# Northglenn, Colorado

The City of Northglenn is a home rule municipality located in Adams and Weld counties, Colorado, United States. Northglenn is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census the city's population was 38,131. It was built as a master planned community in 1959 by Jordon Perlmutter.
The city is directly connected to Downtown Denver via the Regional Transportation District N Line at the Northglenn/112th station.

## Geography

Northglenn is located at 39°53′51″N 104°58′55″W﻿ / ﻿39.89750°N 104.98194°W﻿ / 39.89750; -104.98194 (39.897418, -104.981891).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.5 square miles (19.4 km$^2$), of which 7.4 square miles (19.2 km$^2$) is land and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km$^2$), or 1.23%, is water.

### Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Northglenn has a semi-arid climate BSK. The hottest temperature recorded in Northglenn was 108 °F (42 °C) on August 2, 2008, while the coldest temperature recorded was −24 °F (−31 °C) on December 22, 1990.
Climate data for Northglenn, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1984–present :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 77 (25) | 83 (28) | 85 (29) | 90 (32) | 101 (38) | 105 (41) | 108 (42) | 110 (43) | 102 (39) | 92 (33) | 84 (29) | 77 (25) | 110 (43) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 68.1 (20.1) | 69.4 (20.8) | 77.0 (25.0) | 82.8 (28.2) | 90.3 (32.4) | 97.9 (36.6) | 101.0 (38.3) | 98.6 (37.0) | 94.1 (34.5) | 86.1 (30.1) | 75.4 (24.1) | 67.9 (19.9) | 102.0 (38.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 48.0 (8.9) | 49.6 (9.8) | 57.7 (14.3) | 63.9 (17.7) | 72.3 (22.4) | 85.3 (29.6) | 91.1 (32.8) | 88.9 (31.6) | 81.5 (27.5) | 67.2 (19.6) | 55.8 (13.2) | 47.5 (8.6) | 67.4 (19.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 33.5 (0.8) | 34.9 (1.6) | 43.0 (6.1) | 49.5 (9.7) | 58.4 (14.7) | 69.4 (20.8) | 75.0 (23.9) | 73.1 (22.8) | 65.2 (18.4) | 52.0 (11.1) | 41.3 (5.2) | 33.3 (0.7) | 52.4 (11.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 19.0 (−7.2) | 20.3 (−6.5) | 28.4 (−2.0) | 35.1 (1.7) | 44.4 (6.9) | 53.4 (11.9) | 58.9 (14.9) | 57.2 (14.0) | 48.9 (9.4) | 36.8 (2.7) | 26.8 (−2.9) | 19.1 (−7.2) | 37.4 (3.0) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −0.3 (−17.9) | 1.7 (−16.8) | 12.1 (−11.1) | 21.3 (−5.9) | 31.0 (−0.6) | 43.2 (6.2) | 51.4 (10.8) | 49.2 (9.6) | 35.8 (2.1) | 21.6 (−5.8) | 9.9 (−12.3) | 0.1 (−17.7) | −6.9 (−21.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −15 (−26) | −17 (−27) | −5 (−21) | 6 (−14) | 20 (−7) | 34 (1) | 43 (6) | 41 (5) | 18 (−8) | 4 (−16) | −6 (−21) | −24 (−31) | −24 (−31) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.45 (11) | 0.54 (14) | 1.21 (31) | 1.94 (49) | 2.35 (60) | 1.50 (38) | 1.73 (44) | 1.32 (34) | 1.19 (30) | 1.07 (27) | 0.73 (19) | 0.48 (12) | 14.51 (369) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 6.0 (15) | 7.6 (19) | 8.2 (21) | 6.5 (17) | 1.2 (3.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | .00 (0.00) | 0.1 (0.25) | 2.4 (6.1) | 6.9 (18) | 5.9 (15) | 44.8 (114.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 73.1 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 23.6 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service ||||||||||||||

## Notable people

Notable individuals who were born in or have lived in Northglenn include:
* Odell Barry (1941–2022), football wide receiver, mayor of Northglenn
* Steve Taylor (1957- ), guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer