Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Grand Junction, CO

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
PRELIMINARY RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
259 PM MDT THU APR 18 2013

...ADDITIONAL RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING...

IN WESTERN COLORADO...

4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAIG, THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 5. THIS SET A
NEW RECORD LOW, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 18, SET IN 1983.

AT MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 17. THIS SET A
NEW RECORD LOW, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 19, SET IN 1941.

AT MONTROSE, THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 16. THIS SET A NEW RECORD LOW,
BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 18, SET IN 1920.

AT STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 5. THIS SET A NEW
RECORD LOW, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 7, SET IN 1937.


IN EASTERN UTAH...

AT THE NEEDLES DISTRICT AT CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, THE LOW
TEMPERATURE WAS 24. THIS TIED THE RECORD LOW, LAST SET IN 1978.

AT CEDAR POINT, THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 19. THIS SET A NEW RECORD
LOW, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 20, SET IN 1978.

AT NATURAL BRIDGES, THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 20. THIS SET A NEW
RECORD LOW, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 23, SET IN 2006.


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