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Denver Sets New Record Low
How Low Did It Go?
POSTED: 5:06 am MST February 2,
2007
UPDATED: 2:50 pm MST February 2,
2007
DENVER -- Clearing skies overnight combined with that fresh snow cover allowed temperatures to plummet well below zero Friday morning.At 4:44 a.m. Friday morning, Denver International Airport dropped to 18 degrees below zero, setting a new record low for Feb. 2. The previous low temperature was 16 degrees below zero, last set in 1996.The life-threatening temperatures were accompanied by unbelieveably low wind chill temperatures, in the 25 below to 50 below zero range.
In fact, this is the coldest Denver has been in the last nine years, said Chief Meteorologist Mike Nelson.Some of the coldest temperatures and wind chill values recorded so far:Air Force Academy -- Temperature -17 degrees, Wind Chill -37 degrees Akron -- Temperature -12 degrees, Wind Chill -32 degrees Alamosa -- Temperature -24 degrees, Wind Chill -38 degrees Aurora -- Temperature -15 degrees, Wind Chill -30 degrees Berthoud Pass -- Temperature -10 degrees, Wind Chill -57 degrees Centennial -- Temperature -10 degrees, Wind Chill -25 degrees Copper Mountain -- Temperature -15 degrees, Wind Chill -38 degrees Denver -- Temperature -18 degrees, Wind Chill -40 degrees Limon -- Temperature -16 degrees, Wind Chill -21 degrees Monarch Pass -- Temperature -15 degrees, Wind Chill -56 degrees Wolf Creek Pass -- Temperature -10 degrees, Wind Chill -40 degrees
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