Mother Nature can be fickle, especially in Colorado, dropping heavy rain in one location and nothing in a spot nearby.  Such was the case this afternoon and evening when Denver International Airport received nearly two inches of rain and Thornton recorded nothing.

As officially measured at DIA, Denver recorded an amazing 1.94 inches of precipitation on August 22.  This easily bests the record for the date of 0.75 inches set in 1953.  It also ranks as the 34th biggest single day precipitation total for the city on record.

Here in Thornton we weren’t so lucky as the storms stayed south and east of us.  We recorded absolutely nothing in the rain bucket on this date.