Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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725 NOUS45 KBOU 310859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-312300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT SAT AUG 31 2024 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 31 In 1951...hail as large as 1 3/4 inches in diameter caused an estimated 300 thousand dollars damage in metro Denver. Hail as large as 1 1/2 inches in diameter was measured at Stapleton Airport. In 1978...strong thunderstorm winds tore the roof off an apartment building in Aurora...downed trees...and damaged windows in Denver. A microburst wind gust to 58 mph was recorded at Stapleton International Airport. In 1985...a thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph was clocked at Buckley Field in Aurora. In 1997...hail to 1 1/4 inches in diameter was measured in Aurora. In 2006...a female postal worker was struck and injured by lightning while delivering mail in Westminster. In 2008...lightning struck a home in Brighton...damaging the roof and a bedroom. The damaged totaled 20 thousand dollars. In 2020...a worsening drought that started in the spring of 2020...continued through August. The month of August tied with 2011 for the warmest August on record. It also occurred in the middle of the second warmest summer on record. The combination of hot and dry conditions...in addition to critically dry fuels from years of beetle kill...resulted massive wildfires. The Cameron Peak fire...which became the largest wildfire in the state`s history started on August 13th and continued to burn into October. Smoke from this wildfire in addition to several other large wildfires in Colorado and the West resulted in multiple days of extremely poor air quality. In addition...the air quality in Denver and the entire Front Range had deteriorated severely due to the very warm temperatures and high ozone content... which had spiked significantly. In August...26 days in the month equaled or exceeded 90 degrees. $$