The month of August usually brings respectable amounts of precipitation and by the latter part of the month, cooler temperatures. Mother Nature however had other plans last month keeping the heat on and the moisture at bay.
A dry, westerly flow was dominant for much of the month. While there were a few cool fronts and PM thunderstorms, these failed to amount to much at all and were a rarity.
Thornton saw 21 days of 90 degree or higher readings during the month. Only five days saw precipitation and three of those were in virtually negligible amounts.
Thornton’s overall average temperature for the month was 73.9 degrees. This makes it the warmest August since ThorntonWeather.com came online 13 years ago. The reading was a good ways above the long-term Denver average for the month of 72.5 degrees.
At DIA, where Denver’s official temperatures are recorded, it was even warmer with an average of 75.4 degrees. This put August 2019 into the books tying August 2007 as the warmest August ever recorded in the Mile High City.
One temperature record was set in Denver during the month when on the 19th, the high temperature topped out at 99 degrees. This topped the old record high for the date of 97 degrees.
In terms of precipitation, Denver averages 1.69 inches during the month of August. This year, Thornton recorded a paltry 0.18 inch during the month. Denver fared a bit better with 0.58 inches. Both were clearly far short of average and Thornton’s was the least amount of precipitation received in August since ThorntonWeather.com came online 13 years ago.
Click here to view Thornton’s August 2019 climate report.
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
910 AM MDT SUN SEP 1 2019
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...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2019...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2019
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 105 08/08/1878
LOW 40 08/26/1910
08/25/1910
08/24/1910
HIGHEST 99 08/19
LOWEST 51 08/28
AVG. MAXIMUM 90.5 87.2 3.3 86.8
AVG. MINIMUM 60.2 57.9 2.3 58.0
MEAN 75.4 72.5 2.9 72.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 18 11.5 6.5 11
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD MAXIMUM 5.85 1979
MINIMUM 0.02 1924
TOTALS 0.58 1.69 -1.11 0.93
DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.05 -0.03 0.03
DAYS >= .01 3 8.6 -5.6 7
DAYS >= .10 1 4.3 -3.3 2
DAYS >= .50 0 1.2 -1.2 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.46 08/08 TO 08/08 08/14 TO 08/14
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 0.0 0.0
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 0 10 -10 9
SINCE 7/1 0 16 -16 9
COOLING TOTAL 326 244 82 247
SINCE 1/1 757 688 69 862
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/08/1962
LATEST 06/08/2007
EARLIEST 10/07
LATEST 05/05
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.3
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/155
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/020 DATE 08/20
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/020 DATE 08/20
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 21
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 50
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
Following an August that was unseasonably warm and dry, we find ourselves heading into September hoping for relief. The month can bring plenty of rain and even our first snow of the season but more often than not, it is one of the most pleasant along the Colorado Front Range.
