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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
259 AM MST SAT NOV 29 2025

...Today in metro Denver weather history...

25-29 In 1985...dense fog with visibilities as low as 1/8 mile
        occurred on five consecutive days at Stapleton International
        Airport.  The fog was at times accompanied by light snow...
        light freezing drizzle...or ice crystals.  Fog occurred all
        day on both the 26th and 29th.
28-29 In 1908...heavy snowfall overnight and for most of the day
        on the 29th totaled 12.5 inches.  Precipitation was
        1.09 inches.  Northwest winds were sustained to 26 mph
        on the 29th.
      In 1928...a major storm dumped 15.5 inches of snowfall on
        downtown Denver.  North winds were sustained to 18 mph
        with gusts to 19 mph on the 28th.
      In 1992...an upper level storm system moved across metro
        Denver...but left only a dusting of snow.  Snowfall totaled
        only 1.6 inches at Stapleton International Airport where
        north winds gusted to 25 mph.  Other snow amounts included:
        8 inches at Conifer...6 inches at Lake Eldora...3 inches at
        Rollinsville and in southeast Denver.
      In 1997...a storm system tracking across northern New Mexico
        produced strong north to northeast upslope flow against
        the eastern slopes of the Front Range and Palmer Ridge.
        Snowfall totals in Jefferson County included:  14 inches
        near Deckers; 12 inches at Castle Rock and Sedalia; 10
        inches near Conifer...11 miles southwest of Morrison...and
        at Buffalo Creek.  Elsewhere...snow accumulations were less.
        Snowfall totaled only 0.7 inch at the site of the former
        Stapleton International Airport on the 27th and 28th.
      In 2004...heavy snow fell in the foothills and across metro
        Denver.  In the foothills...snowfall totals included:  13
        inches at Roxborough State Park and Eldorado Springs...
        11.5 inches near Conifer...11.0 inches near Nederland...and
        10 inches near Indian Hills.  Across metro Denver snowfall
        totaled 14 inches near Sedalia...9 inches near Louisville...
        8 inches at Ralston Reservoir...and 5.1 inches in the
        Stapleton area of Denver.  Northeast winds gusted to 28
        mph at Denver International Airport on the 28th.
      In 2006...a slow moving storm system brough heavy snow to
        the mountains and to the eastern foothills where snowfall
        ranged from 8 to 18 inches.  Some of the more impressive
        snow totals included:  18 inches at Genesee...17.5 inches
        near Boulder...17 inches at Aspen Springs...16.5 inches 10
        miles northwest of Golden...15 inches at Eldorado Springs...
        14.5 inches in Idaho Springs and near Jamestown...12 inches
        in Grant and near Indian Hills...11.5 inches near Blackhawk...
        11 inches at Gross Reservoir and Eldora...and 10.5 inches
        in Conifer.  Across metro Denver...storm total snowfall
        generally ranged from 5 to 9 inches with the heaviest
        amounts near the foothills in Boulder and Jefferson
        counties.  The most impressive totals included:  15.5
        inches at Ken Caryl...12 inches in Boulder...7.5 inches near
        Morrison...and 7 inches near both Chatfield and Ralston
        reservoirs.  Snowfall totaled only 4.2 inches in the Denver
        Stapleton area.  Northeast winds gusted to 31 mph at Denver
        International Airport on the 28th.
28-30 In 1991...a winter storm dumped heavy snow in the foothills
        and near the Palmer Divide with 10 inches recorded at
        Conifer and Golden Gate Canyon...12 inches in Morrison...
        6 inches at Castle Rock and Parker.  Only 3.4 inches of
        snow fell at Stapleton International Airport where north
        winds gusting to 35 mph on the 29th...produced some blowing
        snow.  Some light freezing drizzle also fell on the 28th
        and 29th.
29    In 1877...the all-time lowest recorded minimum temperature
        in the month of November...18 degrees below zero...occurred.
        The high temperature for the day was 16 degrees.
      In 1899...northwest winds were sustained to 51 mph with gusts
        as high as 60 mph.  The chinook winds warmed the temperature
        to a maximum of 74 degrees...a record high for the date and
        the warmest of the month that year.  The minimum temperature
        was only 39 degrees.
      In 1927...post-frontal rain changed to snow and totaled
        5.8 inches over downtown Denver.  Northeast winds were
        sustained to 22 mph.
      In 1977...85 mph winds were reported at Wondervu in the
        foothills southwest of Boulder.  Northwest winds gusted
        to 39 mph at Stapleton International Airport.
      In 1980 strong chinook winds reached 85 mph in Boulder...
        blowing traffic signals and street lights down.  Some
        windows were shattered by the wind.  West winds gusted
        to 37 mph at Stapleton International Airport.
      In 1994...high winds blew across the Front Range eastern
        foothills.  Wind gusts to 92 mph occurred atop Squaw
        Mountain...5 miles south of Idaho Springs...and to 82 mph on
        Fritz Peak near Rollinsville in the foothills southwest
        of Boulder.  A wind gust to 75 mph was recorded at
        Jefferson County Airport near Broomfield.  Northwest winds
        gusted to only 35 mph at Stapleton International Airport.
        No damage was reported.
29-30 In 2008...a storm system produced locally heavy bands of snow
        across Douglas...Elbert and eastern Jefferson counties.
        Northerly winds gusting to 50 mph caused snow drifts
        to pile up to 2 feet in depth.  Storm totals included:  12
        inches just southwest of Kassler...11.5 inches...6.5 miles
        southwest of Castle Rock; 11 inches...8.4 miles southeast of
        Aurora and 9 miles west of Littleton; 10 inches at Louviers...
        8 inches...2 miles west-southwest of Highlands Ranch and 5
        miles south-southeast of Sedalia...and 7.5 inches...14 miles
        west-southwest of Agate and at Castle Pines.  At Denver
        International Airport...2 inches of snow was observed.
        North winds gusted to 46 mph on the 30th.

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