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DavidDvorkin

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16. Rocky Mountain High begins to the west of Denver

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #12)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 10:39 AM

Jun 2012

I.e., the mountains. John Denver lived in the mountains, not in Denver.

Denver is really the high plains, just an extremely high, dry part of the high plains. The early nickname for the city was "Queen City of the Plains". That was before mountain-oriented tourism became economically important here.

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Holy crap: It's only the start of June and it's above 100 in some places in Denver! [View all] originalpckelly Jun 2012 OP

Wow! It's struggling to get from 42 to 63 today. I don't think we'll make it. freshwest Jun 2012 #1

It's dry today... originalpckelly Jun 2012 #2

It has been warm ellie Jun 2012 #3

Born in Denver in '48, madamesilverspurs Jun 2012 #4

And check out these scary snowpack numbers DavidDvorkin Jun 2012 #5

I don't think I ever once saw temps anywhere on the Front Range kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #6

We get 90+ weather and then cold and foggy. EFerrari Jun 2012 #7

What is it going to take for the anti-science party SoutherDem Jun 2012 #8

It got up to 39 degrees today but the wind is blowing about 20 knots. Arctic Dave Jun 2012 #9

I didn't know it EVER got that hot there. Has that always been the case? Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #10

I remember days over 100 degrees when I first moved to Denver DavidDvorkin Jun 2012 #11

I had no idea. I think of Denver as "Rocky Mountain High," skiing, snow, Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #12

Rocky Mountain High begins to the west of Denver DavidDvorkin Jun 2012 #16

It's summer, there are going to be heat snaps. Joe the Revelator Jun 2012 #13

Actually it is still spring, MadHound Jun 2012 #14

Our heat snaps are usually not that hot so soon, and you are right MadHound. originalpckelly Jun 2012 #18

And climate change is not measured by tens of degrees Joe the Revelator Jun 2012 #19

Here in Missouri we're not only hot, but dry as well, MadHound Jun 2012 #15

Wish that would stay west but I know it won't. mmonk Jun 2012 #17

I live at 8,500 feet in Conifer, Co. It was 90 yesterday. kaiden Jun 2012 #20

It was 95F in Fargo, yesterday. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #21