IN 1995...SNOWFALL TOTALED 6 TO 9 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER...WHILE ONLY 2.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
IN 1998...STRONG BORA WINDS GUSTING FROM 70 TO 92 MPH COUPLED WITH BLOWING SNOW CREATED WHITEOUT AND SLICK BLACK ICE CONDITIONS AT THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS WEST OF DENVER. STATE HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN GOLDEN AND BOULDER AND C-470... WIND GUSTS INCLUDED: 92 MPH ATOP BLUE MOUNTAIN NEAR COAL CREEK CANYON... 77 MPH AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR BROOMFIELD.
IN 2000...FREEZING DRIZZLE WAS WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS IN THE EVENING. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MADE MANY HIGHWAYS ICY AND SLICK...WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. SOME HIGHWAYS ACROSS METRO DENVER WERE CLOSED AT TIMES...STATE HIGHWAY 93 BETWEEN BOULDER AND GOLDEN ATOP ROCKY FLATS BECAME NEARLY IMPASSABLE DUE TO A COATING OF ICE BY LATE EVENING.
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