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000 NOUS45 KBOU 010859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-012300- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 259 AM MDT FRI MAY 01 2009 ...TODAY IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY... 29-2 IN 1954...A MAJOR STORM DUMPED 10.1 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AT STAPLETON AIRPORT. MOST OF THE SNOW...7.5 INCHES...FELL ON THE 29TH AND 30TH. THE MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND WAS 5 INCHES ON THE 30TH DUE TO MELTING. NO STRONG WINDS ACCOMPANIED THE STORM. 30-1 IN 1980...TO THE WEST OF DENVER...HEAVY RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW BURIED THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 7 THOUSAND FEET IN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW. PRECIPITATION IN THE FOOTHILLS RANGED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WHICH CAUSED SOME LOCAL FLOODING. RAIN FELL AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. RAINFALL AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TOTALED 1.05 INCHES FROM THE STORM. 1 IN 1902...NORTHWEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 68 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 74 MPH IN THE CITY DURING THE EARLY MORNING. THE APPARENT VERY STRONG CHINOOK WINDS WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 78 DEGREES. IN 1912...SOUTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 58 MPH. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WERE STRONG ALL AFTERNOON. IN 1935...A MODERATE DUSTSTORM BLEW INTO THE CITY AT AROUND 2:00 PM ON NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 19 MPH. LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...THE DUST RECEDED TO THE EAST IN ADVANCE OF A RAINSTORM FROM THE WEST. IN 1988...VERY STRONG WINDS BEHIND A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PRODUCED A BLINDING DUST STORM THAT CLOSED I-70 EAST OF DENVER. NORTHEAST WINDS OVER METRO DENVER PEAKED TO 45 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...BUT ONLY KICKED UP SOME BLOWING DUST. THE TEMPERATURE PLUNGED FROM A HIGH OF 76 DEGREES AT MIDDAY TO 36 DEGREES AT MIDNIGHT AS LIGHT RAIN CHANGED TO LIGHT SNOW. IN 1991...3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL FELL AT STANDLEY LAKE IN NORTHWEST METRO DENVER. IN 1999...HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPED IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 7 THOUSAND FEET ELEVATION. SNOW TOTALS INCLUDED: 10 INCHES AT ROLLINSVILLE...7 INCHES NEAR CONIFER...AND 6 INCHES ATOP CROW HILL. RAIN FELL ACROSS METRO DENVER. 1-2 IN 1903...POST-FRONTAL RAIN CHANGED TO LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT... BUT TOTALED ONLY 2.0 INCHES. THIS WAS THE LAST SNOW OF THE SEASON. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48 MPH ON THE 1ST. 1-5 IN 1898...SNOWFALL TOTALED 15.5 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. MOST OF THE SNOW...6.2 INCHES...FELL ON THE 3RD. MOST OF THE SNOW MELTED AS IT FELL. THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND WAS ONLY 2.5 INCHES ON THE 3RD AT 8:00 PM. THIS WAS THE ONLY SNOWFALL DURING THE MONTH. NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 22 MPH ON THE 1ST. $$