. . . I’m now hoping for a swarm of grasshoppers.

Weird weather facts for Denver on August 28 throughout history:

Digging through old Weather Service data, as well as a handwritten journal kept by the U.S. Army Signal Corps beginning in 1872, Gard found that on Aug. 28: • In 2004, the temperature dropped to 42.• In 2002, a severe thunderstorm produced marble-sized hail in a Denver suburb.• In 1970, a 53-mile-per-hour wind was recorded at Stapleton International Airport.• In 1968, a man was struck by lighting while riding a roller coaster and lightning struck a jet at the airport.• And in 1875, swarms of grasshoppers that first appeared on the 19th were finishing off the town’s gardens and nearly blotting out the sun.