Kremmling, Colorado

... Today in Metro Denver weather history...

18-21 in 1907... a warm spell resulted in 6 daily temperature
        records. Record maximum temperatures of 82 degrees
        occurred on the 18th with 81 degrees on the 19th and
        80 degrees on the 20th. Record high minimum temperatures
        of 52 degrees occurred on the 19th and 20th with 54
        degrees on the 21st.
19-21 in 1888... heavy snowfall totaled 8.6 inches over downtown
        Denver. North winds were sustained to 27 mph on the 19th.
20-21 in 1878... warm days with high temperatures in the lower
        70's in the city... caused snow to melt on the Palmer
        Divide... which caused the waters in Cherry Creek to rise.
        The high... rapid running water damaged a home and eroded
        bridge footings and abutments. Some bridges became unsafe
        for the passage of trains.
      In 1904... southwest winds sustained to 48 mph with gusts
        to 60 mph warmed the temperature to a high of 68 degrees
        on the 20th. The high was only 42 degrees on the 21st
        behind a cold front... which produced 1.3 inches of snow
        and northeast winds sustained to 27 mph overnight.
      In 1923... Post-frontal rain changed to heavy snow and
        totaled 8.2 inches over the city. North winds were
        sustained to 27 mph with gusts to 29 mph on the 20th.
        This was the second major snow in a week.
      In 1932... rain changed to heavy snow... which totaled 6.2
        inches in downtown Denver. North winds gusted to 22 mph
        on the 21st.
      In 1948... heavy snowfall totaled 7.2 inches over downtown
        Denver.
      In 1952... a major snow storm produced north wind gusts to 35
        mph and dumped 16.9 inches of snowfall on Stapleton
        Airport. The maximum snow depth on the ground was 13
        inches due to melting.
      In 2000... heavy snow fell in and near the foothills of
        Douglas and Jefferson counties. Snowfall totals
        included: 9 inches near Tiny Town and 7 inches in
        Littleton. Snowfall totaled only 1.8 inches at the
        site of the former Stapleton International Airport.
        North winds gusted to 34 mph at Denver International
        Airport on the 20th.
20-22 in 1944... heavy snow fell over Metro Denver for a total of
        36 hours. The storm dumped 18.5 inches of snowfall over
        downtown Denver and 12.2 inches at Stapleton Airport.
        Fortunately... there were no strong winds with the storm.
        North winds to only 19 mph were recorded on the 21st.
21 in 1898... an apparent Canadian cold front produced strong
        winds and plunged temperatures from a high of 56 degrees
        to a low of 8 degrees late in the day. North winds were
        sustained to 48 mph with gusts to 60 mph.
      In 1908... light snowfall of 1.3 inches produced 0.10 inch
        of precipitation. This... along with the 0.01 inch of
        precipitation on the 8th... resulted in the driest March
        on record with a total of 0.11 inch of precipitation.
      In 1916... southwest winds were sustained to 46 mph with a
        gust to 48 mph. The Chinook winds warmed the temperature
        to a high of 62 degrees.
      In 1923... heavy snowfall totaled 8.0 inches in downtown
        Denver.
      In 1953... northwest winds gusting to 57 mph briefly reduced
        visibility to 3/4 miles in blowing dust at Stapleton
        Airport.
      In 1981... rain changed rapidly to snow... but totaled only
        2.8 inches at Stapleton International Airport. North
        winds gusting to 35 mph produced much blowing snow and
        reduced the visibility to a half mile at times. Over the
        higher elevations of south Metro Denver... 4 to 6 inches of
        snow were measured.
21-22 in 1955... wind gusts to 98 mph were recorded at Rocky Flats
        south of Boulder. Some damage and a few minor injuries
        were reported in Boulder. Northwest winds were sustained
        to 28 mph with gusts to 39 mph at Stapleton Airport on the
        22nd.
      In 1966... a vigorous cold front produced only 1.7 inches of
        snowfall at Stapleton International Airport... but northeast
        winds gusted to 49 mph on the 21st. Temperatures cooled
        from a maximum of 66 degrees on the 21st to a minimum of
        14 degrees on the 22nd. Strong winds occurred on both
        days.
      In 1992... an Arctic cold front produced upslope snow across
        Metro Denver mainly west of I-25. Castle Rock reported 6
        inches of snow with 3 inches at Evergreen. At Stapleton
        International Airport... only 1.5 inches of snowfall were
        measured and northeast winds gusted to 18 mph on the 21st.