Colorado has recently endured a meteorological rollercoaster , whiplashing between record book high temperatures and late - summer wildfires to a record cold-blooded grab and snowfall within a matter of days .
The National Weather Service(NWS ) account that Denver experienced temperatures of 38.3 ° speed of light ( 101 ° F ) on September 5 and 36.1 ° C ( 97 ° farad ) on September 6 , a record gamey for September . Overall , it was one of the hottest Labor Day weekends ever see in Colorado . However , this was intimately followed up by a drop to -0.5 ° ascorbic acid ( 31 ° atomic number 9 ) on September 8 and 9 , which tied with previous record low in September from 1962 . They also received an sizeable sprinkling of snow on September 8 that turn into a blizzard , make it the 2nd early snowfall on disc for Denver .
On top of this , Denver also broke the record for the shortest figure of days between a 100 - degree mean solar day and the first snowfall in Denver , with just three Day single out the event . The late record was 38 days , set in 2019 .
If you want to see how penetrative this change is , look no further than the photo above take on the afternoon of Monday , September 7 ( on the leftfield ) and the morning of Tuesday , September 8 ( right field ) by Scott Denning , a climate scientist and prof of atmospheric science at Colorado State University .
While Denver was still positively baking on September 5 and 6 , the NWS follow up by warning : " A drastic change in the weather will occur Monday nighttime and Tuesday , with phonograph record or penny-pinching - record heating system replaced by wintry conditions , C , and record common cold . Significant nose candy accumulation can be carry in the Front Range Mountains and Foothills , while the Denver subway system area and I-25 Corridor may also see slushy , wet snow by early Tuesday aurora . "
Colorado is no stranger tosudden changesin atmospheric condition . Apparently , there ’s an onetime joke here that pass away something like : " If you do n’t wish the conditions here , wait 15 minutes . ” The state ’s singular geography contains both the sailplane heights of the Rocky Mountains to the Dame Rebecca West and rolling flavourless plains in the eastward , which can have a somewhat unpredictable effect on fart patterns , atmospheric pressure system , and other forces that impact weather .
However , even by the standards of Colorado ’s chronicle of moody weather condition , this turnaround is especially quick .
Switching from summertime to winter in a heartbeat might not sound too pleasant to some , but the sudden geological fault in weather was receive by many who were living in the shadows of Colorado ’s ongoing wildfires . The Colorado Sunreported that 40 centimeters ( 16 inches ) of Baron Snow of Leicester lessen on the Cameron Peak fire west of Fort Collins on Tuesday and helped to significantly slow down the fire ’s growth .
Sheriff Justin Smith of Larimer Countysaidthat the downpour of blow extend firefights a welcome break from the relentless drought that was facing the State Department , although it was “ certainly not going to hold back this fire . ”
“ This fire is full of more surprises than we ’ve ever experience , ” Smith added . But then so , manifestly , is the atmospheric condition .
