Breckenridge, Colorado

... This week in Metro Denver weather history...

1-7 in 1978... the temperature reached 90 degrees or more on seven
        consecutive days with the highest temperature... 94 degrees...
        recorded on both the 4th and 6th.
5-9 in 1988... layers of smoke aloft from large Forest fires in
        Yellowstone National Park completely obliterated the sun
        at times. At Stapleton International Airport... surface
        visibility was reduced at times to 5 and 6 miles in smoke.
7 in 1875... the creeks were running dangerously high during
        the night from heavy rains in the mountains.
      In 1885... a thunderstorm produced very white hail of irregular
        shape and about the size of beans. Precipitation was
        only 0.10 inch.
      In 1971... a vigorous cold front accompanied by a thunderstorm
        produced wind gusts to 48 mph at Stapleton International
        Airport and much upslope cloudiness and light rain across
        Metro Denver.
      In 1989... widespread thunderstorms produced lightning strikes
        that knocked out power to about 13 thousand homes in Boulder
        County. In a rugged area stripped of vegetation by a Forest
        fire earlier in July... heavy rain triggered mud slides that
        destroyed one home and severely damaged another in Boulder
        Canyon 10 miles west of Boulder. In one home... the mud
        caved in an exterior wall and poured into the residence
        only seconds after 2 people had evacuated the premises.
        Rainfall totaled 1 to 3 inches. Hail 1 3/4 inches in
        diameter fell in Nederland... Idaho Springs... a