September

Many thanks our new contributor to Brendan's Weather Blog! In case you missed it, take a moment and check out "The Sweet Smell of Summer" posted by senior editor Jason Fox earlier this week.

Tomorrow begins yet another fantastic month for weather here in Denver, Colorado. We will be a mere 22 days away from the first day of Fall! September traditionally is a very pleasant month - filled with our trademark late summer/early fall weather of clear sunny days, and crisp cool nights. While 90 degree readings are by no means unheard of, for some of you these next stats may be a harsh realization that summer is quickly drawing to a close... Winter weather is not as uncommon in September as you might imagine. The earliest snowfall ever recorded in Denver was September 3rd, 1961 when four inches fell at the old Stapleton Airport. September's largest snowstorm came years later when nine inches of snow fell on September 29th, 1985. The temperature bottomed out at 17 degrees F that night. We have not seen snow in September since 2000. Last year we had a very pleasant (albeit a bit dry) September where the low never dropped below 40. You can read more about September's climatology here.

What is in store for this September?