Folks in Boulder County today will see warm, sunny weather. The “Dog Days” of summer are officially over, though, so the blistering heat of late may soon fade to a brisk mid-80s…

Today’s weather might be par for the course for the middle of August, but that does not mean August 11’s weather has always been lackluster in years past. Here are five interesting moments in August 11’s weather history, according to the National Weather Service.

In 1872, fog was very dense until about 8:00 a.m. Water dripped down from the roofs of houses as if it had rained. The rain gauge showed 0.01 inches of moisture, even though it hadn’t rained a drop.

In 1990, lightning ignited a storage tank filled with 10,000 gallons of crude oil in a farmer’s field near Dacono, 25 miles north of Denver. Flames shot to

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