Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Areas of fog and freezing drizzle after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday
Cloudy. Much colder. Areas of fog through the day. Areas of freezing drizzle in the morning. Areas of drizzle in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. East winds 10 to 15 mph in the morning becoming light.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 2:59 am MST on November 18, 2008
... Today in Metro Denver weather history...
14-18 in 1964... the first measurable snowfall of the season totaled 6.0 inches at Stapleton International Airport where northeast winds gusted to 32 mph on the 14th. Most of the snow... 4.2 inches... fell on the 14th. This was the only measurable snow of the month. 16-18 in 1921... heavy snowfall totaled 6.5 inches over downtown Denver. This was the only measurable snow of the month. East winds were sustained to 14 mph on the 17th. 17-18 in 1869... the heaviest wind storm in 5 or 6 years raked the eastern foothills including Boulder... Denver... Georgetown... and Golden. Some hundreds of dollars in damage occurred in Boulder. 18 in 1872... fresh west winds contributed to the relative humidity dipping to zero at 2:43 PM. The maximum temperature was 54 degrees. In 1907... heavy snowfall totaled 6.0 inches over downtown Denver. Snow fell all day. North winds were sustained to 19 mph. In 1915... northwest winds were sustained to 42 mph with gusts as high as 48 mph. It was windy most of the day. In 1996... high winds struck the foothills west of Denver. Wind gusts ranged from 70 to 75 mph. A few power lines were downed... but no major outages were reported. In 1998... strong downslope winds developed during the morning. Wind gusts reached a peak of 72 mph at Jefferson County Airport near Broomfield. West winds gusted to 41 mph at Denver International Airport. In 1999... high winds developed in and near the Front Range foothills. The strong winds downed power lines... which sparked several small brush fires. In Broomfield... scaffolding was damaged at the Wadsworth Recreation Center... while flying rocks broke several windows at a local bank building. Peak wind gusts included: 91 mph atop Blue Mountain near Wondervu... 88 mph atop the gamow tower on the University of Colorado Campus in Boulder... 83 mph at Jefferson County Airport... 81 mph at the National center for atmospheric research Mesa lab above Boulder... and 80 mph at Wondervu. West-northwest winds gusted to 48 mph at Denver International Airport. 18-19 in 1975... snowfall totaled only 5.5 inches and north winds gusted to 35 mph causing some blowing snow at Stapleton International Airport... while a major blizzard struck southeastern Colorado. In 1985... 4 to 7 inches of snow fell across Metro Denver. Snowfall totaled 4.4 inches at Stapleton International Airport where north winds gusted to 23 mph. In 1991... another strong winter storm produced heavy snow over Metro Denver. Snowfall totaled 9.5 inches at Stapleton International Airport with 9 inches at Parker... and 8 inches in southeast Denver... Morrison... and Wheat Ridge. This second storm brought the 5 day (15th-19th) snowfall total at Stapleton International Airport to 21.1 inches. The greatest depth of snow on the ground was 13 inches on the morning of the 19th. The adverse effects of the two storms were diminished by the lack of significant winds. 18-20 in 1930... a major storm dumped a total of 13.6 inches of snowfall over downtown Denver. Most of the snow... 9.4 inches... fell on the 19th when north winds were sustained to 23 mph. This was the only measurable snow of the month. Temperatures hovered in the 20's and lower 30's. In 1956... an intense winter storm dumped 12.8 inches of snowfall on Metro Denver. Strong north-northeast winds gusting to 33 mph at Stapleton Airport frequently reduced the visibility to 1/2 mile in snow and blowing snow on the 19th. Most of the snowfall... 10.7 inches... occurred on the 19th.