All-in-all, while temperatures and precipitation rain a bit lower than average, June 2014’s weather was pretty close to what we typically expect to see. Thunderstorms made their appearances as always but we were spared much in the way of severe weather.
A series of fronts and troughs moved through northern Colorado during the month. This helped to keep temperatures down and provided thunderstorms with a bit of regularity.
Thornton’s average temperature for the month came in at 66.5 degrees. This is less than one degree below Denver’s historical June average of 67.4 degrees. The Mile High City’s average came in slightly warmer at 67.3 degrees.
Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a high of 92.1 degrees on June 3rd down to a low of 38.2 degrees on the morning of the 9th. Denver was warmer on both measurements with a maximum reading of 94 degrees on the 26th and a low of 42 degrees on the 15th.
Six days saw temperatures top the 90 degree mark in Thornton and Denver. This is below the historical average of 7.9 days of 90 degree or warmer readings we expect to see.
No temperature records were set during the month.
In terms of precipitation, Thornton had 1.59 inches fall into our rain bucket. Denver was a bit wetter with 1.82 inches. Both fell below the June average of 1.98 inches. Thornton saw eight days with measurable precipitation, Denver nine.
Denver set a daily precipitation record of 0.51 inches on the 27th. This bested the old record for that date of 0.29 inches in 1949. Thornton recorded 0.60 inches on the same day.
Click here to view Thornton’s June 2014 climate report.
...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2014...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2014
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 06/26/2012
06/25/2012
54/01/2206
LOW 30 06/02/1951
HIGHEST 94 06/26
LOWEST 42 06/15
AVG. MAXIMUM 83.4 82.4 1.0 87.8
AVG. MINIMUM 51.2 52.3 -1.1 54.3
MEAN 67.3 67.4 -0.1 71.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 6 7.9 -1.9 14
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 4.96 1882
MINIMUM T 1890
TOTALS 1.82 1.98 -0.16 0.75
DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.07 -0.01 0.03
DAYS >= .01 9 8.4 0.6 4
DAYS >= .10 5 4.6 0.4 2
DAYS >= .50 1 1.4 -0.4 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.51 06/27 TO 06/27 06/23 TO 06/23
06/26 TO 06/27 06/22 TO 06/23
06/27 TO 06/27 06/23 TO 06/23
STORM TOTAL MM MM
(MM/DD(HH)) MM 06/23(00) TO 06/23(00)
06/23(00) TO 06/23(00)3
06/23(00) TO 06/23(00)3
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL MM MM
TOTALS 0.0 0.0
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 30 62 -32 29
SINCE 7/1 6004 6058 -54 6084
COOLING TOTAL 106 133 -27 221
SINCE 1/1 127 155 -28 263
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/08/1962
LATEST 06/08/2007
EARLIEST 10/04 10/07
LATEST 05/14 05/05
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.5
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/148
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/300 DATE 06/18
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/220 DATE 06/18
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 21
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 53
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 3
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.