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…NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE IN DENVER FOR DECEMBER 14TH… THE TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLUNGED TO -15 DEGREES AT 552 PM. THIS IS A NEW RECORD LOW FOR THIS DAY…BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF -14 DEGREES SET IN 1901.

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20-25 IN 1983…AN EXTREMELY BITTER COLD SPELL OCCURRED. THE TEMPERATURE REMAINED BELOW ZERO FOR 115 HOURS IN DENVER… THE LONGEST SUB-ZERO PERIOD ON RECORD. THE MERCURY DIPPED TO 21 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 21ST…THE COLDEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE IN OVER 20 YEARS. THE COLD WAS ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS THAT PLUNGED CHILL FACTORS TO 50 TO 70 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. TWO PEOPLE FROZE TO DEATH IN DENVER; BOTH WERE FOUND OUTSIDE DEAD OF EXPOSURE. NUMEROUS CASES OF FROSTBITE WERE REPORTED. HUNDREDS OF WATER PIPES BROKE FROM THE INTENSE COLD…WATER MAINS AND NATURAL GAS LINES ALSO FRACTURED…AND ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION REACHED RECORD LEVELS. LIGHT SNOW TOTALING 5.8 INCHES FELL AT TIMES…AND HOLIDAY TRAFFIC WAS DELAYED AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. EIGHT DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET AT THE TIME. THE ALL-TIME RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 8 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 21ST STILL STANDS TODAY. OTHER TEMPERATURE RECORDS STILL STANDING INCLUDE RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES OF 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON BOTH THE 22ND AND 23RD AND 4 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ON THE 24TH.

I left Denver for San Francisco the next year.

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