Colorado, 2000

Heat in Colorado, September 16, 2000

September 16, 2000 · NWS BOU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Denver Metropolitan Area

When
September 16, 2:33 PM MST
Where
Denver Metropolitan Area forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.714, -104.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The record high temperature of 95 at Denver International Airport established or tied three different record extremes. The afternoon maximum temperature broke the previous record high for the day of 92 set over a century ago in 1895; it also marked the warmest that it has been so late in the month of September. In addition, the record maximum temperature also marked the 60th day that the 90 degree mark was been met or exceeded for the year, tying the previous record set in 1994.

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, September 2000

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5158457.