br \/>\n2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1939&#8230;A TRACE OF SNOW FELL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 THIS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW&#8230;ALONG WITH A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE 9TH&#8230;WAS THE ONLY<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW OF THE MONTH&#8230;RANKING IT&#8230;ALONG WITH OTHER MONTHS&#8230;THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SECOND LEAST SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1967&#8230;POST-COLD FRONTAL HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.2<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 29 MPH&#8230;BRIEFLY REDUCING THE VISIBILITY<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 1\/8 MILE.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1992&#8230;THE FIRST MAJOR SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON DUMPED 4.6<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES OF SNOW AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 26 MPH.\u00a0 HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF SNOW<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FELL IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS WITH 8 INCHES AT CONIFER&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EMPIRE&#8230;AND BAILEY&#8230;6 INCHES AT ROLLINSVILLE AND GOLDEN<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GATE CANYON&#8230;AND 4 INCHES AT MORRISON AND WHEAT RIDGE.<br \/>\n2-3\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1974&#8230;HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.1 INCHES AT STAPLETON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 23 MPH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 3RD.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW FELL ON THE 3RD.\u00a0 MAXIMUM<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND WAS 5 INCHES.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1990&#8230;A WINTER STORM DUMPED 3 TO 8 INCHES OF HEAVY WET<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW ACROSS METRO DENVER.\u00a0 IN THE FOOTHILLS SNOW AMOUNTS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANGED FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES.\u00a0 SLUSHY SNOW AND ICE-COVERED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROADS SNARLED TRAFFIC.\u00a0 THE SNOW&#8230;ICE&#8230;AND POOR VISIBILITIES<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE BLAMED FOR NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.\u00a0 LOW CLOUDS&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOG&#8230;AND SNOW DELAYED AIR TRAFFIC AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT FOR AT LEAST 90 MINUTES ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE 2ND.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.4 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 21 MPH.<br \/>\n2-5\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1946&#8230;A MAJOR SNOW STORM DUMPED 30.4 INCHES OF HEAVY<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL DOWNTOWN AND 31.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE WINTER STORM CLOSED SCHOOLS AND DISRUPTED ALL FORMS OF<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY.\u00a0 THE GREATEST DEPTH OF SNOW ON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE GROUND WAS 28 INCHES AT THE AIRPORT.\u00a0 THE DURATION OF<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE SNOWFALL&#8230;FROM 4:22 AM ON THE 2ND TO 3:08 AM ON THE 5TH&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A TOTAL OF 70 HOURS AND 46 MINUTES&#8230;IS THE SECOND LONGEST<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS PRECIPITATION ON RECORD AND THE SECOND<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OF RECORD AT THE TIME IN DENVER.\u00a0 THE 17.7<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON THE 2ND AND 3RD WAS THE GREATEST 24-<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HOUR SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BUSES AND STREET CARS HAD A DIFFICULT TIME&#8230;AND MANY CARS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE ABANDONED ALONG ROADSIDES AND STREETS FOR SEVERAL DAYS.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SECONDARY ROADS IN RURAL AREAS WERE BLOCKED FOR 2 TO 3<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEEKS.\u00a0 SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN THE CITY COLLAPSED OR WERE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGED FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE HEAVY SNOW.\u00a0 FOOTBALL GAMES<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE CANCELED.\u00a0 LIVESTOCK LOSSES WERE HIGH OVER EASTERN<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COLORADO.\u00a0 THE PRECIPITATION FROM THIS STORM ALONE EXCEEDED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE GREATEST AMOUNT EVER RECORDED IN DENVER DURING THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER PREVIOUSLY.\u00a0 THE PRECIPITATION<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDED DOWNTOWN WAS 2.03 INCHES&#8230;AND THE PREVIOUS RECORD<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WAS 1.95 INCHES IN 1922.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 26 MPH ON THE 2ND.<br \/>\n3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1940&#8230;THE LONGEST PERIOD WITHOUT SNOW&#8230;200 DAYS&#8230;ENDED ON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THIS DATE WITH THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON&#8230;A TRACE&#8230;ON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOVEMBER 4&#8230;1940.\u00a0 THE LAST SNOW OF THE PREVIOUS SEASON&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALSO A TRACE&#8230;OCCURRED ON APRIL 17&#8230;1940.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1959&#8230;A RARE THUNDERSTORM IN NOVEMBER OCCURRED AROUND<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUNRISE.\u00a0 RAINFALL MEASURED ONLY 0.02 INCH AT STAPLETON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1993&#8230;PERIODIC HIGH WINDS BUFFETED THE FOOTHILLS WEST<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF DENVER.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS TO 90 MPH WERE RECORDED AT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROLLINSVILLE IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER&#8230;WHILE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 85 MPH WERE OBSERVED ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN NEAR<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IDAHO SPRINGS.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 37 MPH AT STAPLETON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1996&#8230;A RARE NOVEMBER THUNDERSTORM DURING THE EARLY<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EVENING PRODUCED 0.10 INCH OF RAIN AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT AND ONLY 0.06 INCH OF RAIN AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2005&#8230;STRONG WINDS DEVELOPED OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHILE THE DAMAGING WINDS WERE IN THE FORT COLLINS AREA&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGH WINDS ALSO DEVELOPED TO THE SOUTH OF DENVER IN<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOUGLAS COUNTY.\u00a0 PEAK WIND REPORTS INCLUDED 70 MPH AT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FRANKTOWN&#8230;65 MPH IN CASTLE ROCK&#8230;AND 61 MPH IN SEDALIA.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 47 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO A HIGH OF 69 DEGREES AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS WERE STRONG AND GUSTY FOR MOST OF THE DAYTIME HOURS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ACROSS METRO DENVER.<br \/>\n3-4\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994&#8230;A FAST MOVING SNOW STORM DUMPED 8 TO 9 INCHES OF<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW ON BOULDER&#8230;BROOMFIELD&#8230;AND LAFAYETTE.\u00a0 SNOWFALL<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED ONLY 1.8 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHERE ON THE 3RD EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 20 MPH AND SOME<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FREEZING DRIZZLE FELL.<br \/>\n4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1940&#8230;A TRACE OF SNOW FELL IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 THIS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MARKED THE START OF THE SHORTEST SNOW SEASON ON RECORD&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 167 DAYS&#8230;THROUGH APRIL 19&#8230;1941&#8230;WHEN 0.4 INCH OF SNOW<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FELL.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1959&#8230;HIGH WINDS CAUSED DAMAGE IN MANY AREAS OF THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EASTERN PLAINS.\u00a0 IN DENVER&#8230;WINDS AVERAGED 40 MPH WITH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 70 MPH.\u00a0 SOME DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO UTILITY<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LINES&#8230;SIGNS&#8230;AND VEHICLES.\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS WERE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUSTAINED TO 30 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.<br \/>\n4-5\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1933&#8230;THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON TOTALED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY 2.5 INCHES.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF THE MONTH.\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27 MPH ON THE 4TH.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1951&#8230;HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 5.7 INCHES WAS MEASURED AT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 32<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH.<br \/>\n5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1896&#8230;WEST CHINOOK WINDS SUSTAINED TO 44 MPH WITH GUSTS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 46 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 56 DEGREES<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN THE CITY.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1919&#8230;A RARE NOVEMBER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A MIXTURE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THE EVENING.\u00a0 PRECIPITATION<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED ONLY 0.14 INCH WITH ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 44 MPH.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1948&#8230;A WEST-NORTHWEST WIND GUST TO 50 MPH WAS RECORDED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994&#8230;WINDS GUSTED TO 76 MPH ON THE SUMMIT OF SQUAW<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOUNTAIN&#8230;5 MILES SOUTH OF IDAHO SPRINGS.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2000&#8230;SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER AND<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS.\u00a0 SNOW TOTALS INCLUDED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6 INCHES NEAR EVERGREEN&#8230;11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRISON&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF TINY TOWN AND 5 INCHES IN AURORA<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND PARKER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.5 INCHES AT THE SITE OF<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 NORTHEAST<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 26 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHERE THE VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO 1\/4 MILE IN HEAVY<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW AT TIMES.<br \/>\n5-6\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1938&#8230;HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.5 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 19 MPH ON THE 5TH.<br \/>\n5-7\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1918&#8230;RAIN WAS MIXED WITH AND CHANGED TO SNOW&#8230;WHICH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BECAME HEAVY AND TOTALED 8.1 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 23 MPH.<br \/>\n6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1962&#8230;WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 55 MPH&#8230;BRIEFLY REDUCING THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VISIBILITY TO 1 1\/2 MILES IN BLOWING DUST AT STAPLETON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.\u00a0 THE STRONG WINDS BLEW ALL DAY.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1989&#8230;HIGH WINDS TO 62 MPH WERE RECORDED IN BOULDER.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 33 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1991&#8230;STRONG WESTERLY CHINOOK WINDS BLEW INTO METRO DENVER<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH GUSTS TO 88 MPH RECORDED AT ROLLINSVILLE AND TO 51 MPH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN BOULDER.\u00a0 LATER&#8230;NORTHEAST WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS ALL OF METRO DENVER BEHIND A COLD<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FRONT&#8230;WHICH PRODUCED ONLY 0.2 INCH OF SNOWFALL AT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<br \/>\n7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1958&#8230;A STRONG COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 52 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE SOME BLOWING DUST<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS OBSERVED.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1980&#8230;CHINOOK WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 40 MPH WERE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDED WITH A PEAK GUST TO 71 MPH MEASURED AT WONDERVU<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 25 MPH AT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1989&#8230;STRONG WINDS BUFFETED MANY FOOTHILLS AREAS.\u00a0 WIND<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WERE RECORDED IN BOULDER AND<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LONGMONT.\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 43 MPH AT STAPLETON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1996&#8230;WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH WERE RECORDED AT GOLDEN GATE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CANYON AND AT THE ROCKY FLATS ENVIRONMENTAL TEST FACILITY<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST OF DENVER.\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1998&#8230;UPSLOPE CONDITIONS&#8230;COUPLED WITH A MOIST AND<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UNSTABLE AIR MASS&#8230;ALLOWED HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL GENERALLY<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANGED FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES&#8230;BUT 7 INCHES WERE MEASURED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 MILES SOUTH OF EVERGREEN.\u00a0 ONLY 1.2 INCHES OF SNOW<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FELL AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEASON.<br \/>\n7-8\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1969&#8230;WIND GUSTS TO 48 MPH IN DOWNTOWN BOULDER CAUSED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MINOR DAMAGE.<br \/>\n8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1896&#8230;SOUTHWEST CHINOOK WINDS SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS AS HIGH AS 46 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF 53 DEGREES.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1977 NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW CAUSED THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CLOSURE OF I-70 TO THE WEST OF DENVER IN CLEAR CREEK CANYON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND EAST OF DENVER TO LIMON.\u00a0 NORTHEAST WIND GUSTS TO 46 MPH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE RECORDED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 1.1 INCHES.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1984&#8230;A RARE NOVEMBER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED WEST WINDS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTING TO 31 MPH&#8230;BUT ONLY 0.04 INCH OF RAIN AT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1996&#8230;HIGH WINDS GUSTING FROM 80 TO 100 MPH WERE RECORDED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT WONDERVU IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 32 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2006&#8230;THE TEMPERATURE IN DENVER CLIMBED TO A HIGH OF 80<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE TEMPERATURE HAD EVER<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EXCEEDED THE 70&#8217;S IN NOVEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1872.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THIS NEW ALL-TIME RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF NOVEMBER WAS ALSO A NEW DAILY RECORD AND THE HIGHEST<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED SO LATE IN THE SEASON.<br \/>\n8-9\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1897&#8230;WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AS HIGH AS 50 MPH IN THE CITY.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1919&#8230;POST-FRONTAL HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.4 INCHES OVER<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW&#8230;6.6 INCHES&#8230;FELL ON THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9TH.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30 MPH ON THE 8TH.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1950&#8230;A MAJOR WINTER STORM DUMPED 10.4 INCHES OF SNOW AT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON AIRPORT WITH THE MOST SNOW&#8230;7.8 INCHES&#8230;FALLING<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 8TH.\u00a0 EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT STAPLETON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT ON THE 8TH.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.2 INCHES IN<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN DENVER.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1958&#8230;STRONG WINDS CAUSED SOME DAMAGE IN BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST-<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT ON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE 8TH.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1975&#8230;HEAVY SNOWFALL HIT METRO DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL AT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TOTALED 8.0 INCHES AND<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 21 MPH.\u00a0 POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STORM AFFECTED OVER 10 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN METRO DENVER.\u00a0 IN<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER&#8230;10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE STORM PRODUCED THE GREATEST 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION&#8230;1.29<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES&#8230;EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CITY.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1983&#8230;METRO DENVER RECEIVED 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 IT WAS THE FIRST<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON IN DENVER.\u00a0 ONLY 1.8 INCHES OF<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 20 MPH.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1989&#8230;STRONG WINDS HIT THE FRONT RANGE.\u00a0 ON THE 9TH&#8230;THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WOODEN FRAME OF A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN BOULDER WAS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BLOWN DOWN.\u00a0 THE PREVIOUS EVENING A POWER OUTAGE BLACKENED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEDERLAND.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS TO 95 MPH WERE RECORDED 4 MILES<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTH OF ROLLINSVILLE WITH 97 MPH ON FRITZ PEAK NEAR THAT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOWN.\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT&#8230;NORTHWEST WINDS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 45 MPH ON THE 8TH AND TO 38 MPH ON THE 9TH.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1998&#8230;ANOTHER UPSLOPE SNOW EVENT DEVELOPED IN THE FRONT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANGE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRED IN WEST<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY WHERE 14 INCHES WERE MEASURED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 MILES WEST OF CONIFER.\u00a0 OTHER SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED:<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10 INCHES AT EVERGREEN AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERGEN<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PARK; 9 INCHES AT GENESEE&#8230;NEDERLAND&#8230;AND NEAR THE CHIEF<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HOSA EXIT ON I-70; AND 8 INCHES IN COAL CREEK CANYON.\u00a0 ON<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE 9TH&#8230;SNOWFALL WAS 2.6 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 30 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 9TH.<br \/>\n8-10\u00a0 IN 1985&#8230;INDIAN SUMMER CAME TO AN ABRUPT END WHEN A WINTER<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STORM DUMPED 10 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE FRONT RANGE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS METRO DENVER&#8230;SNARLING<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRAFFIC AND CAUSING FLIGHT DELAYS OF UP TO 3 HOURS AT<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 THE TEMPERATURE PLUNGED<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM A HIGH OF 66 DEGREES ON THE 8TH TO A LOW OF ONLY 13<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES ON THE 9TH&#8230;AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A VIGOROUS COLD<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FRONT WITH NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 32 MPH.\u00a0 THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO ONLY 19 DEGREES ON THE 10TH&#8230;SETTING<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.3<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH MOST OF THE<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW&#8230;7.1 INCHES&#8230;FALLING ON THE 9TH.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of snow and lots of wind are the common theme when looking back at this week in Denver weather history.\u00a0 Certainly fall always brings the wind and November is our second snowiest month and the history books definitely seem to back that up. 1-2\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1892&#8230;SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.0 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THIS &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/this-week-in-denver-weather-history-november-1-to-november-8\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This week in Denver weather history &#8211; November 1 to November 8<\/span> <span 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