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Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Issued by NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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159 NOUS45 KBOU 230859 PNSBOU COZ030>051-232300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO 259 AM MDT SUN JUN 23 2024 ...Today in metro Denver weather history... 22-26 In 2012...from the 22nd to the 26th...the maximum temperature exceeded 100 degrees for five consecutive days. Two of the high temperatures on the 25th and 26th peaked at 105 degrees...which set the all time record for the month of June and tied the all-time maximum temperature for Denver. 23 In 1874...a thunderstorm pelted the city with hail and brief heavy rain. Rainfall was 0.30 inch in 10 minutes. Total rainfall was 0.36 inch for the day. Hail to 1/4 inch in diameter destroyed the strawberry fields near the limits of the city. The thunderstorm dropped the temperature from 93 degrees to 80 degrees in 5 minutes. In 1887...north winds were sustained to 42 mph. In 1954...the temperature climbed to a high of 102 degrees... setting a record for the date. In 1962...lightning struck and injured a man near Buffalo... southwest of Denver...while he was riding in the back of a pick-up truck. He suffered multiple bruises...cuts...and shock. In 1965...an apparent tornado was reported 18 miles east of Denver. No damage was reported. In 1975...hail up to 3/4 inch in diameter fell at Stapleton International Airport and over other parts of metro Denver. Four funnel clouds were sighted: 10 miles northeast of Denver...south of Boulder...southeast of Boulder...and south of Aurora. In 1976...heavy rain and eroding water collapsed a retaining wall in Thornton. In 1981...a thunderstorm produced wind gusts to 60 mph in Littleton. In 1982...two separate bolts of lightning injured three men in southwest Denver. Two buildings were slightly damaged. In 1987...severe thunderstorms produced large hail across metro Denver. Golf ball size hail fell in Littleton...near Morrison...and in southeast Aurora with 1 1/2 inch hail recorded in south Lakewood and 1 inch hail reported in Littleton...Arvada...and at Cherry Creek Dam. Two funnel clouds were sighted 20 miles southwest of Stapleton International Airport. In 1993...non-convective high winds developed along the Front Range foothills. Wind gusts to 70 mph were common near the foothills with numerous tree limbs broken by the winds. North winds gusting to 36 mph were recorded at Stapleton International Airport. In 1999...hail as large as 1 inch in diameter was measured in the City of Denver with 3/4 inch hail in Littleton. In 2001...a severe thunderstorm produced large hail in south metro Denver. Hail as large as 1 1/2 inch in diameter fell in Littleton with 1 1/4 inch hail near Sheridan. In 2009...hail up to 1 inch in diameter was observed near Parker. At Denver Interationaal Airport...a total of 1.64 inches was measured in a 24-hr period...setting a new record for the date. In 2014...severe thunderstorms produced large hail near Commerce City and Fort Lupton. The hail sizes ranged from 1 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. In 2016...a severe thunderstorm produced a peak wind gust to 60 mph near Strasburg. $$