{"id":810,"date":"2008-11-17T07:11:01","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T13:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=810"},"modified":"2008-11-17T07:11:40","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T13:11:40","slug":"november-16th-22nd-this-week-in-denver-weather-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/weather-history\/november-16th-22nd-this-week-in-denver-weather-history\/","title":{"rendered":"November 16th – 22nd – This week in Denver weather history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week in Denver weather history - November 16th to the 22nd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looking back into the Denver weather history books for this week, November 16th to the 22nd, we see a lot of the normal things we would expect to –\u00a0lots of wind and snow.<\/p>\n

\u00a0PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
\n645 PM MST SAT NOV 15 2008
\n\u00a0
\n..THIS WEEK IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY…<\/p>\n

14-18 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.
\n15-16 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.
\n16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1899…A TRACE OF RAIN FELL IN THE CITY.\u00a0 THIS…TOGETHER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION ON THE 21ST AND 23RD…WAS THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING THE MONTH THE DRIEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON RECORD.\u00a0 THE RECORD WAS EQUALED IN NOVEMBER OF 1901 AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1949.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1926…RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND TOTALED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.0 INCHES.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 48 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AS HIGH AS 54 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1930…STRONG WINDS OCCURRED IN BOULDER CAUSING MINOR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DAMAGE.\u00a0 AT VALMONT JUST EAST OF BOULDER…WINDS GUSTED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 52 MPH.\u00a0 WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 37 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 46 MPH IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1948…A WEST-NORTHWEST WIND GUST TO 50 MPH WAS RECORDED AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON AIRPORT.
\n16-18 IN 1921…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.5 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 14 MPH ON THE 17TH.
\n17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1948…A DRY VIGOROUS COLD FRONT ACCOMPANIED BY NORTH WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTING TO 60 MPH PRODUCED EXTENSIVE BLOWING DUST…WHICH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BRIEFLY REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO 1\/2 MILE AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1993…A WIND GUST TO 70 MPH WAS RECORDED ATOP SQUAW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOUNTAIN NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994…WINDS GUSTED TO 66 MPH IN BOULDER AND TO 63 MPH ON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ROCKY FLATS SOUTH OF BOULDER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 49 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2000…SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER…MAINLY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED:
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8.5 INCHES…7 MILES SOUTH OF TINY TOWN; 6 INCHES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GENESEE; AND 5 INCHES…11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRISON.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW WAS RECORDED AT THE SITE OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n17-18 IN 1869…THE HEAVIEST WIND STORM IN 5 OR 6 YEARS RAKED THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EASTERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING BOULDER…DENVER…GEORGETOWN…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND GOLDEN.\u00a0 SOME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE OCCURRED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN BOULDER.
\n18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1872…FRESH WEST WINDS CONTRIBUTED TO THE RELATIVE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HUMIDITY DIPPING TO ZERO AT 2:43 PM.\u00a0 THE MAXIMUM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TEMPERATURE WAS 54 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1907…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.0 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 SNOW FELL ALL DAY.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 19 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1915…NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS AS HIGH AS 48 MPH.\u00a0 IT WAS WINDY MOST OF THE DAY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1996…HIGH WINDS STRUCK THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WIND GUSTS RANGED FROM 70 TO 75 MPH.\u00a0 A FEW POWER LINES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WERE DOWNED…BUT NO MAJOR OUTAGES WERE REPORTED.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1998…STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS DEVELOPED DURING THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MORNING.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS REACHED A PEAK OF 72 MPH AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR BROOMFIELD.\u00a0 WEST WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 41 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1999…HIGH WINDS DEVELOPED IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 THE STRONG WINDS DOWNED POWER LINES…WHICH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SPARKED SEVERAL SMALL BRUSH FIRES.\u00a0 IN BROOMFIELD…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SCAFFOLDING WAS DAMAGED AT THE WADSWORTH RECREATION
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CENTER…WHILE FLYING ROCKS BROKE SEVERAL WINDOWS AT A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOCAL BANK BUILDING.\u00a0 PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDED:\u00a0 91 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ATOP BLUE MOUNTAIN NEAR WONDERVU…88 MPH ATOP THE GAMOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOWER ON THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CAMPUS IN BOULDER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 83 MPH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT…81 MPH AT THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH MESA LAB ABOVE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER…AND 80 MPH AT WONDERVU.\u00a0 WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 48 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n18-19 IN 1975…SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 5.5 INCHES AND NORTH WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTED TO 35 MPH CAUSING SOME BLOWING SNOW AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…WHILE A MAJOR BLIZZARD STRUCK
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1985…4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS METRO DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.4 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 23 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1991…ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM PRODUCED HEAVY SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVER METRO DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 9.5 INCHES AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH 9 INCHES AT PARKER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND 8 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST DENVER…MORRISON…AND WHEAT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RIDGE.\u00a0 THIS SECOND STORM BROUGHT THE 5 DAY (15TH-19TH)
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTAL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21.1 INCHES.\u00a0 THE GREATEST DEPTH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS 13 INCHES ON THE MORNING OF THE 19TH.\u00a0 THE ADVERSE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 EFFECTS OF THE TWO STORMS WERE DIMINISHED BY THE LACK
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF SIGNIFICANT WINDS.
\n18-20 IN 1930…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED A TOTAL OF 13.6 INCHES OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…9.4
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES…FELL ON THE 19TH WHEN NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 23 MPH.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MONTH.\u00a0 TEMPERATURES HOVERED IN THE 20’S AND LOWER 30’S.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1956…AN INTENSE WINTER STORM DUMPED 12.8 INCHES OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL ON METRO DENVER.\u00a0 STRONG NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTING TO 33 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT FREQUENTLY REDUCED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE VISIBILITY TO 1\/2 MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19TH.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOWFALL…10.7 INCHES…OCCURRED ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19TH.
\n19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1931…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON TOTALED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY 1.0 INCH IN THE CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1977…NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAUSED SOME TRAFFIC
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ACCIDENT INJURIES ACROSS METRO DENVER.\u00a0 ONLY 1.3 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 28 MPH.
\n19-21 IN 1979…A HEAVY SNOWSTORM BURIED MOST OF COLORADO UNDER AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LEAST A FOOT OF SNOW.\u00a0 SNOWFALL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT TOTALED 17.7 INCHES…THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH SINCE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1946.\u00a0 WINDS TO 60 MPH PRODUCED 5-FOOT DRIFTS PARALYZING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE CITY AS TEMPERATURES HOVERED IN THE 20’S.\u00a0 WHILE SMALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORTS CLOSED…STAPLETON REMAINED OPEN…BUT WITH LONG
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DELAYS THAT SNARLED THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY TRAFFIC.\u00a0 SCHOOLS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND BUSINESSES CLOSED AND POSTAL DELIVERIES WERE DELAYED.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALMOST ALL MAJOR HIGHWAYS LEADING OUT OF DENVER WERE CLOSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO TRAFFIC FOR PERIODS OF TIME ON THE 20TH AND 21ST.\u00a0 MOST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF THE SNOW…13.5 INCHES…FELL ON THE 20TH.\u00a0 AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 35 MPH ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20TH AND TO 38 MPH ON THE 21ST.
\n20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1871…THE FIRST OFFICIAL WEATHER OBSERVATION IN DENVER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WAS TAKEN BY HENRY FENTON…OBSERVER SERGEANT OF THE UNITED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STATES ARMY SIGNAL SERVICE AT 5:43 AM.\u00a0 THE OFFICE WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOCATED ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF A BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LARIMER AND G STREETS…NOW 16TH STREET.\u00a0 THE DAILY WEATHER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 JOURNAL HAND WRITTEN ENTRY FOR THE DAY FOLLOWS:\u00a0 “SNOW
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 FELL HEAVILY DURING PAST NIGHT.\u00a0 AT 5:43 AM IT WAS SNOWING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LIGHT AND CONTINUED UNTIL 8 AM.\u00a0 WIND DURING SNOW STORM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GENTLE AND A LITTLE WEST OF SOUTH…AND CONTINUED THERE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.\u00a0 SKY CLEAR AFTER 8 AM.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VERY COLD WEATHER PREVAILED ALL DAY AND NIGHT.\u00a0 THERMOMETER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT 9:43 PM 14 DEGREES.\u00a0 RAIN GAUGE AND SELF-REGISTERING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THERMOMETER NOT IN POSITION OWING TO SEVERE STORM LAST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEEK.\u00a0 BAROMETER FALLING DURING THE MORNING AND RISING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RAPIDLY AT NIGHT.”
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1894…NORTHWEST CHINOOK WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS TO 45 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 58
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DEGREES IN THE CITY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1909…STEADY AND VERY STRONG WINDS IN BOULDER CAUSED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1915…POST-FRONTAL NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 42 MPH PRODUCED ONLY A TRACE OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOW.\u00a0 IT WAS WINDY MOST OF THE DAY.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1923…WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 44 MPH BEFORE DAYBREAK.\u00a0 THE STRONG WINDS PERSISTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN THE CITY FOR ONLY ABOUT 3 HOURS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1993…A WIND GUST TO 72 MPH WAS RECORDED AT TABLE MESA IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUTHWEST BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1994…WINDS GUSTED TO 77 MPH ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN WEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF DENVER.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n20-21 IN 1898…SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.0 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 48 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGH AS 60 MPH BEHIND AN APPARENT COLD FRONT ON THE 20TH…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WHEN TEMPERATURES PLUNGED FROM A HIGH OF 66 DEGREES TO A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOW OF 9 DEGREES.\u00a0 ON THE 21ST THE HIGH WAS ONLY 24 DEGREES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND THE LOW WAS 2 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1970…A WIND GUST TO 94 MPH WAS RECORDED AT GOLD HILL IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF BOULDER.\u00a0 STRONG WINDS ALSO SWEPT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ACROSS METRO DENVER.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS REACHED 59 MPH IN DOWNTOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER…WHILE AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WEST-
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 43 MPH ON THE 21ST.\u00a0 DAMAGE WAS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MINOR.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1992…A LARGE CANADIAN AIR MASS MOVED INTO THE STATE AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE SAME TIME AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHED FROM
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE WEST.\u00a0 THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VERY MOIST AIR ALOFT PRODUCED HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 STATE.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.3 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 ON THE 20TH.\u00a0 SNOW WAS HEAVIER IN THE FOOTHILLS…WITH 14
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES AT WONDERVU…13 INCHES AT ASPEN SPRINGS…CONIFER…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BOULDER…AND GROSS RESERVOIR…8 INCHES AT ROLLINSVILLE…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AND 10 INCHES AT GOLDEN GATE CANYON AND MORRISON.
\n21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1891…NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 60 MPH.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1899…A TRACE OF SNOW FELL IN THE CITY.\u00a0 THIS…TOGETHER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WITH A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION ON THE 16TH AND 23RD…WAS THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ONLY PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING THE MONTH THE DRIEST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ON RECORD.\u00a0 THE RECORD WAS EQUALED IN NOVEMBER OF 1901 AND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1949.\u00a0 THIS TRACE OF SNOW ALONG WITH A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23RD WAS THE ONLY SNOW OF THE MONTH…RANKING THE MONTH THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2ND LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD.\u00a0 THIS RECORD WAS EQUALED IN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NOVEMBER OF 1884…1901…1905…1917…AND 1939.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1900…WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 46 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 54 MPH.\u00a0 THE CHINOOK WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HIGH OF 64 DEGREES.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1934…THE LATEST DATE FOR THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SEASON OCCURRED.\u00a0 THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BECAUSE TRACES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN EARLIER IN SEPTEMBER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 1.0 INCH OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1962…STRONG WEST-NORTHWEST CHINOOK WINDS GUSTED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 53 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1998…AN INTENSE MOUNTAIN WAVE ALLOWED FOR HIGH WINDS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO DEVELOP IN THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER COUNTY.\u00a0 WIND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS AS HIGH AS 77 MPH WERE MEASURED 3 MILES EAST-
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTHEAST OF NEDERLAND.
\n21-22 IN 1905…A TRACE OF SNOW FELL ON BOTH DAYS IN DOWNTOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 THIS WAS THE ONLY SNOW OF THE MONTH…RANKING
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE MONTH ALONG WITH OTHER NOVEMBERS…THE 2ND LEAST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWIEST ON RECORD.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1999…THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON STRUCK
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 METRO DENVER.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED:\u00a0 16 INCHES NEAR
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BAILEY; 13 INCHES NEAR EVERGREEN; 12 INCHES AT NORTH TURKEY
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CREEK…GENESEE…NEAR MORRISON…AND NEAR SEDALIA; 11 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEAR CONIFER AND IN EVERGREEN; 10 INCHES IN LOUISVILLE;
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 INCHES IN BRIGHTON…BROOMFIELD…AND DENVER; AND 8 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AT ARVADA…CASTLE ROCK…AND ELDORADO SPRINGS.\u00a0 SNOWFALL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TOTALED 8.4 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 2003…HEAVY SNOW FELL IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 COUNTY.\u00a0 SNOWFALL TOTALED 10.5 INCHES IN ELDORADO SPRINGS.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ACROSS THE CITY…SNOWFALL WAS LIGHTER WITH 2.8 INCHES
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MEASURED AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT ON THE 22ND.\u00a0 NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 32 MPH AT DENVER
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 22ND.
\n21-23 IN 1918…POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.9 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DENVER.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…5.3 INCHES…FELL ON THE 22ND.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 20 MPH ON THE 21ST.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1931…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED A TOTAL OF 13.2 INCHES OF
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SNOWFALL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.\u00a0 MOST OF THE SNOW…11.4
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INCHES…FELL ON THE 21ST.\u00a0 A VERY COLD AIR MASS SETTLED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OVER THE CITY AFTER THE HEAVY SNOW ON THE 21ST.\u00a0 AFTER A
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LOW TEMPERATURE OF ZERO…THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A HIGH
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF ONLY 5 DEGREES ON THE 22ND…A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DATE.
\n21-25 IN 1952…SNOWFALL OF 6.2 INCHES WAS MEASURED AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 17 MPH ON THE
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21ST.
\n22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1977…101 MPH WINDS WERE MEASURED IN SOUTHWEST BOULDER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE SIDE OF A GARAGE WAS BLOWN DOWN.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO ONLY 33 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1981…HIGH WINDS OCCURRED IN THE FOOTHILLS.\u00a0 A PEAK GUST
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TO 75 MPH WAS REPORTED AT WONDERVU.\u00a0 WEST WINDS GUSTED TO
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1988…A WIND GUST TO 88 MPH WAS MEASURED AT ROLLINSVILLE.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN 1990…STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS…ON THE COAT TAILS
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OF A MOUNTAIN SNOW STORM THE DAY BEFORE…LASHED OUT AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS WITH 60 TO 95 MPH WIND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GUSTS.\u00a0 THE STRONG WINDS SPREAD OVER ALL OF METRO DENVER.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A WEST WIND GUST TO 49 MPH WAS RECORDED AT STAPLETON
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\n22-23 IN 1953…STRONG WINDS RAKED BOULDER CAUSING 18 THOUSAND
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.\u00a0 WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH WERE RECORDED AT
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VALMONT AND ESTIMATED TO 80 MPH AT THE BOULDER AIRPORT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking back into the Denver weather history books for this week, November 16th to the 22nd, we see a lot of the normal things we would expect to –\u00a0lots of wind and snow. \u00a0PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 645 PM MST SAT NOV 15 2008 \u00a0 ..THIS WEEK IN METRO DENVER WEATHER … Continue reading November 16th – 22nd – 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":[733,106,734,741],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810"}],"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=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}