Unprecedented Late-Summer Storm Slams Northern Colorado

Did you happen to get with a wild thunderstorm this weekend in Northern Colorado? Sunday, August 10, was quite a crazy ride for the weather. The day started really nicely, and it felt like fall was finally starting to peek its head out from the sweltering heat.

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By the late afternoon, all of that changed. I just got finished mowing the lawn and the dark storm clouds started rolling in. Moments later, I looked to the southwest and saw an ominous sight.

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I started to scramble to move things around in my garage to pull my truck in, because you never know if a storm can produce damaging hail in Colorado, and it's always better to be safe than sorry. Moments after I pulled the truck into the garage, the skies unleashed a massive amount of rain.

Record Rainfall Breaks After Nearly 150 Years

As we all like to say here in Colorado, "we needed the moisture". That is exactly what we got—moisture and a lot of it. So much so, a nearly 150-year-old record was broken yesterday for daily rainfall.

Airport Chaos: Flights Delayed and Canceled

According to KDVR, numerous flood advisories were issued in the Northern Colorado counties of Weld and Larimer. The storm delayed over 1,000 flights and canceled around 70 flights out of Denver International Airport.

Speaking of Denver International Airport, this is the location that broke the 147-year-old daily rainfall record for Denver. An astounding 1.43 inches of rain fell throughout the day on Sunday, a total that nearly doubled the previous record from 1878.

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August typically sees around one and a half inches of rain for the entire month, and Denver International Airport saw all of that rain in just a few hours.