National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce
                NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - DENVER, COLORADO
            MONTHLY TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL, AND SNOWFALL EXTREMES
                              FOR OCTOBER


20 WARMEST OCT              20 WETTEST OCT             20 SNOWIEST OCT
  (1873-2019)                (1872-2019)               (1882-2019)

 1  59.9  1950              1  4.17  1969              1  31.2  1969
 2  57.9  1963              2  3.92  1892              2  22.7  1906
    57.9  1934              3  3.72  1942              3  22.1  1997
 4  57.8  2016              4  3.50  1923              4  17.8  1923
 5  57.4  1933              5  3.47  1984              5  17.2  2009
 6  57.0  1947              6  3.05  1914              6  16.4  1897
 7  56.5  2015              7  3.03  2007              7  16.2  1929
 8  56.3  1875              8  2.84  1947              8  14.0  1889
 9  55.9  1956              9  2.62  1957              9  13.8  1905
    55.9  1940             10  2.46  1960             10  13.6  1908
    55.9  1938                 2.46  1959             11  13.1  1984
    55.9  1921             12  2.31  1905             12  12.5  2019
13  55.4  1910             13  2.27  1993             13  11.8  1959
14  55.3  2010             14  2.16  2005             14  11.7  1917
    55.3  1884                 2.16  1951             15  10.6  1942
16  55.2  2014             16  2.15  1877             16  10.5  2005
    55.2  1944             17  2.11  1889                 10.5  1925
18  55.1  2003             18  2.04  1936             18   9.8  2006
    55.1  1965             19  1.98  1906             19   9.7  1972
20  54.9  1945             20  1.97  1928             20   8.6  1913


20 COLDEST OCT              21 DRIEST OCT              LEAST SNOWIEST OCT
  (1873-2019)                (1872-2019)                 (1882-2019)

 1  38.9  1969              1    T   1934              1   0.0  2014
 2  42.9  2009              2  0.01  1933                  0.0  2010
 3  43.3  1925              3  0.05  1962                  0.0  2004
 4  43.7  2019                 0.05  1944                  0.0  2003
 5  44.0  2002              5  0.06  1988                  0.0  1995
 6  44.3  1923                 0.06  1954                  0.0  1988
 7  44.7  1984                 0.06  1948                  0.0  1965
 8  45.9  1970              8  0.08  2003                  0.0  1962
 9  46.3  1877                 0.08  2001                  0.0  1944
 10 46.5  1919             10  0.10  1980                  0.0  1940
    46.5  1913             11  0.12  1950                  0.0  1934
 12 46.6  1905                 0.12  1938                  0.0  1933
    46.6  1873                 0.12  1876                  0.0  1931
 14 46.9  1911             14  0.17  1907                  0.0  1924
 15 47.2  1883             15  0.18  1964                  0.0  1907
 16 47.7  2013                 0.18  1952                  0.0  1894
 17 48.1  1959             17  0.19  1927                  0.0  1886  
 18 48.2  1951                 0.19  1894             18    17 YEARS    
    48.2  1916             19  0.19  1879                   RECEIVED  
 20 48.3  1887             20  0.21  1910                   A TRACE  
                               0.21  1884                    
                             
                                               
- Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.

- Precipitation and Snowfall amounts in inches.

- Average October Temperature is 50.9 degrees (from 1981-2010 DIA data).

- Average October Precipitation is 1.02 inches (from 1981-2010 DIA data).

- Average October Snowfall is 4.0 inches (from 1981-2010 DEN data).

- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872-December 1949, then
  at the Stapleton Airport Office from January 1950-February 1995, then at
  Denver International Airport from March 1995-Present.

** - 22.1 INCHES OF SNOW FELL DURING THE BLIZZARD OF 1997 BETWEEN OCTOBER        
     24-25TH.  19.1 INCHES FELL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WHICH IS A RECORD FOR
     24 HOUR SNOWFALL FOR OCTOBER.  OCTOBER 1997 BECAME THE 3RD SNOWIEST         
     OCTOBER IN DENVER HISTORY.


UPDATED: 11/3/2019