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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
259 AM MDT FRI AUG 30 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.
30    In 1981...60 mph winds were reported in Boulder.
      In 2004...a severe thunderstorm produced hail as large as
        1 inch in diameter in south Aurora near Cherry Creek.
      In 2016...an intense thunderstorm produced very heavy rain
        and hail in Westminster...where radar estimated up to 3.6
        inches of rainfall. Several vehicles were stranded in 2 to
        3 feet of moving water at the intersection of 72nd Ave. and
        Pecos St. Street flooding was also reported on U.S. 36 at
        Pecos St.

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