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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
259 AM MDT THU APR 4 2024

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

31-4  In 1905...much rain and some snow occurred over the 5 days
        behind an apparent cold front.  Precipitation totaled 2.00
        inches.  There was a thunderstorm on the 3rd.  Snowfall
        totaled 3.0 inches on the 4th.  North winds were sustained
        to 34 mph on the 1st and 2nd and to 30 mph on the 3rd.
        High temperatures during the period ranged from the upper
        30`s to the lower 40`s.  Low temperatures were in the upper
        20`s and lower 30`s.
2-4   In 1934...snowfall totaled 8.2 inches in downtown Denver
        from the afternoon of the 2nd through the early morning
        of the 4th.  Most of the snow...6.8 inches...fell on the 3rd.
        Rain changed to snow behind a strong cold front on the
        afternoon of the 2nd.  The cold front first appeared as a
        long-cigar shaped squall cloud to the north of the city.
        Strong north winds at sustained speeds of 33 mph with
        gusts to 43 mph produced much blowing dust and an abrupt
        fall in temperature...from a high of 68 on the 2nd to a
        low of 22 on the 3rd.
      In 1964...from the 2nd to the 4th...a major storm dumped 10.9
        inches of heavy wet snow on Stapleton International
        Airport where northeast winds gusted to 35 mph.  Most of
        the snow...10.0 inches...fell on the 3rd.
2-5   In 1918...from the 2nd to the 5th...snowfall totaled 12.4
        inches over downtown Denver. Most of the snow fell on the
        3rd and 4th.  Temperatures were in the 20`s and 30`s.
        Northwest winds were sustained to 24 mph on the 2nd.
3-4   In 2017...a storm system brought a period of locally heavy
        snow to portions of the Front Range Foothills. The heaviest
        snowfall occurred in and near the foothills of Clear Creek...
        southern Boulder...northern Jefferson and Gilpin Counties.
        Storm totals included: 16 inches at Eldorado Springs...15
        inches at Echo Lake...14 inches at St. Mary`s Glacier and
        Winter Park Ski Area...13.5 inches at Genesee...13 inches
        near Tiny Town...12.5 inches near Allenspark and Idaho
        Springs and 11 inches near Conifer.  Across the rest of
        the Front Range mountains and foothills...the western
        suburbs of Denver and Boulder...storm totals ranged from
        4 to 8 inches. At Denver Interational Airport...only 0.1
        inch of snowfall was observed.
3-5   In 1996...from the 3rd to the 5th...the foothills west of
        Denver received 6 to 8 inches of new snow.  Only 0.8 inch
        of snow fell at the site of the former Stapleton
        International Airport...along with some freezing drizzle on
        the 4th and 5th.  North-northeast winds gusted to 30 mph
        at Denver International Airport on the 3rd.
3-6   In 1898...from the 3rd to the 6th...snowfall totaled 8.7 inches
        in downtown Denver over the 4 days.  Northeast winds were
        sustained to 48 mph with gusts as high as 60 mph on the
        3rd.
      In 1983...from the 3rd to the 6th...a prolonged heavy snowstorm
        blanketed the area along with very cold temperatures.  The
        greatest amounts of snow fell in the foothills where 24 to
        42 inches were measured.  A foot of snow fell in Boulder.  Snow
        fell for 50 consecutive hours at Stapleton International
        Airport on the 3rd through the 5th with a total snowfall
        of 8.8 inches and a maximum accumulation on the ground of
        6 inches on the 5th.  In Denver...the mercury failed to rise
        above freezing for 3 consecutive days...on the 4th...5th...and
        6th...for the first time ever in April.  Five daily
        temperature records were set from the 4th through the 6th.
        Record low temperatures of 12 degrees occurred on the 5th
        with 7 degrees on the 6th.  Record low maximum temperatures
        of 25 degrees occurred on the 4th...27 degrees on the 5th...
        and 28 degrees on the 6th.
4     In 1888...southwest winds were sustained to 40 mph.
      In 1915...chinook winds from the northwest were sustained
        to 40 mph with gusts to 43 mph.  The winds warmed the
        temperature from a low of 44 degrees to a high of 67
        degrees.
      In 1935...light dust enveloped the city during the day
        on southwest winds sustained to 23 mph with gusts to
        27 mph.
      In 1985...north winds gusted to 53 mph at Stapleton
        International Airport where the visibility was briefly
        reduced to less than a mile by blowing dust and a snow
        shower.
      In 1987...microburst winds gusted to 51 mph at Stapleton
        International Airport.
      In 1997...heavy snow developed over western portions of metro
        Denver and along the Palmer Divide.  As a strong surface
        low pressure system intensified over the plains...moist
        upslope flow developed across metro Denver producing
        strong north winds at 20 to 40 mph and some blowing snow.
        Snowfall totaled 12 inches at Conifer with 4 to 7 inches
        at Crowhill...Evergreen...and Morrison.  Thunderstorm rain
        changed to snow across the city with 2.0 inches of snowfall
        measured at the site of the former Stapleton International
        Airport where precipitation (rain and melted snow) totaled
        0.70 inch.  North-northwest winds gusted to 43 mph at Denver
        International Airport.
4-5   In 1900...from the 4th to the 5th...rain changed to heavy snow
        and totaled 7.8 inches in downtown Denver overnight.  A
        thunderstorm on the 4th produced hail.  Precipitation
        totaled 1.50 inches.
      In 1911...north to northwest winds were sustained to 42 mph
        on the 4th and to 41 mph on the 5th.
      In 2002...from the 4th to the 5th...a whitish-colored haze
        engulfed metro Denver on both days.  The haze was the result
        of a huge windstorm that kicked up dust and sand from the
        Gobi Desert in Mongolia and China during the latter half
        of March.  Westerly winds aloft transported the dust cloud
        across the Pacific Ocean and over the western United
        States...depositing some of it on Colorado.
      In 2009...from the 4th to the 5th...a blizzard developed over
        the northeast plains of Colorado.  Most of the Urban
        Corridor was spared from the blizzard...with the exception
        of eastern Adams and eastern Arapahoe Counties.  The
        combination of strong wind and heavy snow snapped 14 power
        lines along State Highway 36...near Strasburg.  In Arapahoe
        County...7 poles were snapped in Bennett.  Interstate 70 was
        closed in both directions east of Denver.  At Denver
        International Airport...a peak wind gust of 63 mph was
        observed from the north...breaking the previous record of
        62 mph established in 1986. Officially...only 0.3 inches of
        snowfall was measured at Denver International Airport.
4-7   In 1909...post-frontal rain changed to heavy snow on the
        afternoon of the 4th and continued through mid-morning of
        the 7th.  Total snowfall was 18.7 inches...but most of the
        snow...14.0 inches...fell from 6:00 PM on the 4th to 6:00 PM
        on the 5th.  North to northeast winds were sustained to
        32 mph on the 4th and to 30 mph on the 7th.  Total
        precipitation from the storm was 1.78 inches.

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