I HATE this weather! (Denver, Brighton: home, rent, hotel)

[LBear]

I'm sorry, but I need to vent...

This erratic, extreme weather is getting old. Just over a week ago, it was 85F & sunny, then within 24 hours, it was 30F and snowing. Now, as I type this, it is SNOWING and the wind gusts are hitting 50MPH. The winds out here are INSANE.

Not surprisingly:
"Colorado was ranked No. 2 in the nation for installing the most new megawatts of wind power in 2007, according to the American Wind Association."

Denver has EVERY EXTREME weather phenomena you can imagine. As EVERYONE I talked to out here stated, "wait a couple of hours, the weather will change." That is 100% true!

EXTREME:
cold (-25F is the record - -40F with the windchill), heat (105F is the record, it hit 100F in Denver a couple times last year & it was in the upper 90's for weeks on end) wind (recorded straight line gusts of 75MPH in Denver), snow, thunderstorms, tornadoes (Weld County Colorado has the MOST tornadoes per any other county in the entire USA), hail (Denver has been called the "Hail Capital" of the USA - $625 million in damage back in 1990 - $50 million per year avg. hail damage in Denver), lightening (the Denver suburbs hold records for the most lightening strikes on people & property), etc, etc

The mountains are beautiful but I can't even enjoy the outdoors here on the front rage because either I get blown away by the wind & the weather is SO ERRATIC that you can't plan anything. I was supposed to LANDSCAPE today and now it is snowing and the winds are hitting 50MPH.

One thing is FOR SURE, Denver needs to add that after "sunny days", Denver has every extreme weather phenomena there is & the weather can completely change within a few hours.

Now, I am hoping that my newly planted plants don't die off in the cold....

[jazzlover]

You just described the normal Denver climate. If you hate it, then leave. It is what it is . . .

[rickers]

Consider yourself lucky, the weather here along the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana is way worse. Summer temps can go over 100 for weeks on end and winter lows can often dip below -35 and that's not counting the wind chill. No veggies can be planted until June. The lowest temp ever recorded in the U.S.A. (except Alaska) was recorded on Rodgers Pass here on the cont. divide in Montana was -70 and that is the actual temperature not wind chill ! I happen to like wild weather, bring it on !

[tfox]

Where do you live, LBear? I'm in Denver and it's clear and sunny and in the mid-forties this morning, with no snow in the forecast. It's a bit chilly for late April, but not in a noteworthy way. Tomorrow we're back into the upper 60s again, just like it has been, and then into the 70s for next week.

[LBear]

Originally Posted by jazzlover

If you hate it, then leave. It is what it is . . .

Thanks! I will do that...
That is why I was TRYING to get my landscape done today, as I am putting my home up for sale!

[Lindsey_Mcfarren]

Originally Posted by LBear

Thanks! I will do that...

I have family that lives near Denver, one who was born and grew up there and he loves it. Its not for me but some really like it.

[LBear]

Originally Posted by tfox

Where do you live, LBear? I'm in Denver and it's clear and sunny and in the mid-forties this morning, with no snow in the forecast. It's a bit chilly for late April, but not in a noteworthy way. Tomorrow we're back into the upper 60s again, just like it has been, and then into the 70s for next week.

I am in Brighton, a couple miles east of I-25. Denver is recording gusts of 40MPH. The snow is not sticking but it sure is snowing.

The OFFICIAL temperature by NOAA, for Denver, right now at 10:54AM, is 33F with light snow and gusts of 43MPH. With the windchill it is 19F!

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KDEN.html

[EscapeCalifornia]

Anyone who's done 10 minutes of research into Denver's weather would have expected exactly what you're getting.

[danthach]

I cant beleive its snowing. I didnt see that in the forecast, but weather forecasters are always wrong anyways.

[EscapeCalifornia]

Originally Posted by danthach

I cant beleive its snowing. I didnt see that in the forecast, but weather forecasters are always wrong anyways.

Yeah I figured that out real quick during the week leading up to my trip in February. The day of predicted snow changed every day. First it was Friday, then Sunday, then none at all, then Saturday. If I'd tried to plan anything around the predicted snow, I'd have spent my whole trip in the hotel. In the end, we only got a one afternoon with a couple of inches in the week I was there.