{"id":9419,"date":"2012-11-03T05:16:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T11:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=9419"},"modified":"2012-11-03T05:22:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T11:22:24","slug":"october-2012-thornton-weather-recap-a-relatively-calm-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/october-2012-thornton-weather-recap-a-relatively-calm-month\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2012 Thornton weather recap: A relatively calm month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A late month snow in October 2012 covered the nearby Flatirons in a blanket of white. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Colorado Front Range saw a relatively calm month in October 2012 but also a change in the hot and dry pattern we had been stuck in.\u00a0 Temperatures were below normal for the first time in months and above average precipitation was recorded.<\/p>\n

October 2012 started out with an average day on the first but the 2nd and 3rd of the month brought temperatures above 80 degrees.<\/p>\n

That warm weather didn’t last long however as a cold front moved in on the 4th and brought much cooler temperatures.\u00a0 Denver officially recorded its first snow of the season on the 5th (0.4 inch at DIA) however Thornton missed out and did not record any with that system.<\/p>\n

Temperatures remained cooler than normal for most of the first half of the month.\u00a0 On the 13th we received a light dose of rain (0.13 inch in Thornton) while Denver recorded a more generous 0.55 inch.<\/p>\n

A calm period followed through the third week of the month.\u00a0 Temperatures were generally mild though and above normal.<\/p>\n

Big changes arrived on the 24th as a large upper level trough and cold front moved in.\u00a0 Thornton recorded a combined total of 5.7 inches of snow on the 25th and 26th.\u00a0 Denver recorded 5.1 inches at the airport during the period.<\/p>\n

The closing days of the month brought a return to warmer than normal temperatures and dry conditions.<\/p>\n

Overall Thornton recorded an average temperature during October 2012 of 47.6 degrees.\u00a0 Denver’s temperature averaged 49.0 degrees which was 1.9 degrees below normal.<\/p>\n

Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a high of 85.0 degrees on the 3rd down to a low of 22.8 degrees on the 27th.\u00a0 Officially Denver recorded a monthly high of 83.0 degrees and a low of 24 degrees on those same dates.<\/p>\n

The only temperature record set occurred on the 20th when the morning temperature at DIA dropped to 50 degrees.\u00a0 This tied the record low minimum for the date that was also set in 1939 and 1947.<\/p>\n

In terms of precipitation, the little bit of rain at the start and middle of the month followed by the snow helped to drive up precipitation totals.\u00a0 Here in Thornton we recorded 0.99 inch of precipitation during the month while DIA measured 1.22.\u00a0 Denver’s total was 0.20 inch above normal.\u00a0 Denver’s snowfall total for the month of 5.5 inches was 1.5 inches above normal.<\/p>\n

Click here to view the ThorntonWeather.com climatology report for October 2012.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Denver\u2019s Official October 2012 Climate Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2012...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2012\r\n\r\nWEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S\r\n                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)\r\n                                          NORMAL\r\n................................................................\r\nTEMPERATURE (F)\r\nRECORD\r\n HIGH             105   08\/08\/1878\r\n LOW               40   08\/26\/1910\r\n                        08\/25\/1910\r\n                        08\/24\/1910\r\nHIGHEST            98   08\/27        87      11       99  08\/25\r\n                        08\/03\r\n                        08\/06\r\n                        08\/09\r\nLOWEST             47   08\/17        40       7       55  08\/20\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     91.0              87.2     3.8     92.7\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     58.9              57.9     1.0     61.3\r\nMEAN             75.0              72.5     2.5     77.0\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90     20              11.5     8.5       22\r\nDAYS MAX = .01         1               8.6    -7.6        3\r\nDAYS >= .10         1               4.3    -3.3        1\r\nDAYS >= .50         0               1.2    -1.2        0\r\nDAYS >= 1.00        0               0.3    -0.3        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.11   08\/11 TO 08\/11           08\/03 TO 08\/03\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL            0.0  NO SNOW EVER RECORDED IN AUGUST\r\nTOTALS            0.0  NO SNOW EVER RECORDED IN AUGUST\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL       0                10     -10        0\r\n SINCE 7\/1          0                16     -16        0\r\nCOOLING TOTAL     319               244      75      382\r\n SINCE 1\/1       1122               688     434      863\r\n\r\nFREEZE DATES\r\nRECORD\r\n EARLIEST     09\/08\/1962\r\n LATEST       06\/08\/2007\r\nEARLIEST                        10\/07\r\nLATEST                          05\/05\r\n..................................................\r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.9\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   3\/217\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    38\/330    DATE  08\/30\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    45\/330    DATE  08\/30\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            8\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             22\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          1\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     34\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              4     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0\r\nLIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0\r\nHEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0\r\nLIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                       0     FOG W\/VIS<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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