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

9-10 in 2005... a major winter storm brought heavy... wet snowfall to the Front Range mountains... eastern foothills... portions of Metro Denver and the Palmer Divide. Snow accumulations ranged from 8 to 26 inches... with drifts from 3 to 4 feet in places. The heaviest snow occurred to the east and southeast of the city... which closed most major Highways in that area... including I-70 from Denver to Limon. The Red Cross opened four shelters for people who were stranded along I-70 in eastern Colorado. Since many trees had not yet shed their leaves... the storm caused significant tree damage. One woman in Denver was killed... when a tree branch... 8 to 10 inches in diameter... snapped under the weight of the heavy... wet snow and struck her as she was shoveling her driveway. Xcel energy reported power outages to about 35 thousand customers. Several incoming flights were delayed at Denver International Airport. Snow totals included: 16
inches in the foothills near Boulder... 12 inches at Genesee and near Golden... 22 inches near Watkins... 19 inches near Bennett... 17 inches southeast of Aurora... 14 inches near Parker... 13 inches near Castle Rock... 12 inches in Centennial...
11 inches in Parker... and 10 inches at Denver International Airport and in Littleton. While many areas of Metro Denver received heavy snow... others experienced almost entirely rain. This included west and northwest Metro Denver... Boulder... and Longmont. Rainfall amounts were significant as storm totals ranged between 1.50 and 2.50 inches. The steady rainfall triggered 3 Rock slides in foothills canyons. Two of The Slides occurred on Colorado Highway 119 in Boulder Canyon... and the longest slide... 7 feet in length... on Colorado
Highway 74 in Bear Creek Canyon at Idledale. North winds were sustained to around 23 mph with gusts to 31 mph at Denver International Airport on the 9th. The high temperature of only 34 degrees on the 10th was a record low maximum for the date. The low temperature on both days was 32 degrees.
10 in 1901... an evening thunderstorm produced east winds to 43 mph with gusts to 48 mph.
In 1949... strong winds believed to be the worst in Boulder's history at the time caused over 100 thousand dollars damage in Boulder. Peak winds were estimated to 85 mph at Valmont... just east of Boulder. High winds also occurred over most of Metro Denver and caused damage to trees... window glass... and utility lines. The damage was most pronounced over the northwest Metro area... including north Denver and Lakewood. Falling tree branches caused damage to parked autos and houses. Wind gusts to 70 mph were recorded at Stapleton Airport.
In 1964... lightning struck and killed a 13 year old boy... while he was riding his bicycle along a tree-lined residential street in south Denver. Micro-burst winds gusted to 54 mph at Stapleton International Airport.
10-11 in 1986... the first significant snowstorm of the season produced 2 to 5 inches of snow over Metro Denver with 5 to 10 inches in the foothills west of Denver. Wondervu recorded the most snow from the storm... 13 inches. The heavy wet snow caused numerous power outages. The storm was accompanied by strong north winds with gusts to 41 mph recorded on the 10th. The first snowfall of the season totaled 3.1 inches at Stapleton International Airport... with only one inch on the ground due to melting. The strong cold front accompanying the storm cooled the temperature from a high of 73 degrees on the 10th to a high of only 33 degrees on the 11th... which was a record low maximum for the date.
10-12 in 1969... the second heavy snowstorm in less than a week dumped nearly a foot of snow across Metro Denver and plunged the area into extremely cold temperatures for so early in the season. Snowfall totaled 11.0 inches at
Stapleton International Airport. North winds gusting to 26 mph produced drifts up to 2 feet deep. Temperatures dipped from a high of 52 degrees on the 10th to a record low for the date of 10 degrees on the 12th. There was additional damage to trees and power and telephone lines from heavy snow accumulations and icing. Travel was restricted or blocked by drifting snow in both the mountains and on the plains east of Denver.