U.S. official time slows slightly due to Colorado power ... - NPR
Dec 22, 2025 · The U.S. government calculates the country's official time using more than a dozen atomic clocks at a federal facility northwest of Denver. But when a destructive …
How a power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time to ...
Dec 22, 2025 · But when a destructive windstorm knocked out power to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) laboratory in Boulder on Wednesday and a backup …
For a few hours, time itself was broken in America, here's ...
A powerful storm in Boulder, Colorado, caused a power outage that knocked the U.S. official atomic clock out of sync, delaying time by 4.8 microseconds.
Colorado Windstorm Causes 4.8 Microsecond Glitch in Official ...
Dec 22, 2025 · A destructive windstorm disrupted the power supply to more than a dozen atomic clocks that keep official time in the United States.
Atomic clocks disconnect in Colorado windstorm disrupts US ...
6 days ago · A powerful windstorm in Colorado, US, last week caused more than a dozen atomic clocks at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder to disconnect …
Colorado power outages disrupt atomic clock in Boulder
Dec 21, 2025 · The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Internet Time Service Facility in Boulder lost power Wednesday afternoon, disrupting the agency’s atomic clock.
How a power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time be 4 ...
Dec 21, 2025 · Officials said the error is likely be too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals.