![]() “It’s impressive how close everyone seems to be year-to-date,” said Paul Schlatter, a meteorologist at NWS Boulder.Īll the moisture has saturated widespread areas of northeastern Colorado, where recent flood watches, advisories and warnings have been posted by the weather service. It’s the second all-time, year-to-date record for the Douglas County city, trailing only the same time period of 2015 at 15.90 inches. South of Denver along I-25, Castle Rock has received 13.48 inches of rain since the start of the year. In 2023, Denver is ranked 15th of all time for rainfall into mid-June. The wettest period for Denver over the same time frame was in 1957 with 14.07 inches. 1, the city has received 10.81 inches of rainfall through June 13, according to the National Weather Service. On Sunday and Monday 5.44 inches of rain fell at the Colorado Springs Airport, the highest two-day period ever for the location, which serves as an official weather station for the city, said state climatologist Russ Schumacher, director of the Colorado Climate Center.Ĭolorado Springs is in the midst of its third wettest all-time May-June period, with more than half the month to come, at 12.3 inches trailing only the same two-month period in 2015 (13.85) and 1995 (12.61), according to Schumacher. Prolonged, widespread rain has set daily and monthly records in some hard-hit spots. Up and down the Front Range and east of Metro Denver are posting similar rainfall totals with many cracking the top 10 spots for year-to-date totals so far in 2023. The city’s mark is the top of all time for year-to-date rainfall, beating out 2015 (14.11) for the same period. 1 to June 13 include 14.71 inches in Colorado Springs. Northeastern Colorado has been soaked since May, thunderstorms and prolonged rains have saturated widespread areas in what’s shaping up to be the wettest start to the year, or close to it, for some cities and towns.
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