Snow and wind seem to dominate a look back at Denver weather history for this week. Perhaps most notably, the October blizzard of 1997 occurred this week in history, one of the deadliest storms in Colorado history.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
645 PM MDT SAT OCT 18 2008
…THIS WEEK IN METRO DENVER WEATHER HISTORY…
17-19 IN 1908…A MOIST…HEAVY…WET SNOWFALL TOTALED 13.0 INCHES IN
DOWNTOWN DENVER OVER THE 3 DAYS. RAIN FROM EARLY MORNING
ON THE 17TH CHANGED TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUED
THROUGH THE LATE MORNING OF THE 19TH. DUE TO TEMPERATURES
IN THE 30`S AND MELTING…THE MOST SNOW ON THE GROUND WAS
ONLY 5.0 INCHES AT 6:00 PM ON THE 18TH. NORTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 12 AND 20 MPH DURING
THE STORM. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.82 INCHES.
18-23 IN 2003…AN EXTENDED WARM SPELL RESULTED IN 5 NEW TEMPERATURE
RECORDS. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 84 DEGREES ON THE 18TH
EQUALED THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE DATE. HIGH TEMPERATURES
OF 86 DEGREES ON THE 19TH…83 DEGREES ON THE 21ST…AND 84
DEGREES ON THE 22ND WERE RECORD HIGHS FOR THE DATES. LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 49 DEGREES ON THE 23RD WAS A RECORD HIGH
MINIMUM FOR THE DATE. LOW TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD
WERE IN THE 40`S AND LOWER 50`S.
19 IN 1887…NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH WERE RECORDED
IN THE CITY.
IN 1982…3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER NORTHWEST METRO
DENVER…INCLUDING BOULDER. ONLY 1.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
WERE RECORDED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 35 MPH. THIS WAS THE FIRST
MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON.
19-20 IN 1990…AN EARLY WINTER STORM DUMPED HEAVY SNOW ACROSS
METRO DENVER. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES
IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE 6500 FEET ELEVATION…4 TO 7 INCHES
IN THE CASTLE ROCK AREA…AND 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF
METRO DENVER AND BOULDER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 3.6 INCHES AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS
GUSTING TO 48 MPH KICKED UP SOME BLOWING DUST SHORTLY
AFTER A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON THE 19TH. HOWEVER…
TEMPERATURES WERE WARM ENOUGH TO KEEP MOST ROADWAYS WET
AND SLUSHY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
19-23 IN 1906…HEAVY SNOWFALL TOTALED 22.7 INCHES IN THE CITY OVER
THE 5 DAYS. RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW ON THE EVENING OF THE
19TH…AND SNOW CONTINUED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON OF THE
23RD. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL…16.0 INCHES…FELL
FROM 8:00 PM ON THE 20TH TO 8:00 PM ON THE 22ND. THE MOST
SNOW ON THE GROUND WAS 13.3 INCHES ON THE EVENING OF THE
23RD. THIS WAS THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON AND THE ONLY
SNOW OF THE MONTH. WINDS DURING THE STORM WERE FROM THE
NORTH AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH EACH DAY.
TEMPERATURES DURING THE STORM WERE GENERALLY IN THE 20`S.
20 IN 1878…BETWEEN 3:00 PM AND 4:00 PM WIND SPEEDS AVERAGED
48 MPH WITH A MAXIMUM 1 MINUTE SUSTAINED VELOCITY TO 96
MPH AT BOTH 3:27 PM AND 3:48 PM IN DOWNTOWN DENVER. THIS
IS THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND SPEED EVER RECORDED IN THE
CITY.
IN 1986…A RARE LATE OCTOBER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 3/4 INCH
DIAMETER HAIL AT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT. HAIL PILED UP 2 1/2
INCHES DEEP…CAUSING SOME STREET FLOODING IN SOUTH METRO
DENVER.
20-21 IN 2007…A STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO THE SOUTHERN
DENVER SUBURBS AS WELL AS THE PALMER DIVIDE SOUTH OF
DENVER. STORM TOTALS INCLUDED: 7.5 INCHES NEAR CASTLE
ROCK…LONE TREE AND GREENWOOD VILLAGE…WITH 6.5 INCHES AT
ELIZABETH. SNOW DRIFTS UP TO 2 FEET DEEP WERE OBSERVED 6
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ELIZABETH. IN THE DENVER
STAPLETON AREA…2.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS OBSERVED.
20-22 IN 1936…5.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER DOWNTOWN DENVER.
MOST OF THE SNOW…4.5 INCHES…FELL ON THE 20TH.
21 IN 1920…THE RARE EVENT OF SNOW FROM A THUNDERSTORM
OCCURRED IN THE CITY DURING THE EVENING. BRILLIANT
FLASHES OF LIGHTNING AND LOUD PEALS OF THUNDER WERE
FIRST NOTED AT 7:35 PM. LIGHT RAIN BEGAN FALLING AT
8:30 PM…AND LIGHT MOIST SNOW BEGAN FALLING A FEW
MINUTES LATER. SOME SOFT HAIL WAS ALSO SEEN FALLING
WITH THE RAIN AND SNOW…BUT BOTH MELTED ALMOST AS
FAST AS THEY FELL. THE HAIL ONLY CONTINUED FOR A FEW
MINUTES…AND THE RAIN AND SNOW CEASED ABOUT 9:40 PM.
THE SNOWFALL WAS THE FIRST TO OCCUR IN DENVER THIS
SEASON. THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION AT THE STATION
MEASURED ONLY 0.01 INCH…BUT HEAVIER AMOUNTS WERE
REPORTED FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. SNOWFALL WAS
ONLY A TRACE.
21-22 IN 1978…HEAVY RAIN ON THE 21ST CHANGED TO SNOW BY DAYBREAK
ON THE 22ND AND CONTINUED THE REST OF THE DAY. THIS WAS
THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON…BUT TOTALED
ONLY 1.7 INCHES AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHERE
EAST WINDS GUSTED TO 29 MPH. WHILE ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW
COVERED THE GROUND…PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.27 INCHES.
22 IN 1878…WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 42 MPH.
IN 1887…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON OCCURRED…
ENDING THE LONGEST SNOW-FREE PERIOD IN DENVER…232 DAYS…
SINCE THE LAST SNOW ON MARCH 5TH.
IN 1947…THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON TOTALED ONLY 1.6
INCHES. POST-FRONTAL NORTH WINDS CAUSED TEMPERATURES
TO PLUNGE FROM A HIGH OF 60 DEGREES AT MIDNIGHT TO A
LOW OF ONLY 30 DEGREES 24 HOURS LATER. THIS WAS THE
ONLY SNOW OF THE MONTH.
IN 1985…HIGH WINDS GUSTING FROM 60 TO 80 MPH BUFFETED THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. THE STRONGEST REPORTED WIND GUST
WAS 89 MPH IN EASTERN BOULDER. A TREEHOUSE EAST OF BOULDER
WAS SET ON FIRE BY A DOWNED POWER LINE. TWO PEOPLE IN
BOULDER WERE INJURED. A WOMAN BROKE HER ARM WHEN THE
STRONG WINDS KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND. A CARPENTER IN THE
CITY SUFFERED A SEVERELY CUT HAND WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO
REPAIR A ROOF THAT WAS BEING TORN FROM A BUILDING. AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED
TO 41 MPH.
IN 2001…WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 54 MPH
WARMED THE TEMPERATURE TO A HIGH OF 70 DEGREES AT DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
22-23 IN 1914…POST-FRONTAL RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW. PRECIPITATION
TOTALED 2.72 INCHES…MOST OF WHICH WAS IN THE FORM OF
MOIST SNOW WHICH MELTED AS IT FELL IN THE BUSINESS
SECTION OF THE CITY. ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED
ON LAWNS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON THE MORNING OF THE
24TH. OFFICIAL SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 0.4 INCH DOWNTOWN…
BUT AN ESTIMATED 8.0 INCHES OF SNOW MELTED AS IT FELL.
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 29 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 30 MPH ON BOTH DAYS.
IN 1975…A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS METRO DENVER
FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 52 MPH
PRODUCED BILLOWS OF BLOWING DUST AND PLUNGED THE
TEMPERATURE 21 DEGREES IN AN HOUR. THE SURFACE
VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE IN BLOWING DUST AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE TEMPERATURE COOLED
FROM A DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 81 DEGREES TO A LOW OF 38
DEGREES BY DAY`S END. THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON
TOTALED 2.7 INCHES ON THE 23RD. THIS WAS THE ONLY
MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
IN 1995…HEAVY SNOW FELL ON THE PALMER RIDGE SOUTH OF DENVER
AND IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS
RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. SEDALIA…SOUTH OF DENVER…
RECEIVED 8 INCHES OF SNOW. WINDS STRENGTHENED ON THE
PLAINS AND PRODUCED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS…REDUCING SURFACE
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. I-70 WAS CLOSED
FROM JUST EAST OF DENVER AT GUN CLUB ROAD TO THE KANSAS
BORDER. TEN INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT STRASBURG EAST OF
DENVER WHERE NORTH WINDS AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 35 TO
45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH PRODUCED 2 TO 4 FOOT
DRIFTS. SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 2.2 INCHES AT THE SITE OF
THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. NORTH WINDS
GUSTED TO 51 MPH AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
23 IN 1876…SKIES WERE FAIR…BUT WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO
48 MPH.
IN 1942…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED 10.2 INCHES OF SNOW OVER
DOWNTOWN DENVER. POST-FRONTAL NORTHEAST WINDS WERE
SUSTAINED TO ONLY 13 MPH.
IN 1955…THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON AND THE ONLY
MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH DUMPED 4.1 INCHES OF SNOW
ON STAPLETON AIRPORT. THIS WAS THE SINGLE HEAVIEST
OCTOBER SNOWFALL IN 13 YEARS SINCE 1942. THE STORM
ALSO BROUGHT THE FIRST SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES OF THE
SEASON WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO A LOW OF 25 DEGREES.
IN 1956…SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 53 MPH AND PRODUCED SOME
BLOWING DUST AT STAPLETON AIRPORT.
IN 1967…A NORTHWEST WIND GUST TO 51 MPH WAS RECORDED AT
STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN DOWNTOWN BOULDER…
WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 20 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH.
IN 1981…STRONG WINDS OCCURRED IN THE FOOTHILLS. WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH WERE REPORTED AT WONDERVU.
23-24 IN 1887…THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TOTALED
3.1 INCHES. NORTH WINDS TO 20 MPH WERE RECORDED ON THE
23RD. THIS WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH.
IN 1932…POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL FROM THE LATE EVENING OF THE
23RD CONTINUED THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON OF THE 24TH AND
TOTALED 6.2 INCHES. SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 26 MPH ON THE 23RD. TEMPERATURES COOLED
FROM A HIGH OF 68 DEGREES ON THE 23RD TO A LOW OF 25
DEGREES ON THE 24TH…THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH THAT
YEAR. MANY TREES THAT HAD NOT SHED THEIR LEAVES BECAME
HEAVILY LADEN BY THE WET SNOW. MANY BRANCHES WERE BROKEN…
AND A FEW TREES TOPPLED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. THE
LANDSCAPE BECAME ONE OF RARE BEAUTY.
24 IN 1956…SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 56 MPH AND PRODUCED SOME
BLOWING DUST AT STAPLETON AIRPORT. A COLD FRONT PRODUCED
A THUNDERSTORM WITH 1/8 INCH HAIL. RAIN LATER CHANGED TO
SNOW. PRECIPITATION TOTALED ONLY 0.11 INCH AND SNOWFALL
ONLY 0.3 INCH.
IN 1973…STRONG WINDS RAKED THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS…CAUSING
DAMAGE IN BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST
DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE BOULDER AREA WHERE 20 TO 25 MOBILE
HOMES WERE HIT…SOME POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES WERE BLOWN
DOWN…AND A STORE WAS DAMAGED. A WIND GUST TO 76 MPH WAS
RECORDED IN BOULDER AT THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS.
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MPH AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
24-25 IN 1921…RAINFALL TOTALED 0.35 INCH OVERNIGHT BEHIND AN
APPARENT COLD FRONT. NORTH WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 46 MPH ON THE 25TH. TEMPERATURES PLUNGED
FROM A HIGH OF 73 DEGREES ON THE 24TH TO A LOW OF 39
DEGREES ON THE 25TH.
IN 1923…RAIN OVERNIGHT CHANGED TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING.
THE HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATED TO 12.0 INCHES BEFORE ENDING
ON THE MORNING OF THE 25TH. POST-FRONTAL NORTH WINDS WERE
SUSTAINED TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 23 MPH ON THE 24TH.
IN 1997…ONE OF THE WORST AND DEADLIEST BLIZZARDS OF THE
DECADE DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN COLORADO AS DEEP EAST TO
NORTHEAST FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE FOUR CORNERS…COMBINED WITH A
STRONG ARCTIC AIR MASS OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS.
SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS METRO DENVER RANGED FROM 14 TO 31
INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRED IN THE FOOTHILLS
WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DENVER WHERE 2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW
WERE MEASURED. SUSTAINED WINDS TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 60 MPH PRODUCED ZERO VISIBILITIES AND EXTREMELY
COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW
ZERO. WINDS WHIPPED THE SNOW INTO DRIFTS 4 TO 10 FEET
DEEP. SEVERAL MAJOR AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS WERE CLOSED
AS TRAVEL BECAME IMPOSSIBLE. RED CROSS SHELTERS WERE SET
UP FOR HUNDREDS OF TRAVELERS WHO BECAME STRANDED WHEN
THEY HAD TO ABANDON THEIR VEHICLES. FOUR PEOPLE DIED IN
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AS A RESULT OF THE BLIZZARD. NONE OF
THE DEATHS WERE IN METRO DENVER. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT…4 THOUSAND TRAVELERS WERE STRANDED WHEN THE AIRPORT
WAS FORCED TO SHUT DOWN. AT LEAST 120 CARS WERE ABANDONED
ALONG PENA BLVD….THE ONLY ARTERIAL LEADING INTO AND OUT
OF DIA. THE BLIZZARD COST AIR CARRIERS AT LEAST 20 MILLION
DOLLARS. THOUSANDS OF CATTLE DIED IN THE STORM OVER
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO…RESULTING IN LOSSES TOTALING 1.5
MILLION DOLLARS. SOME OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE SNOWFALL
TOTALS INCLUDED: 51 INCHES AT COAL CREEK CANYON; 48
INCHES AT SILVER SPRUCE RANCH…NEAR WARD; 42 INCHES AT
INTERCANYON…IN THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWEST OF DENVER; 37 INCHES
AT SEDALIA; 35 INCHES AT ASPEN SPRINGS AND CONIFER IN THE
FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER; 31 INCHES AT ELDORADO SPRINGS…
SOUTHEAST AURORA…AND ENGLEWOOD; AND 30 INCHES ON TABLE MESA
IN BOULDER. SNOWFALL TOTALED 21.9 INCHES AT THE SITE OF
THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…SETTING A NEW
24-HOUR SNOWFALL RECORD OF 19.1 INCHES FOR THE MONTH.
SNOWFALL TOTALED ONLY 14 INCHES AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT WHERE NORTH WINDS GUSTED TO 39 MPH ON THE 24TH.
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 21 DEGREES ON THE 25TH EQUALED
THE RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE FIRST SET IN 1873.
LOW TEMPERATURE OF ONLY 3 DEGREES ON THE 26TH SET A NEW
RECORD MINIMUM FOR THE DATE.
25 IN 1925…A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT PRODUCED NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED
TO 42 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 52 MPH. POST-FRONTAL SNOWFALL WAS
ONLY 0.4 INCH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
IN 1959…NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTED TO 55 MPH AT STAPLETON
AIRPORT.
IN 1997…THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WARMED TO ONLY 21 DEGREES…THE
RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE MONTH. THE SAME TEMPERATURE
ALSO OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 30…1991.
25-26 IN 1996…4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF
DENVER. ONLY 1.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WERE MEASURED AT THE
SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON THE
26TH. THIS WAS THE ONLY MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE MONTH AT
THE SITE. THE SNOWFALL PRODUCED ICY AND SNOWPACKED
HIGHWAYS…WHICH RESULTED IN A 50-TO 60-CAR PILEUP ON I-25
SOUTH OF METRO DENVER. WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 33 MPH AT
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 2006…A WINTER STORM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOWFALL TO METRO
DENVER AND THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS. TOTAL SNOWFALL RANGED
FROM 12 TO 22 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND 6 TO 12
INCHES ACROSS METRO DENVER. NORTHERLY WINDS AT SUSTAINED
SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 47 MPH AT
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHIPPED THE SNOW INTO DRIFTS
3 TO 4 FEET DEEP. MANY TREE LIMBS SNAPPED UNDER THE WEIGHT
OF THE HEAVY…WET SNOW WHICH ALSO DOWNED POWER LINES…
LEAVING THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL INCLUDED: 25 INCHES NEAR ASPEN SPRINGS…CONIFER…
AND EVERGREEN; 23.5 INCHES NEAR ROLLINSVILLE; 23 INCHES IN
IDAHO SPRINGS; 22.5 INCHES NEAR BLACKHAWK; 21.5 INCHES NEAR
BAILEY; 19 INCHES NEAR BERGEN PARK; 18 INCHES NEAR ASPEN
SPRINGS…GENESEE…AND JAMESTOWN; 17 INCHES SOUTHWEST OF
BOULDER; 16 INCHES IN EVERGREEN; AND 15 INCHES NEAR
GEORGETOWN AND PERRY PARK. SNOWFALL TOTALED 5.3 INCHES
IN THE DENVER STAPLETON AREA. AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIPORT…RAIN…INCLUDING A THUNDERSTORM…CHANGED TO SNOW
ON THE EVENING OF THE 25TH AFTER A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
70 DEGREES.
25-27 IN 1897…A MAJOR STORM DUMPED 13.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER
DOWNTOWN DENVER. RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING
OF THE 25TH AND CONTINUED THROUGH MID-MORNING OF THE 27TH.
MOST OF THE SNOW…12.0 INCHES…FELL ON THE 26TH WHEN NORTH
WINDS WERE SUSTAINED TO 36 MPH AND GUSTS WERE AS HIGH AS 46
MPH. TEMPERATURES DURING THE STORM WERE IN THE 20`S AND
LOWER 30`S. PRECIPITATION (RAIN AND MELTED SNOW) TOTALED
1.21 INCHES.