{"id":843,"date":"2008-11-23T05:13:18","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T11:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=843"},"modified":"2008-11-23T05:20:35","modified_gmt":"2008-11-23T11:20:35","slug":"november-23-to-29-this-week-in-denver-weather-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/weather-history\/november-23-to-29-this-week-in-denver-weather-history\/","title":{"rendered":"November 23 to 29 – This week in Denver weather history"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"November<\/a>
November 23 to 29 - This week in Denver weather history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
\n645 PM MST SAT NOV 22 2008<\/p>\n

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

21-23<\/p>\n

IN 1918…POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.9 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN
\nDENVER. MOST OF THE SNOW…5.3 INCHES…FELL ON THE 22ND.
\nNORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 20 MPH ON THE 21ST.
\nIN 1931…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED A TOTAL OF 13.2 INCHES OF
\nSNOWFALL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. MOST OF THE SNOW…11.4
\nINCHES…FELL ON THE 21ST. A VERY COLD AIR MASS SETTLED
\nOVER THE CITY AFTER THE HEAVY SNOW ON THE 21ST. AFTER A
\nLOW TEMPERATURE OF ZERO…THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A HIGH
\nOF ONLY 5 DEGREES ON THE 22ND…A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE
\nDATE.<\/p>\n

21-25<\/p>\n

IN 1952…SNOWFALL OF 6.2 INCHES WAS MEASURED AT STAPLETON
\nAIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 17 MPH ON THE
\n21ST.<\/p>\n

22-23<\/p>\n

IN 1953…STRONG WINDS RAKED BOULDER CAUSING 18 THOUSAND
\nDOLLARS IN DAMAGE. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH WERE RECORDED AT
\nVALMONT AND ESTIMATED TO 80 MPH AT THE BOULDER AIRPORT.
\n23 IN 1899…A TRACE OF SNOW FELL IN THE CITY. THIS…TOGETHER
\nWITH A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION ON THE 16TH AND 21ST…WAS THE
\nONLY PRECIPITATION OF THE MONTH…MAKING THE MONTH THE DRIEST
\nON RECORD. THE RECORD WAS EQUALED IN NOVEMBER OF 1901 AND
\n1949. THIS TRACE OF SNOW ALONG WITH A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE
\n21ST WAS THE ONLY SNOW OF THE MONTH…RANKING THE MONTH THE
\n2ND LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THIS RECORD WAS EQUALED IN
\nNOVEMBER OF 1884…1901…1905…1917…AND 1939.
\nIN 1901…NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
\nTO 53 MPH. THE CHINOOK WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A
\nHIGH OF 70 DEGREES.
\nIN 1910…WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH. THE CHINOOK
\nWINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 67 DEGREES.
\nIN 1959…WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 56 MPH…BRIEFLY
\nREDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO 3 MILES IN BLOWING DUST AT
\nSTAPLETON AIRPORT.
\nIN 1998…WINDS…ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 58 MPH…CAUSED
\nSEVERAL WOOD TRUSSES INSTALLED IN A POLICE STATION
\nUNDER CONSTRUCTION IN CASTLE ROCK TO COLLAPSE. A
\nCONSTRUCTION WORKER ON THE ROOF RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES
\nWHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY ONE OF THE TRUSSES. SOUTHEAST
\nWINDS GUSTED TO 38 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<\/p>\n

23-24<\/p>\n

IN 1992…A PRE-THANKSGIVING BLIZZARD BELTED METRO DENVER.
\nGUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH CAUSED
\nNEAR-WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AS VISIBILITIES WERE OFTEN BELOW
\n1\/4 MILE. THE STRONG WINDS DROVE SNOW INTO DRIFTS OF MORE
\nTHAN 4 FEET. HUNDREDS OF HOLIDAY TRAVELERS WERE STRANDED
\nWHEN AIRLINES CANCELED FLIGHTS AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\nAIRPORT WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.6 INCHES AND NORTH WINDS
\nGUSTED TO 37 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEGAN AROUND MID-
\nMORNING ON THE 23RD AND ENDED BY MID-AFTERNOON…BUT HEAVY
\nSNOW FELL THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOWFALL TOTALED: 12 INCHES
\nAT CONIFER…MORRISON…AND WHEAT RIDGE; 19 INCHES AT
\nLITTLETON; 16 INCHES AT CASTLE ROCK; 9 INCHES IN BRIGHTON;
\n8 INCHES IN AURORA; AND 6 INCHES IN PARKER.
\nIN 1993…A MOIST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DUMPED HEAVY SNOW
\nOVER MOST OF COLORADO. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGED 5 TO 8
\nINCHES ACROSS METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.6 INCHES
\nAT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS
\nGUSTED TO ONLY 20 MPH ON THE 23RD. THE VERY COLD AIR
\nMASS CAUSED THE TEMPERATURE TO DIP TO A RECORD LOW OF 8
\nDEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 24TH. THE TEMPERATURE THAT DAY
\nCLIMBED TO ONLY 9 DEGREES…ALSO SETTING A RECORD LOW
\nMAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

IN 1915…CHINOOK WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH
\nWITH GUSTS TO 46 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF
\n61 DEGREES. IT WAS WINDY MOST OF THE DAY.
\nIN 1949…THE LOW TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 56 DEGREES…THE
\nALL-TIME RECORD HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED
\nDURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
\nIN 1960…VIOLENT WIND GUSTS CAUSED SOME DAMAGE IN BOULDER.
\nWEST WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 22 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
\nIN 1980…A SNOW STORM BROUGHT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS
\nMETRO DENVER. AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…ONLY
\n2.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL.
\nIN 1989…HIGH WINDS WERE RECORDED IN BOULDER WITH A GUST TO
\n64 MPH. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY 24 MPH AT STAPLETON
\nINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<\/p>\n

24-25<\/p>\n

IN 1908…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.0 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN
\nDENVER OVERNIGHT. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 15 MPH.
\nIN 1930 STRONG WINDS RAKED THE FRONT RANGE EASTERN FOOTHILLS.
\nWINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT VALMONT JUST EAST OF BOULDER
\nWHERE MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED.
\nIN 1970…STRONG CHINOOK WINDS WARMED BOULDER. AT THE
\nNATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH IN BOULDER…WIND
\nGUSTS REACHED 97 MPH…WHILE IN DOWNTOWN BOULDER WINDS PEAKED
\nTO 69 MPH. SOME MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED. NORTHWEST WINDS
\nGUSTED TO 39 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…AND THE
\nHIGH TEMPERATURE WARMED TO 76 DEGREES ON THE 25TH…SETTING A
\nNEW RECORD MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE.<\/p>\n

25<\/p>\n

IN 1877…NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 50 MPH.
\nIN 1902…NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
\nTO 48 MPH. THE STRONG APPARENT BORA WINDS WARMED THE
\nTEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF ONLY 45 DEGREES.
\nIN 1943…SNOWFALL OF 4.0 INCHES WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW
\nOF THE MONTH. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 17 MPH.
\nIN 1958…STRONG PRE-FRONTAL CHINOOK WINDS STRUCK BOULDER AND
\nTHE EASTERN FOOTHILLS. A WIND GUST TO 100 MPH WAS RECORDED
\nNORTHWEST OF DENVER. A GUST TO 88 MPH OCCURRED AT ROCKY
\nFLATS SOUTH OF BOULDER. THE WINDSTORM CAUSED CONSIDERABLE
\nSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO RESIDENTIAL SECTIONS OF NORTH METRO
\nDENVER.
\nIN 1959…STRONG WINDS RAKED THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS INCLUDING
\nBOULDER AND ELDORADO SPRINGS. WIND GUSTS TO 100 MPH WERE
\nESTIMATED AT THE MATTERHORN RESTAURANT LOCATED ATOP ROCKY
\nFLATS SOUTH OF BOULDER.
\nIN 1993…A WIND GUST TO 99 MPH WAS RECORDED ATOP SQUAW
\nMOUNTAIN NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS.
\nIN 1998…STRONG WINDS DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF THE FRONT
\nRANGE FOOTHILLS FOR A BRIEF TIME FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE
\nOF A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. A WIND GUST TO 71 MPH
\nWAS MEASURED ATOP BLUE MOUNTAIN NEAR COAL CREEK CANYON.
\nIN 1999…STRONG CHINOOK WINDS DEVELOPED IN AND NEAR THE
\nFOOTHILLS. PEAK WIND REPORTS INCLUDED 100 MPH AT THE
\nELDORA SKI RESORT AND 77 MPH AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
\nATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH MESA LAB ABOVE BOULDER. WEST WINDS
\nGUSTED TO 38 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<\/p>\n

25-26<\/p>\n

IN 1887…SNOWFALL TOTALED 2.9 INCHES IN THE CITY. THIS WAS
\nTHE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH. NORTHEAST WINDS
\nWERE SUSTAINED TO 18 MPH ON THE 26TH WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
\nDIPPED TO 12 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
\nIN 1959…A SHARP COLD FRONT PRODUCED A NORTHWEST WIND GUST
\nTO 51 MPH…FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND FALLING TEMPERATURES FROM
\nA HIGH OF 60 DEGREES TO A LOW OF 23 DEGREES AT MIDNIGHT
\nON THE 25TH. SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.4 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\nAIRPORT BEFORE ENDING EARLY ON THE 26TH.
\nIN 1972…WINDS GUSTED TO 104 MPH AT THE ROCKY FLATS PLANT
\nSOUTH OF BOULDER. GUSTS TO 70 MPH WERE RECORDED AT THE
\nNATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS IN BOULDER…WHILE IN DOWNTOWN
\nBOULDER WINDS PEAKED TO 68 MPH. SOME DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
\nNORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 47 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\nAIRPORT ON THE 26TH.
\nIN 1984…BLOWING SNOW CLOSED I-70 EAST OF DENVER…STRANDING
\nOVER A THOUSAND TRAVELERS IN LIMON. DENVER RECEIVED ONLY
\n2.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT
\nSTAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\nIN 1999…STRONG CHINOOK WINDS REDEVELOPED OVERNIGHT IN AND
\nNEAR THE FOOTHILLS. PEAK WIND GUSTS INCLUDED 72 MPH ATOP
\nBLUE MOUNTAIN NEAR WONDERVU AND AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
\nATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH MESA LAB ABOVE BOULDER.<\/p>\n

25-27<\/p>\n

IN 1978…HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 6.0 INCHES WAS MEASURED AT
\nSTAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED
\nTO 20 MPH. MOST OF THE SNOW…4.8 INCHES…FELL ON THE 25TH.
\nTHE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOW MEASURED ON THE GROUND WAS
\n5 INCHES DUE TO SETTLING AND MELTING.<\/p>\n

25-28<\/p>\n

IN 1952…THE AVERAGE COLDEST 4-DAY PERIOD IN NOVEMBER IN THE
\nPREVIOUS 81 YEARS OF RECORD OCCURRED. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES
\nOF 19…15…21…AND 25 DEGREES WERE RECORDED. MINIMUM
\nTEMPERATURES WERE BELOW ZERO EACH DAY WITH READINGS OF
\n7 BELOW…6 BELOW…5 BELOW…AND 6 BELOW.<\/p>\n

25-29<\/p>\n

IN 1985…DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS 1\/8 MILE
\nOCCURRED ON FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\nAIRPORT. THE FOG WAS AT TIMES ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT SNOW…
\nLIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE…OR ICE CRYSTALS. FOG OCCURRED ALL
\nDAY ON BOTH THE 26TH AND 29TH.<\/p>\n

26<\/p>\n

IN 1873…WEST WINDS INCREASED TO A VIOLENT GALE AT 3:00 AM
\nAND REACHED A MAXIMUM SUSTAINED VELOCITY OF 56 MPH AT
\n3:15 AM. THE WINDS CONTINUED WITH A VELOCITY OF NOT
\nLESS THAN 40 MPH UNTIL 6:00 AM. WINDS CONTINUED BRISK FOR
\nTHE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THE STRONG WINDS CAUSED DAMAGE
\nTO HOUSES AND BUILDINGS IN THE CITY. TEMPERATURES WERE IN
\nTHE 50`S THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH A RECORDED HIGH OF
\n59 DEGREES. WINDS ALSO BLEW STRONGLY IN BOULDER AND CAUSED
\n300 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
\nIN 1911…POST-FRONTAL NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO
\n43 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 52 MPH. SNOWFALL WAS
\nONLY 0.5 INCH.
\nIN 1965…POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.5 INCHES AT
\nSTAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE STRONG WEST
\nWINDS GUSTED TO 39 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
\nIN 1976…2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT
\nPRODUCED NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW…
\nCAUSING MULTIPLE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS IN METRO DENVER.
\nSNOWFALL TOTALED 3.5 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\nAIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 39 MPH. TEMPERATURES
\nHOVERED IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20`S MOST OF THE DAY
\nDIPPING TO 7 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT.
\nIN 1977 A STRONG WIND STORM RAKED METRO DENVER. HIGH WINDS
\nBLEW WINDOWS FROM OFFICE TOWERS IN DENVER AND BOULDER.
\nTHIRTEEN PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN BOULDER DUE TO FLYING
\nDEBRIS. WIND GUSTS TO 119 MPH WERE CLOCKED ON DAVIDSON
\nMESA SOUTHEAST OF BOULDER…WITH 109 MPH IN DOWNTOWN
\nBOULDER. SIX AIRPLANES WERE DAMAGED AT JEFFERSON COUNTY
\nAIRPORT NEAR BROOMFIELD. WINDS TO 90 MPH WERE REPORTED
\nIN LAKEWOOD. GLASS WAS BLOWN OUT OF SEVERAL VEHICLES IN
\nWHEAT RIDGE…AND ROOFS WERE BLOWN OFF 4 HOUSES IN ARVADA.
\nSEVERAL HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSED ACROSS METRO
\nDENVER. WINDS TO 75 MPH WERE REPORTED AT THE DENVER
\nFEDERAL CENTER WITH 90 MPH AT ROCKY FLATS. WEST WINDS
\nGUSTED TO 51 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\nTOTAL INSURED DAMAGE FROM THE WIND STORM WAS 2.2 MILLION
\nDOLLARS.
\nIN 1987…A THANKSGIVING SNOWSTORM BROUGHT 5 INCHES OF SNOW
\nTO METRO DENVER AND 6 INCHES TO THE FOOTHILLS. AT
\nSTAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.0
\nINCHES…NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 22 MPH…AND TEMPERATURES
\nHOVERED IN THE UPPER 20`S MOST OF THE DAY.
\nIN 1991…STRONG WINDS WERE RECORDED IN AND NEAR THE EASTERN
\nFOOTHILLS. WINDS AT ROLLINSVILLE WERE CLOCKED TO 70 MPH
\nWITH 45 MPH RECORDED IN BOULDER AND 51 MPH AT THE U.S.
\nATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ROCKY FLATS PLANT. WEST WINDS
\nGUSTED TO ONLY 28 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<\/p>\n

26-27<\/p>\n

IN 1876…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 9.0 INCHES OVER THE CITY
\nFROM 5:00 PM ON THE 26TH THROUGH 5:00 P.M. ON THE 27TH.
\nPRECIPITATION WAS 0.30 INCH ON THE 25TH AND 0.60 INCH
\nON THE 27TH.
\nIN 1919…AN INCURSION OF COLD ARCTIC AIR PRODUCED SNOWFALL
\nOF 4.6 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. TEMPERATURES DIPPED
\nTO 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE EVENING OF THE 26TH AND
\nRECOVERED TO A HIGH OF ONLY 1 DEGREE BELOW ZERO ON THE
\n27TH…THE ALL-TIME RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE MONTH OF
\nNOVEMBER AND THE RECORD FOR THE DATE. NORTHWEST WINDS
\nWERE SUSTAINED TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 26 MPH ON THE 26TH.
\nIN 1923…SNOWFALL OF 2.0 INCHES WAS THE ONLY SNOW OF THE
\nMONTH. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 22 MPH ON THE 26TH.
\nIN 1972…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.5 INCHES AT STAPLETON
\nINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO ONLY
\n18 MPH ON THE 27TH.
\nIN 1983…A THANKSGIVING BLIZZARD DUMPED 21.5 INCHES OF
\nSNOWFALL IN 37 HOURS WITH A MAXIMUM OF 18 INCHES ON THE
\nGROUND AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE STORM
\nPRODUCED HOWLING WINDS…WHICH PARALYZED THANKSGIVING
\nWEEKEND TRANSPORTATION ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN COLORADO.
\nON THE 27TH…STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CLOSED…
\nOPENING 24 HOURS LATER. INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS WERE CLOSED
\nIN ALL DIRECTIONS…BUT WEST…FROM DENVER. AT STAPLETON
\nINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 36 MPH ON THE
\n26TH AND TO 29 MPH ON THE 27TH. HOWEVER…MOST WIND SPEEDS
\nACROSS METRO DENVER WERE 15 TO 30 MPH. TEMPERATURES
\nHOVERED IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20`S. MANY STORES AND
\nBUSINESSES CLOSED. SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES
\nWERE POSTPONED. ACROSS METRO DENVER…SNOW DEPTH VARIED
\nFROM 15 INCHES IN COMMERCE CITY TO 28 INCHES NEAR
\nCHATFIELD RESERVOIR. SNOW REMOVAL IN DENVER WAS
\nESTIMATED AT 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS. FOLLOWING THE STORM…
\nAN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW REMAINED ON THE GROUND FOR 63
\nCONSECUTIVE DAYS THROUGH JANUARY 27…1984. THIS IS THE
\nLONGEST PERIOD OF CONTINUOUS SNOW COVER EVER RECORDED IN
\nDENVER.
\nIN 1990…AN EARLY WINTER STORM DEPOSITED 2 TO 8 INCHES OF
\nWET SNOW ACROSS METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 3.4 INCHES
\nAT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS
\nGUSTED TO 30 MPH ON THE 26TH.
\nIN 1993…STRONG WINDS SWEPT OFF THE FOOTHILLS ACROSS METRO
\nDENVER. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS
\nTHE AREA. WIND GUSTS TO 67 MPH WERE RECORDED ATOP SQUAW
\nMOUNTAIN NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 36 MPH
\nAT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 26TH. THE STRONG
\nWINDS PRODUCED SOME BLOWING SNOW…REDUCING THE VISIBILITY
\nTO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.
\nIN 1995…SNOWFALL TOTALED 3.7 INCHES AT THE FORMER STAPLETON
\nINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SITE. THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER
\nRECEIVED 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS
\nGUSTED TO 34 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE
\n26TH.<\/p>\n

27<\/p>\n

IN 1965…STRONG WINDS BUFFETED BOULDER…CAUSING 11 THOUSAND
\nDOLLARS IN DAMAGE. WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH WERE RECORDED
\nDOWNTOWN. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 38 MPH AT STAPLETON
\nINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\nIN 1994…WINDS GUSTED TO 87 MPH ATOP SQUAW MOUNTAIN…5 MILES
\nSOUTH OF IDAHO SPRINGS…AND TO 84 MPH ON FRITZ PEAK NEAR
\nROLLINSVILLE IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER.
\nNORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 40 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
\nAIRPORT.<\/p>\n

28<\/p>\n

IN 1884…A WINDSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON PRODUCED NORTHWEST
\nSUSTAINED WINDS TO 46 MPH. TWO WOODEN SLATS WERE BLOWN
\nOUT OF THE WEATHER INSTRUMENT SHELTER…AND NEARLY ALL OF
\nTHE SLATS ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDES WERE LOOSENED.
\nIN 1898…NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 50 MPH WITH
\nGUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 MPH.
\nIN 1902…NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
\nTO 48 MPH. THE STRONG APPARENT BORA WINDS WARMED THE
\nTEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF ONLY 40 DEGREES.
\nIN 1904…NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 44 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
\n58 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 58 DEGREES.
\nIN 1927…STRONG WEST WINDS OCCURRED IN BOULDER…CAUSING
\nWIDESPREAD MINOR DAMAGE. A WIND GUST TO 65 MPH WAS
\nRECORDED AT VALMONT EAST OF BOULDER. THE WEST WINDS
\nPOSSIBLY PRODUCED A CYCLONIC TWIST.
\nIN 1928…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.0 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN
\nDENVER.
\nIN 1957…A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTH-NORTHEAST WIND
\nGUSTS TO 54 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT. LIGHT SNOW FOLLOWING
\nTHE FRONT TOTALED ONLY 0.2 INCH.
\nIN 1970…STRONG CHINOOK WINDS REACHED 77 MPH IN DOWNTOWN
\nBOULDER.
\nIN 1978…WIND GUSTS 60 TO 90 MPH WERE REPORTED IN AND NEAR
\nTHE FOOTHILLS.
\nIN 1984…HIGH WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH OCCURRED ALONG THE FRONT
\nRANGE EASTERN FOOTHILLS. IN BOULDER…THE HIGH WINDS BLEW
\nTHE ROOF OFF A SERVICE STATION. SEVERAL TREES WERE FELLED…
\nDAMAGING SOME CARS. AN ELDERLY WOMAN WAS INJURED WHEN SHE
\nWAS KNOCKED DOWN BY A WIND GUST AND BLOWN 20 FEET INTO SOME
\nBUSHES. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 36 MPH AT STAPLETON
\nINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\nIN 1994…WINDS GUSTED TO 72 MPH IN BOULDER. NO DAMAGE WAS
\nREPORTED. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 35 MPH AT STAPLETON
\nINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.<\/p>\n

28-29<\/p>\n

IN 1908…HEAVY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT AND FOR MOST OF THE DAY
\nON THE 29TH TOTALED 12.5 INCHES. PRECIPITATION WAS
\n1.09 INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 26 MPH
\nON THE 29TH.
\nIN 1928…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED 15.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON
\nDOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 18 MPH
\nWITH GUSTS TO 19 MPH ON THE 28TH.
\nIN 1992…AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVED ACROSS METRO
\nDENVER…BUT LEFT ONLY A DUSTING OF SNOW. SNOWFALL TOTALED
\nONLY 1.6 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
\nNORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 25 MPH. OTHER SNOW AMOUNTS INCLUDED:
\n8 INCHES AT CONIFER…6 INCHES AT LAKE ELDORA…3 INCHES AT
\nROLLINSVILLE AND IN SOUTHEAST DENVER.
\nIN 1997…A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
\nPRODUCED STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW AGAINST
\nTHE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE AND PALMER RIDGE.
\nSNOWFALL TOTALS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY INCLUDED: 14 INCHES
\nNEAR DECKERS; 12 INCHES AT CASTLE ROCK AND SEDALIA; 10
\nINCHES NEAR CONIFER…11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORRISON…AND
\nAT BUFFALO CREEK. ELSEWHERE…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE LESS.
\nSNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 0.7 INCH AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER
\nSTAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 27TH AND 28TH.
\nIN 2004…HEAVY SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ACROSS METRO
\nDENVER. IN THE FOOTHILLS…SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED: 13
\nINCHES AT ROXBOROUGH STATE PARK AND ELDORADO SPRINGS…
\n11.5 INCHES NEAR CONIFER…11.0 INCHES NEAR NEDERLAND…AND
\n10 INCHES NEAR INDIAN HILLS. ACROSS METRO DENVER SNOWFALL
\nTOTALED 14 INCHES NEAR SEDALIA…9 INCHES NEAR LOUISVILLE…
\n8 INCHES AT RALSTON RESERVOIR…AND 5.1 INCHES IN THE
\nSTAPLETON AREA OF DENVER. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 28
\nMPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 28TH.
\nIN 2006…A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM BROUGH HEAVY SNOW TO
\nTHE MOUNTAINS AND TO THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS WHERE SNOWFALL
\nRANGED FROM 8 TO 18 INCHES. SOME OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE
\nSNOW TOTALS INCLUDED: 18 INCHES AT GENESEE…17.5 INCHES
\nNEAR BOULDER…17 INCHES AT ASPEN SPRINGS…16.5 INCHES 10
\nMILES NORTHWEST OF GOLDEN…15 INCHES AT ELDORADO SPRINGS…
\n14.5 INCHES IN IDAHO SPRINGS AND NEAR JAMESTOWN…12 INCHES
\nIN GRANT AND NEAR INDIAN HILLS…11.5 INCHES NEAR BLACKHAWK…
\n11 INCHES AT GROSS RESERVOIR AND ELDORA…AND 10.5 INCHES
\nIN CONIFER. ACROSS METRO DENVER…STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
\nGENERALLY RANGED FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST
\nAMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS IN BOULDER AND JEFFERSON
\nCOUNTIES. THE MOST IMPRESSIVE TOTALS INCLUDED: 15.5
\nINCHES AT KEN CARYL…12 INCHES IN BOULDER…7.5 INCHES NEAR
\nMORRISON…AND 7 INCHES NEAR BOTH CHATFIELD AND RALSTON
\nRESERVOIRS. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 4.2 INCHES IN THE DENVER
\nSTAPLETON AREA. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT DENVER
\nINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 28TH.<\/p>\n

28-30<\/p>\n

IN 1991…A WINTER STORM DUMPED HEAVY SNOW IN THE FOOTHILLS
\nAND NEAR THE PALMER DIVIDE WITH 10 INCHES RECORDED AT
\nCONIFER AND GOLDEN GATE CANYON…12 INCHES IN MORRISON…
\n6 INCHES AT CASTLE ROCK AND PARKER. ONLY 3.4 INCHES OF
\nSNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH
\nWINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH ON THE 29TH…PRODUCED SOME BLOWING
\nSNOW. SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE ALSO FELL ON THE 28TH
\nAND 29TH.<\/p>\n

29<\/p>\n

IN 1877…THE ALL-TIME LOWEST RECORDED MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
\nIN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER…18 DEGREES BELOW ZERO…OCCURRED.
\nTHE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY WAS 16 DEGREES.
\nIN 1899…NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 51 MPH WITH GUSTS
\nAS HIGH AS 60 MPH. THE CHINOOK WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE
\nTO A MAXIMUM OF 74 DEGREES…A RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE AND
\nTHE WARMEST OF THE MONTH THAT YEAR. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
\nWAS ONLY 39 DEGREES.
\nIN 1927…POST-FRONTAL RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW AND TOTALED
\n5.8 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE
\nSUSTAINED TO 22 MPH.
\nIN 1977…85 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT WONDERVU IN THE
\nFOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED
\nTO 39 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\nIN 1980 STRONG CHINOOK WINDS REACHED 85 MPH IN BOULDER…
\nBLOWING TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND STREET LIGHTS DOWN. SOME
\nWINDOWS WERE SHATTERED BY THE WIND. WEST WINDS GUSTED
\nTO 37 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\nIN 1994…HIGH WINDS BLEW ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE EASTERN
\nFOOTHILLS. WIND GUSTS TO 92 MPH OCCURRED ATOP SQUAW
\nMOUNTAIN…5 MILES SOUTH OF IDAHO SPRINGS…AND TO 82 MPH ON
\nFRITZ PEAK NEAR ROLLINSVILLE IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST
\nOF BOULDER. A WIND GUST TO 75 MPH WAS RECORDED AT
\nJEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR BROOMFIELD. NORTHWEST WINDS
\nGUSTED TO ONLY 35 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
\nNO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 645 PM MST SAT NOV 22 2008 …THIS WEEK IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY… 21-23 IN 1918…POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.9 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. MOST OF THE SNOW…5.3 INCHES…FELL ON THE 22ND. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 20 MPH ON THE 21ST. IN 1931…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED … Continue reading November 23 to 29 – 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":[81,122,62,741],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843"}],"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=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}