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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.
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