DENVER WEATHER SUMMARY FOR 2000
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
114 PM MST WED JAN 03 2001

           ...DENVER'S WEATHER SUMMARY FOR 2000...

THE YEAR 2000 FEATURED A WIDE RANGE IN TEMPERATURES WITH THE HOTTEST 
TEMPERATURE MEASURED AT 101 DEGREES ON JULY 6TH AND THE COLDEST DAY  
OF THE YEAR...A -2 DEGREES REGISTERED ON BOTH DECEMBER 11TH AND 
21ST. IRONICALLY...NEITHER THE HIGH NOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
YEAR WERE RECORD SETTERS.  THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WAS THE NEW 
RECORD FOR NUMBER OF 90 DEGREES SET IN A YEAR.  DURING 2000...THE 
HOT SUMMER MONTHS HAD 61 DAYS OF 90 DEGREES OR WARMER WHICH SET A 
RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER...THE OLD 
RECORD WAS 60 DAYS IN 1994.  IN CONTRAST NOVEMBER 2000 LANDED IN THE 
RECORD BOOKS AS THE 2ND COLDEST NOVEMBER IN DENVER HISTORY.  DURING 
THAT MONTH...TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW NORMAL FOR 23 OF THE 30 DAYS.  
SOME MORE IRONY...JUST THE YEAR BEFORE...NOVEMBER 1999 FINISHED AS 
THE 2ND WARMEST NOVEMBER IN DENVER HISTORY.  FROM JANUARY THROUGH 
OCTOBER THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL. THE BELOW NORMAL 
NOVEMBER 2000 ENDED A STREAK OF 13 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS WITH ABOVE 
NORMAL TEMPERATURES.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR...50.9 
DEGREES...WAS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THIS WAS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO 
GETTING IN TO THE TOP TEN IN EITHER COLDEST OR WARMEST YEARS. DURING 
THE YEAR...THERE 14 NEW RECORDS EITHER SET OR TIED.  THE WARMEST 
YEAR ON RECORD WAS 1934 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 54.8 DEGREES AND THE 
COLDEST WAS IN 1912 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 47.8 DEGREES.  AUGUST WAS THE 
6TH WARMEST AUGUST AND JULY TIED AS THE 5TH WARMEST JULY.

THE PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR WAS 14.55 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.56 BELOW 
NORMAL.  THE WETTEST MONTH WAS MAY WITH 3.08 INCHES FOLLOWED CLOSELY 
BY AUGUST WITH 3.06 INCHES. THE DRIEST MONTH WAS FEBRUARY WITH 0.23 
INCH WHICH BARLEY EDGED OUT JANUARY WITH 0.24 INCH.  THE WETTEST 
YEAR WAS 1967 WITH 23.31 INCHES AND THE DRIEST YEAR WAS 1954 WITH 
7.51 INCHES. 

SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL FOR THE LAST SEASON (07/01/99 - 06/30/00) 
AND HAS STARTED BELOW NORMAL FOR THE CURRENT SEASON (07/01/00 - 
12/31/00).  THE TOTAL FOR LAST SEASON WAS 45.6 INCHES WHICH WAS 14.7 
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.  FOR THE CURRENT SEASON...THE TOTAL HAS BEEN 
13.4 INCHES WHICH IS 8.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.  THE TOTAL FOR THE 
CALENDAR YEAR 2000 WAS 37.3 INCHES WHICH WAS 23 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
THE SNOWIEST SNOW SEASON WAS 1908-1909 WITH 118.0 INCHES. THE LEAST 
SNOWIEST SEASON 1888-1889 WITH 20.8 INCHES.  THE 1.8 INCHES THAT 
FELL IN FEBRUARY 2000 TIED AS THE 9TH LEAST SNOWIEST DENVER 
FEBRUARYS.
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            ...DENVER WEATHER STATISTICS FOR 2000...
               
   ----------TEMPERATURE---------      PCPN   SNOW HEATING COOLING
    AVG  AVG   MONTH  MONTH  EXTREMES         FALL  DEGREE  DEGREE
    MAX  MIN    AVG   NORM   HIGH LOW                DAYS    DAYS

JAN 46.3 19.7   33.0  28.2    64    4   0.24   6.2     984     0  JAN
FEB 53.6 24.7   39.2  32.3    68   14   0.23   1.8     744     0  FEB
MAR 53.5 27.3   40.4  38.0    73   14   1.96  11.3     754     0  MAR
APR 66.0 33.6   49.8  46.8    82   16   0.71   4.6     448     0  APR
MAY 74.8 43.6   59.2  55.9    92   23   3.08   0.0     215    43  MAY
JUN 83.2 50.7   67.0  65.6    95   39   0.79   0.0      61   127  JUN
JUL 92.4 60.9   76.7  72.1   101   53   1.42   0.0       0   368  JUL
AUG 89.3 59.7   74.5  69.8    98   53   3.06   0.0       5   305  AUG
SEP 78.5 48.6   63.6  61.0    95   29   1.52   0.2     149   115  SEP
OCT 64.0 37.0   50.5  50.2    83   29   0.52    T      447     5  OCT
NOV 40.6 17.2   28.9  37.6    64    1   0.75   7.6    1074     0  NOV
DEC 41.9 14.6   28.3  29.6    58   -2   0.27   5.6    1131     0  DEC
    
ANN 65.3 36.5   50.9  48.9   101   -2  14.55  37.3    6012   963  ANN

***NOTE: OFFICIALLY BOTH SNOWFALL AND HEATING DEGREE DAYS ARE TOTALED ON
A SEASONAL BASIS (JUL 1 TO JUN 30)...NOT ON A YEARLY BASIS (JAN 1 TO DEC
31)*** 

AVERAGE HIGH FOR THE YEAR  65.3    NORMAL  63.9   DEPARTURE PLUS   1.4
AVERAGE LOW FOR THE YEAR   36.5    NORMAL  33.9   DEPARTURE PLUS   2.6
AVERAGE 2000 TEMPERATURE   50.9    NORMAL  48.9   DEPARTURE PLUS   2.0

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE    101 ON  JUL  6TH            
LOWEST TEMPERATURE      -2 ON  DEC  11 AND 21ST

DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR ABOVE  61     NORMAL  33      DEPARTURE PLUS  28 
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR BELOW  18     NORMAL  22      DEPARTURE MINUS  4 
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR BELOW 162     NORMAL 156      DEPARTURE PLUS   6
DAYS WITH MIN  0 OR BELOW   4     NORMAL   9      DEPARTURE MINUS  5

TEMPERATURE RECORDS....                                

 NUMBER OF DAILY MAXIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED......... 8            
 NUMBER OF DAILY MINIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED......... 3             
 NUMBER OF DAILY LOW MAXIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED..... 2     
 NUMBER OF DAILY HIGH MINIMUMS TIED OR ESTABLISHED.... 0   

COOLING DEGREE DAYS....

 YEARLY TOTAL....  963     NORMAL.... 534    DEPARTURE PLUS 429   
  
HEATING DEGREE DAYS....  **SEE NOTE ABOVE FOR DATES**

JUL 1998 - JUN 1999  TOTAL  5710    NORMAL 6363  DEPARTURE MINUS  653  
JUL 1999 - JUN 2000  TOTAL  5282    NORMAL 6363  DEPARTURE MINUS 1081  
JAN 2000 - JUN 2000  TOTAL  3206    NORMAL 3812  DEPARTURE MINUS  606
JUL 2000 - DEC 2000  TOTAL  2806    NORMAL 2551  DEPARTURE PLUS   255
JAN 2000 - DEC 2000  TOTAL  6012    NORMAL 6363  DEPARTURE MINUS  351

LAST FREEZE OF THE SPRING..05/13/00  1999...05/17/99  1998...04/29/98           
FIRST FREEZE OF THE FALL...09/22/00  1999...09/28/99  1998...10/06/98           
LAST SNOW OF THE SPRING....05/18/00  1999...05/11/99  1998...04/20/98           
FIRST SNOW OF THE FALL.....09/24/00  1999...09/28/99  1998...11/01/98  

FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY........05/29/00  1999...06/25/99  1998...06/25/98           
LAST 90 DEGREE DAY.........09/17/00  1999...08/27/99  1998...09/25/98           
                    
PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES)....
                                      
YEARLY TOTAL..........    14.55  NORMAL 16.11   DEPARTURE MINUS 1.56
DAYS WITH .01 OR GREATER  81     NORMAL 89      DEPARTURE MINUS 8 
GREATEST IN 24 HOURS...   2.00  ON MAY 17-18TH                          
  
SNOWFALL (IN INCHES)....  **SEE NOTE ABOVE FOR DATES**

**NOTE: SNOWFALL IS MEASURED AT THE COOPERATIVE WEATHER SITE AT THE 
FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

 JAN - DEC 1999             53.4   NORMAL 60.3    DEPARTURE MINUS 6.9 
 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS        9.0  APR 22-23RD     
 GREATEST DEPTH              5    APR 2ND     

 JUL 99 - JUN 2000          45.6   NORMAL 60.3    DEPARTURE MINUS 14.7
 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS        8.4  NOV 21-22ND
 GREATEST DEPTH              7    NOV 22ND              

 JAN - DEC 2000             37.3   NORMAL 60.3    DEPARTURE MINUS 23.0 
 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS        5.5  NOV  6TH        
 GREATEST DEPTH              3    NOV 12TH    

 JUL - DEC 2000             13.4   NORMAL 21.7    DEPARTURE MINUS  8.3  
 GREATEST IN 24 HOURS        5.5  NOV  6TH   
 GREATEST DEPTH              3    NOV 12TH      

WINDS (IN MILES PER HOUR)....               

 AVERAGE SPEED            9.9  NORMAL  8.6     DEPARTURE PLUS  1.3 
 PEAK GUST               55  JUN 10TH 
 PEAK GUST DIRECTION     (140 - SOUTHEAST)

SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (IN INCHES OF MERCURY).... 

 HIGHEST                     30.58 ON DEC  4TH
 LOWEST                      29.12 ON MAY 11TH

MISCELLANEOUS WEATHER....               

DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS        51  NORMAL  42     DEPARTURE PLUS   9
DAYS WITH HEAVY FOG            22  NORMAL  10     DEPARTURE PLUS  12
PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE   73  NORMAL  69     DEPARTURE PLUS   5
DAYS WITH HAIL                  3  NORMAL  N/A
DAYS WITH TORNADO/FUNNEL CLOUD  0  NORMAL  N/A