{"id":786,"date":"2008-11-09T06:08:17","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T12:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=786"},"modified":"2008-11-09T06:08:17","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T12:08:17","slug":"november-9th-15th-this-week-in-denver-weather-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/weather-history\/november-9th-15th-this-week-in-denver-weather-history\/","title":{"rendered":"November 9th – 15th – This week in Denver weather history"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"November
November 9th - 15th - This week in Denver weather history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Plenty of snow and wind dominate a look back at the Denver weather calendar for this week in weather history – November 9th to the 15th.\u00a0<\/p>\n

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
\n645 PM MST SAT NOV 08 2008<\/p>\n

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

8-9\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1897…WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AS HIGH AS 50 MPH IN THE CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1919…POST-FRONTAL HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.4 INCHES OVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…6.6 INCHES…FELL ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9TH.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30 MPH ON THE 8TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1950…A MAJOR WINTER STORM DUMPED 10.4 INCHES OF SNOW AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON AIRPORT WITH THE MOST SNOW…7.8 INCHES…FALLING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 8TH.\u00a0 EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT ON THE 8TH.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.2 INCHES IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1958…STRONG WINDS CAUSED SOME DAMAGE IN BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST-
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT ON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE 8TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1975…HEAVY SNOWFALL HIT METRO DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TOTALED 8.0 INCHES AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 21 MPH.\u00a0 POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STORM AFFECTED OVER 10 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN METRO DENVER.\u00a0 IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER…10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE STORM PRODUCED THE GREATEST 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION…1.29
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES…EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1983…METRO DENVER RECEIVED 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 IT WAS THE FIRST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON IN DENVER.\u00a0 ONLY 1.8 INCHES OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 20 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1989…STRONG WINDS HIT THE FRONT RANGE.\u00a0 ON THE 9TH…THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WOODEN FRAME OF A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN BOULDER WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BLOWN DOWN.\u00a0 THE PREVIOUS EVENING A POWER OUTAGE BLACKENED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEDERLAND.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS TO 95 MPH WERE RECORDED 4 MILES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTH OF ROLLINSVILLE WITH 97 MPH ON FRITZ PEAK NEAR THAT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOWN.\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…NORTHWEST WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 45 MPH ON THE 8TH AND TO 38 MPH ON THE 9TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1998…ANOTHER UPSLOPE SNOW EVENT DEVELOPED IN THE FRONT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANGE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRED IN WEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY WHERE 14 INCHES WERE MEASURED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 MILES WEST OF CONIFER.\u00a0 OTHER SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED:
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10 INCHES AT EVERGREEN AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERGEN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PARK; 9 INCHES AT GENESEE…NEDERLAND…AND NEAR THE CHIEF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HOSA EXIT ON I-70; AND 8 INCHES IN COAL CREEK CANYON.\u00a0 ON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE 9TH…SNOWFALL WAS 2.6 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 30 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 9TH.
\n8-10\u00a0 IN 1985…INDIAN SUMMER CAME TO AN ABRUPT END WHEN A WINTER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STORM DUMPED 10 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE FRONT RANGE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS METRO DENVER…SNARLING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRAFFIC AND CAUSING FLIGHT DELAYS OF UP TO 3 HOURS AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 THE TEMPERATURE PLUNGED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FROM A HIGH OF 66 DEGREES ON THE 8TH TO A LOW OF ONLY 13
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES ON THE 9TH…AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A VIGOROUS COLD
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FRONT WITH NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 32 MPH.\u00a0 THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO ONLY 19 DEGREES ON THE 10TH…SETTING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.3
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH MOST OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW…7.1 INCHES…FALLING ON THE 9TH.
\n9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1939…A TRACE OF SNOW FELL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 THIS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW…ALONG WITH A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE 2ND…WAS THE ONLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW OF THE MONTH…RANKING IT…ALONG WITH OTHER MONTHS…THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SECOND LEAST SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.\u00a0 PRECIPITATION OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.01 INCH WAS THE ONLY PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THIS THE SECOND DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1944…THE FIRST KILLING FROST OF THE SEASON OCCURRED IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE CITY WHEN THE LOW TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 35 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THIS IS THE LATEST DATE FOR A KILLING FROST EVER RECORDED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1946…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.7 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE SECOND HEAVY SNOWFALL IN LESS THAN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A WEEK.\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 26 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1995…STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS GUSTED BETWEEN 50 AND 57 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT ERIE AND BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST WIND GUSTS TO 44 MPH WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RECORDED AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1897…WEST CHINOOK WINDS SUSTAINED TO 51 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 60 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 64 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1915…SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 41 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AS HIGH AS 44 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1955…STRONG WINDS RAKED THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 A WIND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUST TO 80 MPH WAS RECORDED ATOP ROCKY FLATS SOUTH OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER WHERE SOME DAMAGE OCCURRED.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1995…SNOWFALL TOTALED 6 TO 9 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST OF DENVER…WHILE ONLY 2.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1998…STRONG BORA WINDS GUSTING FROM 70 TO 92 MPH COUPLED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH BLOWING SNOW CREATED WHITEOUT AND SLICK BLACK ICE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CONDITIONS AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STATE HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER AND C-470…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEAR THE MORRISON INTERCHANGE WERE CLOSED FOR SEVERAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HOURS DUE TO MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENTS.\u00a0 DOZENS OF MOTORISTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE STRANDED UNTIL WEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVED.\u00a0 A SMALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOTOR HOME WAS A TOTAL LOSS WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BEING BLOWN ON ITS SIDE BY STRONG CROSSWINDS.\u00a0 A MAN WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INJURED WHEN HE WAS BLOWN OFF A VEHICLE WHILE ATTEMPTING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO RESCUE THE OCCUPANTS.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS INCLUDED:\u00a0 92 MPH ATOP
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BLUE MOUNTAIN NEAR COAL CREEK CANYON…83 MPH ATOP FRITZ
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PEAK NEAR ROLLINSVILLE…AND 77 MPH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT NEAR BROOMFIELD.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 36 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2000…FREEZING DRIZZLE WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COLORADO WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE EVENING.\u00a0 THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MADE MANY HIGHWAYS ICY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND SLICK…WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ACCIDENTS.\u00a0 SOME HIGHWAYS ACROSS METRO DENVER WERE CLOSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT TIMES…INCLUDING PORTIONS OF STATE HIGHWAY 119 BETWEEN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER AND LONGMONT AND U.S. 36 BETWEEN WESTMINSTER AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER.\u00a0 STATE HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER AND GOLDEN ATOP
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROCKY FLATS BECAME NEARLY IMPASSABLE DUE TO A COATING OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICE BY LATE EVENING.
\n10-11 IN 1911…A STRONG COLD FRONT PRODUCED SNOW AND A COLD WAVE.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED 68 DEGREES FROM A HIGH OF 66 DEGREES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT 12:40 PM ON THE 10TH TO A LOW OF 2 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7:15 AM ON THE 11TH.\u00a0 THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 23 DEGREES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MIDNIGHT ON THE 10TH WAS ALSO THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11TH.\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 51 MPH.\u00a0 SNOWFALL WAS ONLY 2.5 INCHES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1982…UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BETWEEN DENVER AND COLORADO SPRINGS.\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 50
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH ALONG THE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 RAINFALL TOTALED 0.27 INCH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH ONLY 0.1 INCH OF SNOW ON THE 11TH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 39 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ZERO PERSISTED ALL DAY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 10TH.
\n11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1901…A TRACE OF RAIN FELL IN THE MORNING…AND A TRACE OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW FELL IN THE AFTERNOON.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY SNOWFALL AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH…RANKING IT THE DRIEST NOVEMBER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON RECORD…ALONG WITH NOVEMBER OF 1899 AND 1949.\u00a0 THE MONTH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALSO RANKS AS THE SECOND LEAST SNOWIEST NOVEMBER…ALONG WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOVEMBERS IN OTHER YEARS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1903…NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 56 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 56 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1912…RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW…WHICH BECAME HEAVY…AND TOTALED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6.5 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 PRECIPITATION WAS 1.02
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES…THE GREATEST CALENDAR DAY PRECIPITATION EVER RECORDED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN NOVEMBER.\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 27 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 29 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1919…LIGHT SNOW FELL FROM AN APPARENT CLEAR SKY DURING THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EARLY AFTERNOON.\u00a0 THE FIRST SNOW WAS OBSERVED AT ABOUT 12:40
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PM AND CONTINUED AT LEAST 30 MINUTES BEFORE CLOUDS COULD BE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEEN FORMING…FOLLOWED BY THE SKY BECOMING TOTALLY CLOUDY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DURING THIS TIME THE TEMPERATURE FELL FROM 50 DEGREES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOON TO ONLY 18 DEGREES AT 100 PM AND PLUNGED TO 6 DEGREES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT 5:45 PM.\u00a0 A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 2 DEGREES WAS RECORDED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVERNIGHT.\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 33 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 36 MPH BETWEEN NOON AND 1:00 PM BEHIND AN APPARENT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ARCTIC COLD FRONT.\u00a0 SNOWFALL WAS ONLY 0.1 INCH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1949…NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 50 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A TRACE OF RAIN FELL.\u00a0 ANOTHER TRACE OF RAIN ON THE 15TH WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE ONLY PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING THE MONTH ONE OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD AND THE LEAST SNOWIEST WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NO SNOW.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE FIRST NOVEMBER SINCE 1882 WITHOUT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1959…STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS STRUCK BOULDER AND THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS CAUSING SOME DAMAGE.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 37 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1995…STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS GUSTING TO 84 MPH BLEW OUT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A FEW CAR WINDOWS IN BOULDER COUNTY.\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 69 MPH AT GOLDEN…LAKEWOOD…AND TABLE MESA IN BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 43 MPH AT DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2000…HEAVY SNOW OCCURRED IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF DENVER AND OVER MONUMENT RIDGE SOUTH OF DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED:\u00a0 6.5 INCHES NEAR PARKER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6 INCHES NEAR BERGEN PARK…5 INCHES AT GENESEE AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEAR SEDALIA…AND 4 INCHES AT COAL CREEK CANYON AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ST. MARY`S GLACIER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 1.6 INCHES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2003…STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RANGE.\u00a0 PEAK WIND REPORTS INCLUDED 91 MPH ATOP BLUE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOUNTAIN NEAR WONDERVU AND 75 MPH IN BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGING WINDS DOWNED POWER LINES IN BOULDER COUNTY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH OF GOLDEN…A SEMI-TRUCK WAS BLOWN OVER BY THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 72 AND 93
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ATOP ROCKY FLATS.\u00a0 AT THE SAME LOCATION…BLOWING ROCKS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SHATTERED SEVERAL CAR WINDOWS AT AN RTD PARK AND RIDE.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.
\n11-12 IN 1922…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED 14.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 THE MOST SNOW ON THE GROUND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS 10.5 INCHES AT 6:00 PM ON THE 12TH.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE SUSTAINED TO 21 MPH ON THE 11TH.\u00a0 TEMPERATURES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE GENERALLY IN THE TEENS AND 20`S.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1964…STRONG WINDS IN BOULDER CAUSED POWER OUTAGES AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MINOR DAMAGE.\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 42 MPH IN DOWNTOWN BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WEST WINDS GUSTED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 36 MPH ON THE 11TH AND 35 MPH ON THE 12TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1976…SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CAUSED ICING ON BRIDGES…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVERPASSES AND SOME MAIN ROADS.\u00a0 THE ELEVATED PORTION OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I-70 WAS CLOSED FOR A TIME DURING THE AFTERNOON OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11TH.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 0.8 INCH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 20 MPH ON THE 11TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1989…THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A MAXIMUM OF 76 DEGREES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON BOTH DAYS…SETTING NEW RECORD HIGHS FOR EACH DAY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1995…HURRICANE FORCE DOWNSLOPE WINDS WHIPPED ACROSS THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS OVERNIGHT.\u00a0 THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH IN BOULDER REGISTERED A PEAK WIND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUST TO 124 MPH WITH SEVERAL MORE WIND GUSTS OVER 100 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UTILITY POLES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED…LEAVING SEVERAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HUNDRED HOMES IN BOULDER WITHOUT POWER.\u00a0 WINDOWS WERE BLOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OUT OF CARS IN BOULDER.\u00a0 OTHER REPORTS OF STRONG WIND GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCLUDED:\u00a0 108 MPH ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN WEST OF DENVER…104
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH AT TABLE MESA IN BOULDER…99 MPH AT GOLDEN GATE CANYON…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 85 MPH AT THE ROCKY FLATS ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY SITE…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 69 MPH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR BROOMFIELD…AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 62 MPH IN LAKEWOOD.\u00a0 WEST-NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE RECORDED AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 12TH.
\n11-14 IN 1970…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.2 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 22 MPH ON THE 12TH AND 14TH.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4.2 INCHES…FELL ON THE 12TH.
\n12\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1894…NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 48 MPH BEHIND AN APPARENT DRY COLD FRONT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1903…WEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 57 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A TRACE OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1922…HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 8.5 INCHES WAS MEASURED OVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1974…STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 80 MPH CAUSED LOCAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND PROPERTY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS FROM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER NORTH.\u00a0 AUTOMOBILES…HOMES…AND POWER LINES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUFFERED DAMAGE IN BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n12-13 IN 1961…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.6 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.\u00a0 EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 20 MPH.
\n12-15 IN 1909…LIGHT SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.7 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER OVER THE 4 DAYS.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE FIRST MEASURABLE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON.\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 15 MPH ON THE 12TH.
\n13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1951…NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE RECORDED AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1983…WINDS GUSTED TO AROUND 60 MPH IN AND NEAR THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 THERE WERE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND A FEW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BROKEN WINDOWS ACROSS METRO DENVER.\u00a0 THE STRONG WINDS DID
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO AWNINGS AT THE BROWN PALACE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n13-14 IN 1925…HEAVY POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.4 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVERNIGHT IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUSTAINED TO 27 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 29 MPH ON THE 13TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1974…NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 52 MPH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…WARMING THE TEMPERATURE TO 60
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THE 13TH.\u00a0 A COLD FRONT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COOLED TEMPERATURES INTO THE 20`S BY LATE MORNING AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PRODUCED SNOWFALL OF 3.7 INCHES.\u00a0 THE LOW TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DIPPED TO 14 DEGREES ON THE 14TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1993…AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMBINED WITH A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEAK BUT MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW ACROSS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 METRO DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGED 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UP TO 16 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AT THE ELDORA SKI AREA.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 20 MPH ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14TH.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW FELL ON THE 14TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994…HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG THE FRONT RANGE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 URBAN CORRIDOR WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER NORTHWEST METRO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 SIXTEEN TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN BOULDER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LAFAYETTE…AND LOUISVILLE.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE SECOND HEAVY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL OVER NORTHWEST METRO DENVER IN 10 DAYS.\u00a0 ELEVEN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW WERE MEASURED FROM LONGMONT SOUTHWARD
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTO AURORA.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 12.1 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 29
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH ON THE 13TH.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…9.0 INCHES…FELL ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1997…HEAVY SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT IN PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND BOULDER COUNTIES.\u00a0 ABOUT 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 REPORTED IN BOULDER…WHILE 4 INCHES WERE MEASURED 12 MILES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTHWEST OF MORRISON AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLDEN.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 1.8 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 26 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1874…WEST WINDS BLEW AT GALE SPEEDS FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MID AFTERNOON WHEN THE WINDS ABATED.\u00a0 THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VELOCITY WAS 48 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1928…STRONG WINDS CAUSED 3 HUNDRED TO 5 HUNDRED DOLLARS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE IN BOULDER.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WERE RECORDED AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VALMONT JUST EAST OF BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2006…AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM COMBINED WITH A HIGH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND A COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STRONG WINDS ACROSS METRO DENVER.\u00a0 A WIND GUST TO 66 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS RECORDED IN LONGMONT.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 38 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 52 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE WINDS WERE STRONG AND GUSTY MOST OF THE DAY.
\n14-15 IN 1917…OVERNIGHT RAINFALL WAS 0.03 INCH.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING IT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE 5TH DRIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1985…3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS METRO DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 3.8 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 13 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2005…A WINTER STORM THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOUNTAINS ALSO SPREAD HEAVY SNOW INTO THE FOOTHILLS TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE WEST OF DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED:\u00a0 14 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT ASPEN SPRINGS…13 INCHES NEAR PINECLIFFE…AND 12 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEAR NEDERLAND.\u00a0 INTERSTATE 70 ALONG WITH U.S. HIGHWAY 40
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HAD TO BE CLOSED NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS DUE TO SNOW…POOR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW…NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS…AND AN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER.\u00a0 HIGH WINDS WERE RECORDED IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FOOTHILLS ON THE 14TH.\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 89 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GEORGETOWN AND TO 91 MPH ON SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN WEST OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER.\u00a0 STRONG MICROBURST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DISSIPATING RAIN SHOWER GUSTED TO 61 MPH AT DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 14TH.
\n14-18 IN 1964…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 6.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 32 MPH ON THE 14TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…4.2 INCHES…FELL ON THE 14TH.\u00a0 THIS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH.
\n15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1902…4.0 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 20 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1906…STRONG WINDS HOWLED AND ROARED ACROSS BOULDER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CAUSING SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.\u00a0 THE STRONG
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS CAUSED ONE FATALITY AND MINOR INJURIES TO OTHERS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 46 MPH IN DOWNTOWN DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHERE THE STRONG CHINOOK WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A HIGH OF 74 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1944…THE LOW TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 32 DEGREES.\u00a0 THIS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IS THE LATEST DATE OF THE FIRST FREEZE IN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1949…A TRACE OF RAIN FELL.\u00a0 ANOTHER TRACE OF RAIN ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11TH WAS THE ONLY PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MONTH ONE OF THE DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD AND THE LEAST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWIEST WITH NO SNOW.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE FIRST NOVEMBER SINCE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1882 WITHOUT SNOW.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1960…STRONG WINDS CAUSED 2 THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGE TO A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEW SCHOOL BUILDING IN BOULDER WHERE WIND GUSTS WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ESTIMATED TO 70 MPH.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WERE RECORDED IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 DAMAGE OCCURRED TO UTILITY LINES…SIGNS…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND TREES.\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 44 MPH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1986…STRONG CHINOOK WINDS HOWLED OVER THE FRONT RANGE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 THE HIGHEST WIND GUST…81 MPH…WAS RECORDED AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TABLE MESA IN BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1987…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON WAS ALSO A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MAJOR SNOWSTORM.\u00a0 THE SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CLOSE I-70 EAST OF DENVER AND I-25 TO COLORADO SPRINGS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGED FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS METRO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER WITH 10 TO 20 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…6.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AND NORTH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 47 MPH REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO AS LOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AS 1\/8 MILE IN HEAVY SNOW.\u00a0 STRONG NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AROUND 30 DEGREES PLUNGED WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 BELOW ZERO.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1988…THE SEASON`S FIRST SNOW STORM HIT METRO DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE STORM DUMPED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW…WHICH CAUSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NUMEROUS TRAFFIC SNARLS AND ACCIDENTS.\u00a0 NORTH WIND GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 43 MPH CAUSED SOME BLOWING SNOW.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 2.5
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LATEST FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON.\u00a0 NO TRACES OF SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HAD OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE SEASON.
\n15-16 IN 1894…WINDS BEHIND AN APPARENT STRONG COLD FRONT WERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUSTAINED TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH ON THE 15TH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 2.6 INCHES IN THE CITY.\u00a0 TEMPERATURES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PLUNGED FROM A HIGH OF 72 DEGREES ON THE 15TH TO A LOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF ONLY 5 DEGREES ON THE 16TH.\u00a0 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON THE 16TH WAS 24 DEGREES…WHICH OCCURRED SHORTLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AFTER MIDNIGHT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1996…AROUND A FOOT OF NEW SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEST OF DENVER WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ACROSS METRO DENVER.\u00a0 SOME OF THE SNOWFALL TOTALS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCLUDED:\u00a0 15 INCHES AT GEORGETOWN…12 INCHES AT IDAHO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPRINGS…10 INCHES AT CHIEF HOSA…AND 9 INCHES IN COAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CREEK CANYON.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 2.9 INCHES AT THE SITE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.\u00a0 NORTHEAST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WINDS GUSTED TO 23 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE 16TH.
\n15-17 IN 1991…A STRONG WINTER STORM DUMPED HEAVY SNOW OVER METRO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TOTALED 15 INCHES AT CASTLE ROCK
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND CONIFER…14 INCHES AT MORRISON AND PARKER…12 INCHES IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTHEAST AURORA…AND 11.6 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.\u00a0 WINDS WERE LIGHT WITH THE STORM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plenty of snow and wind dominate a look back at the Denver weather calendar for this week in weather history – November 9th to the 15th.\u00a0 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 645 PM MST SAT NOV 08 2008 …THIS WEEK IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY… 8-9\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1897…WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO … Continue reading November 9th – 15th – 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":[63],"tags":[738,122,86,85,741],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786"}],"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=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}