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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.

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