National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

                 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - DENVER, COLORADO

             MONTHLY TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SNOWFALL EXTREMES

                                 FOR  AUGUST


10 WARMEST AUGS           10 WETTEST AUGS          THE SNOWIEST AUGS
  (1872-2009)               (1872-2009)               (1882-2009)

 76.8   1937               5.85   1979                No snowfall was ever
 75.4   2007               4.47   1951                recorded in Denver
 75.3   1995               3.87   1923                during August.    
 75.0   1994               3.69   1991                                
 74.7   1878               3.52   1997
 74.6   1938               3.49   1921
 74.5   2000               3.37   1999
 74.4   1934, 1983         3.22   1936
 74.2   1922, 1943         3.20   1984
 74.1   1947               3.19   1908 


10 COLDEST AUGS           10 DRIEST AUGS            LEAST SNOWIEST AUGS
  (1872-2009)               (1872-2009)                 (1882-2009)

 66.5   1915               0.02   1924                No snowfall was ever
 66.6   1927               0.05   1900, 1917          recorded in Denver
 67.8   1920               0.06   1960                during August.
 67.9   1884               0.16   1974
 68.0   1888               0.19   1948
 68.1   1968               0.23   1907
 68.2   1967, 2004         0.25   1959
 68.4   1917, 1923, 1992   0.26   1978
 68.7   1963               0.27   1950, 1964
 68.8   1885, 1887, 1908   0.28   1985


 - Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.

 - Precipitation and Snowfall amounts in inches.

 - Average August Temperature is 71.7 degrees (from 1971-2000 data).

 - Average August Precipitation is 1.82 inches (from 1971-2000 data).

 - Average August Snowfall is 0.0 inches (from 1971-2000 data).




UPDATED: 10/9/2009 - FMC-