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000 NOUS45 KBOU 090145 PNSBOU COZ030>051-092300- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 645 PM MST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...THIS WEEK IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY... 6 INCHES IN DENVER...DOUBLEHEADER...ELDORADO SPRINGS... MORRISON...AND PINE JUNCTION. SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.8 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 33 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 13TH. 14 IN 1918...SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 41 MPH WITH A MEASURED EXTREME VELOCITY TO 46 MPH. IN 1987...METRO DENVER RECEIVED ONLY 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW... BUT THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF BOULDER RECEIVED UP TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.2 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH. IN 1988...WINDS GUSTED TO 81 MPH AT ECHO LAKE. IN 2002...HIGH WINDS DEVELOPED IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS GUSTED TO 84 MPH... 11 MILES NORTH OF CENTRAL CITY. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 43 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 14-15 IN 1960...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.1 INCHES AT STAPLETON AIRPORT. IN 1965...5.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BEHIND A COLD FRONT. NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 32 MPH. WINDS WERE STRONG AND GUSTY ALL DAY AND CAUSED CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW...CONTRIBUTING TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAINLY TO THE EAST OF DENVER. IN 1984...A SNOW AND WIND STORM HOWLED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO CLOSING I-70 EAST OF DENVER. THIS WAS THE SECOND BLIZZARD IN LESS THAN 4 DAYS. ONLY 0.5 INCH OF NEW SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BUT NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 51 MPH. 15 IN 1881...THE TEMPERATURE PLUNGED TO A LOW OF 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN THE CITY. IN OUTER AREAS OF THE CITY...THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 26.5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. IN 1910...WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH. IN 1986...HIGH WINDS BATTERED THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. A WIND GUST TO 95 MPH WAS RECORDED IN BOULDER...BUT WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH WERE COMMON IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. IN AURORA...AN AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP LOST A LARGE PLATE GLASS WINDOW. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 44 MPH WERE RECORDED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE STRONG WINDS WARMED TEMPERATURES. A RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES AND A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES WERE RECORDED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN 1988...WINDS TO 75 MPH WERE CLOCKED IN BOULDER...WHILE A WEST WIND GUST TO ONLY 41 MPH WAS RECORDED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN 1997...WINDS GUSTED TO 75 MPH AT GOLDEN GATE CANYON DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 31 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN 2000...HIGH WINDS SPREAD FROM THE FOOTHILLS ONTO THE PLAINS. WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF METRO DENVER...WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 58 MPH IN THORNTON AND TO 54 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN 2005...LIGHT PRECIPITATION OF ONLY 0.02 INCH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND 0.5 INCH WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE MONTH. THIS RANKED THE MONTH AS THE 2ND DRIEST FEBRUARY OF RECORD. 15-16 IN 1889...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 6.7 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. MOST OF THE SNOW...5.5 INCHES...FELL ON THE 15TH WHEN NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 18 MPH. IN 1921...STRONG BORA WINDS COOLED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FROM THE 60`S ON THE PREVIOUS 3 DAYS TO 54 DEGREES ON THE 15TH AND TO 43 DEGREES ON THE 16TH. WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 54 MPH ON THE 15TH AND TO 46 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 56 MPH ON THE 16TH. IN 1953...STRONG...COLD NORTHWEST WINDS WERE WIDESPREAD FROM THE FOOTHILLS ACROSS THE PLAINS. NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS WERE OBSERVED IN BOULDER. A WIND GUST TO 54 MPH WAS RECORDED AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE BLOWING DUST BRIEFLY REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO 1 1/2 MILES. DAMAGE WAS MINOR. IN 1993...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHED SOUTH OVER THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS WITH UPSLOPE SNOW DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WERE COMMON OVER METRO DENVER. AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SNOWFALL TOTALED 4.5 INCHES AND NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 25 MPH. TEMPERATURES HOVERED ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR MOST OF THE DAY. THE STORM PRODUCED UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO. IN 2006...OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN FOOTHILLS CONTAINED A LOT OF RED DUST AND DIRT APPARENTLY FROM ARIZONA. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 100 MPH IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ON THE 15TH CREATED WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST. THIS RED DUST BECAME ENTRAINED IN SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA. THE REDDISH COLORED SNOW WAS REPORTED IN WARD...NEDERLAND...BLACKHAWK...AND BOULDER. THE STORM PRODUCED ONLY 0.9 INCH OF SNOWFALL IN THE STAPLETON AREA OF DENVER WITH 4 TO 5 INCHES MEASURED IN THE FOOTHILLS. 15-17 IN 1938...A COLD AIR MASS BROUGHT A LIGHT SNOWFALL OF 6.2 INCHES OVER 3 DAYS TO DOWNTOWN DENVER WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 18 MPH ON THE 15TH. 8-9 IN 1992...A MAJOR BLIZZARD STRUCK METRO DENVER. THE STORM WAS PRECEDED BY THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL DURING THE AFTERNOON OF THE 8TH. BY EVENING...WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT...SNOW BEGAN FALLING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 52 MPH PRODUCED NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS METRO DENVER. BY THE MORNING OF THE 9TH...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT AND A HALF WERE REPORTED WITH DRIFTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET. MANY ROADS WERE CLOSED INCLUDING I-70 EAST OF DENVER AND I-25 BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF DENVER. MANY HOMES AND STORES WERE TEMPORARILY WITHOUT POWER. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS INCLUDED: 18 INCHES AT CONIFER...13 INCHES IN BOULDER AND DENVER...12 INCHES AT BRIGHTON AND MORRISON...AND 10 INCHES AT AURORA. SNOWFALL TOTALED 12.4 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 52 MPH REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. IN 2002...HIGH WINDS OCCURRED IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER. WINDS GUSTED TO 95 MPH NEAR FRITZ PEAK AND TO 73 MPH NEAR NEDERLAND. 8-10 IN 1989...UNUSUALLY WARM WEATHER SET FOUR DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS IN DENVER. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES ON THE 8TH EXCEEDED THE RECORD. RECORDS WERE EQUALED ON THE 9TH WITH A HIGH OF 77 DEGREES AND THE 10TH WITH A HIGH OF 79 DEGREES. THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 42 DEGREES ON THE 10TH SET A NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE DATE. 9 IN 1918...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 44 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 52 MPH OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IN 1960...WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 51 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT. IN 1980...HIGH WINDS WERE RECORDED IN THE FOOTHILLS WITH A WIND GUST TO 84 MPH AT WONDERVU. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 38 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN 1982...STRONG CHINOOK WINDS BUFFETED THE FOOTHILLS IN BOULDER. WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 90 MPH TOPPLED A MICROWAVE DISH ANTENNA AND BLEW THE SHELL OFF A CAMPER. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 47 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN 1986...HIGH WINDS IN THE FOOTHILLS WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED AT GOLDEN GATE CANYON AND IN BOULDER. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 35 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 9-10 IN 1904...STRONG CHINOOK WINDS RAKED THE CITY FOR 2 DAYS. ON THE 9TH...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 53 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 62 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 55 DEGREES. ON THE 10TH...WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 48 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 54 MPH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 58 DEGREES. IN 2013...A STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO AREAS IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS WHERE STORM TOTALS INCLUDED: 13 INCHES AT BERTHOUD PASS SNOTEL...12 INCHES AT ARAPAHOE RIDGE; 11 INCHES...5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLDEN; 10.5 INCHES NEAR KITTRIDGE; 10 INCHES AT LAKE ELDORA AND PINE JUNCTION; 9.5 INCHES NEAR CONIFER...9 INCHES...NEAR BAILEY AND 9 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF NEDERLAND...JOE WRIGHT AND STRONTIA SPRINGS. ALONG THE URBAN CORRIDOR...SOME STORM TOTALS INCLUDED: 8.5 INCHES AT HIGHLANDS RANCH AND NEAR MORRISON; 8 INCHES IN ARVADA; 7 INCHES...5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WESTMINSTER; 6.5 INCHES AT CENTENNIEL...LONE TREE AND WHEAT RIDGE; 6 INCHES IN WEST DENVER...HYGIENE...LYONS AND THORNTON...5.5 INCHES IN BROOMFIELD; WITH 5 INCHES IN AURORA AND THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AND NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO...STORM TOTALS RANGED ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 10 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WIND PRODUCED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND FORCED THE CLOSURE OF INTERSTATE 70 EAST OF DENVER. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH PRODUCED NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES AND SNOWPACKED ROADS. SNOWDRIFTS FROM 2 TO 4 FEET DEEP WERE REPORTED. AS A RESULT...MANY OF THE ROADWAYS BECAME IMPASSABLE. OFFICIALLY...DENVER INTERNATIONAL RECORED 5.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON THE 9TH. IN ADDITION...A PEAK WIND GUST TO 38 MPH WAS OBSERVED FROM THE NORTH. 9-11 IN 1927...RAIN CHANGED TO HEAVY SNOW BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND TOTALED 7.7 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 37 MPH WITH AN EXTREME VELOCITY TO 38 MPH ON THE 11TH. IN 1955...A STRONG WINDSTORM RAKED THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS. A WIND GUST TO 95 MPH WAS RECORDED AT ROCKY FLATS WITH A GUST TO 60 MPH MEASURED AT VALMONT. DAMAGE IN BOULDER TOTALED 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS. MINOR INJURIES ALSO OCCURRED. THE STRONG WINDS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT THAT PRODUCED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 52 MPH AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE THE VISIBILITY WAS BRIEFLY REDUCED TO 3/4 MILE IN BLOWING DUST ON THE 10TH. IN 1968...5.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 24 MPH ON THE 10TH. 9-19 IN 1906...AN EXTENDED COLD AND BLUSTERY PERIOD OCCURRED WITH LIGHT SNOW TOTALING 14.4 INCHES OVER 11 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SNOW ON A SINGLE DAY WAS 4.0 INCHES ON THE 15TH. ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW FELL ON THE 12TH AND 17TH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW FREEZING FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD. THE COLDEST WERE 14 DEGREES ON THE 16TH AND 18 DEGREES ON THE 17TH. BOTH READINGS WERE RECORD LOW MAXIMUMS FOR THE DATES. LOW TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. THE COLDEST WERE 2 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 16TH AND 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 19TH. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 22 MPH ON THE 9TH. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 36 MPH ON THE 10TH...32 MPH ON THE 13TH...AND 22 MPH ON THE 15TH. 10 IN 1893...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 48 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE CITY. IN 1948...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WARMED TO ONLY 6 DEGREES... THE ALL-TIME RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. THE SAME READING ALSO OCCURRED ON MARCH 6...1920. IN 1970...5.0 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 21 MPH. 10-11 IN 1886...SNOWFALL OF 3.5 INCHES WAS MEASURED IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. APPARENT POST-FRONTAL NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 43 MPH ON THE 11TH. IN 1977...A MAJOR BLIZZARD STRUCK METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.0 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS AT SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH FREQUENTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS. MOST OF THE SNOW...7.7 INCHES...FELL ON THE 10TH. THE SNOW ENDED BY DAYBREAK ON THE 11TH...BUT STRONG NORTH WINDS PERSISTED THROUGH THE DAY. IN 1988...A LATE WINTER STORM PRODUCED HEAVY SNOW AND WIND... MAINLY NORTH OF DENVER. WIND GUSTS REACHED 62 MPH AT KEENESBURG AND PRODUCED A LOT OF BLOWING SNOW...CLOSING SCHOOLS IN SOUTHWEST WELD COUNTY. THE STORM CLOSED I-70 EAST OF DENVER. ONLY 1.1 INCH OF SNOW FELL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BUT NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 39 MPH. 10-12 IN 1924...SNOWFALL WAS HEAVY AND TOTALED 9.9 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 18 MPH ON THE 11TH. IN 2001...HEAVY SNOW FELL OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO AND METRO DENVER WHEN A COMBINATION OF UPSLOPE WINDS AND CONVECTIVE SNOW BANDS FORMED OVER THE AREA. STORM TOTALS INCLUDED: 11 INCHES AT THE ELDORA SKI RESORT; 10 INCHES AT GENESEE; 8 INCHES AT ELIZABETH...ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN...NEAR SEDALIA... AND AT STRASBURG; 7 INCHES NEAR CASTLE ROCK AND EVERGREEN; AND 6 INCHES IN AURORA...ATOP CROW HILL...AND IN PARKER. ELSEWHERE ACROSS METRO DENVER...SNOWFALL RANGED FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH 3.9 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 28 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 10TH. 11 IN 1896...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 56 MPH. IN 1991...THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ACROSS METRO DENVER. BLOWING DUST REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO 2 MILES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 49 MPH. A BLIZZARD ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO CLOSED I-70 FROM WATKINS TO THE EAST...BUT DENVER ESCAPED THE STORM WITH ONLY A TRACE OF SNOWFALL. 11-12 IN 1929...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 9.3 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 31 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 34 MPH ON THE 11TH. IN 1947...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 7.0 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 15 MPH ON THE 11TH. IN 1963...SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.8 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 25 MPH ON THE 11TH. IN 1993...A STRONG STORM DUMPED HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW OVER METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 3.6 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 35 MPH. 12 IN 1893...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 44 MPH. IN 1952...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WERE RECORDED AT STAPLETON AIRPORT WHERE 3.2 INCHES OF SNOW ALSO FELL. IN 1954...STRONG WINDS RAKED METRO DENVER ALL DAY PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING DUST...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW. AT STAPLETON AIRPORT...NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH WERE RECORDED. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 0.4 INCHES. IN 1982...A WINDSTORM HIT THE FOOTHILLS FROM BOULDER NORTH. THE HIGHEST RECORDED WIND GUST OF 90 MPH OCCURRED IN BOULDER. WIND GUSTS TO 47 MPH WERE RECORDED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN 1985...ONLY 1.0 INCH OF SNOW FELL IN DENVER...BUT STRONG WINDS PRODUCED NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND CAUSED THE CLOSURE OF I-70 FROM AURORA TO LIMON FOR AN HOUR IN THE EVENING. NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 38 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN 1999...HEAVY SNOW FELL IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. SNOWFALL TOTALS INCLUDED: 8.5 INCHES AT GENESEE...6 INCHES ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVERGREEN... 4.5 INCHES IN BOULDER...4 INCHES IN LITTLETON...AND ONLY 2.2 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 12-13 IN 2005...A WINTER STORM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN METRO DENVER OVERNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL INCLUDED: 15 INCHES IN JAMESTOWN...13 INCHES NEAR BLACKHAWK...11 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF BOULDER AND NEAR NEDERLAND...10.5 INCHES AT GROSS RESERVOIR...9.5 INCHES AT ELDORADO SPRINGS...9 INCHES AT ROXBOROUGH PARK... 8.5 INCHES NEAR LONGMONT...8 INCHES IN BOULDER...7.5 INCHES AT CENTENNIAL...7 INCHES IN LOUISVILLE...3.3 INCHES AT DENVER STAPLETON. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MPH ON THE 12TH BEFORE THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT AND NORTH WINDS GUSTED 31 MPH ON THE 13TH. 12-16 IN 1880...A PROTRACTED COLD SPELL RESULTED IN 8 TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEING SET. RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE DATE WERE SET WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 13TH AND 14TH...8 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 12TH AND 15TH...AND 4 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 16TH. DAILY RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET WITH 11 DEGREES ON THE 12TH...12 DEGREES ON THE 13TH...AND 19 DEGREES ON THE 15TH. 13 IN 1973...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 51 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE STRONG WINDS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY VIRGA AND A VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOWER. IN 1990...4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS METRO DENVER WITH 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS. MORRISON REPORTED 9 INCHES; EVERGREEN...11 INCHES; AND ASPEN SPRINGS...14 INCHES FROM THE STORM. BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAUSED 2-HOUR DELAYS AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE ONLY 5.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AND NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 21 MPH. 13-14 IN 1996...A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO DUMPED HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND ACROSS METRO DENVER WHERE SNOWFALL RANGED FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. A FOOT OF NEW SNOW WAS MEASURED AT NEDERLAND WITH 11 INCHES AT CONIFER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.0 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 30 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 13TH. 13-15 IN 1906...SNOWFALL TOTALED 8.0 INCHES OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER. 14 IN 1873...A BRISK WEST WIND BLEW A PERFECT GALE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN 1898...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 52 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 62 MPH. IN 1899...WEST BORA WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. IN 1902...WEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48 MPH. IN 1913...STRONG WINDS ALL DAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT MADE FOR A BLUSTERY COLD DAY AS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO ONLY 25 DEGREES AFTER A LOW OF 19 DEGREES. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 51 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW FELL. IN 1920...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 43 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 67 DEGREES. IN 1923...HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 8.5 INCHES FELL IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 25 MPH. IN 1947...HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.8 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 17 MPH. IN 1971...A WIND GUST TO 51 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS IN BOULDER. IN 1989...A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT PRODUCED WEST WIND GUSTS TO 59 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN 2002...HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER COUNTY WITH 9 INCHES MEASURED NEAR JAMESTOWN AND 7 INCHES NEAR NEDERLAND. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 2.9 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 29 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 14-16 IN 1908...A WARM SPELL RESULTED IN DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ON 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS: 54 DEGREES ON THE 14TH...52 DEGREES ON THE 15TH...AND 56 DEGREES ON THE 16TH... ALSO THE ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 65 DEGREES ON THE 14TH TO 72 DEGREES ON THE 16TH. IN 1983...A HEAVY WET SNOWSTORM BURIED METRO DENVER WITH THE FOOTHILLS RECEIVING THE MOST. CONIFER RECORDED 34 INCHES OF SNOW WITH 4 FEET MEASURED AT COAL CREEK CANYON IN THE FOOTHILLS NORTHWEST OF DENVER. THE STORM LEFT 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS METRO DENVER. BOULDER RECEIVED 12 TO 18 INCHES. FLIGHT OPERATIONS AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WERE LIMITED TO ONE RUNWAY FOR A TIME. SOME ROADS AND SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED...AND POWER OUTAGES OCCURRED WHEN WET SNOW DOWNED LINES. SNOWFALL ON THE 15TH AND 16TH TOTALED 7.2 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 30 MPH. MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND WAS ONLY 6 INCHES DUE TO MELTING. 15 IN 1902...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 54 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. IN 1920...SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48 MPH. THE STRONG BUT COLD DOWNSLOPE WINDS WARMED THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TO ONLY 35 DEGREES. IN 1935...STRONG WINDS HOWLED ACROSS BOULDER. AT VALMONT A WIND GUST TO 60 MPH WAS RECORDED. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. IN 2006...STRONG WINDS RANGING FROM 60 TO 75 MPH WERE REPORTED IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER COUNTY. IN LONGMONT... TWO TREES TOPPLED BY THE STRONG WINDS DAMAGED A CAR. WINDS GUSTED TO 75 MPH AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH MESA LABORATORY IN BOULDER. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 52 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 15-16 IN 2000...HEAVY UPSLOPE SNOWFALL OCCURRED IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE TO THE SOUTH OF METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE STORM INCLUDED: 17 INCHES AT IDAHO SPRINGS; 16 INCHES AT ASPEN SPRINGS; 12 INCHES IN BOULDER; 11 INCHES AT BAILEY... CHIEF HOSA...COAL CREEK CANYON...ELDORADO SPRINGS...EVERGREEN... AND NEAR MORRISON; 10 INCHES AT INTERCANYON...KEN CARYL RANCH...AND NEAR NEDERLAND; 9 INCHES NEAR SEDALIA AND IN WHEAT RIDGE; AND 8 INCHES IN ARVADA. SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.4 INCHES AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTED TO 28 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE 15TH. $$
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