Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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315 NOUS45 KBOU 250859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-252300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT SUN AUG 25 2024 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 19-30 In 1875...grasshoppers appeared in great numbers at 10:00 AM on the 19th and continued through the 30th. Thousands landed on the ground. The streets were literally covered with them. Swarms of grasshoppers were seen on each day. All gardens in the city were devastated...and in the countryside the grasshoppers were very destructive to ripened grain. On the 30th the grasshoppers were so numerous as to almost darken the sun. 24-26 In 1910...the lowest temperature ever recorded in August...40 degrees...occurred on the 24th...25th and 26th...as well as on August 22...1904. The unusually cold weather for so early in the season brought sub-freezing minimum temperatures to much of the Colorado northeastern plains. 25 In 1951...a microburst produced a southwest wind gust to 50 mph at Stapleton Airport. Only a trace of rain was observed. In 1964...thunderstorm winds gusted to 59 mph and caused some blowing dust at Stapleton International Airport. In 1994...lightning struck a power pole in Louisville and caused a two-hour power outage. In 2008...an unoccupied home was struck by lightning in Aurora... causing 75 thousand dollars in damage to the roof. $$