Mother Nature can be fickle, especially in Colorado, dropping heavy rain in one location and nothing in a spot nearby.\u00a0 Such was the case this afternoon and evening when Denver International Airport received nearly two inches of rain and Thornton recorded nothing.<\/p>\n
As officially measured at DIA, Denver recorded an amazing 1.94 inches of precipitation on August 22.\u00a0 This easily bests the record for the date of 0.75 inches set in 1953.\u00a0 It also ranks as the 34th biggest single day precipitation total for the city on record.<\/p>\n
Here in Thornton we weren\u2019t so lucky as the storms stayed south and east of us.\u00a0 We recorded absolutely nothing in the rain bucket on this date.<\/p>\n Mother Nature can be fickle, especially in Colorado, dropping heavy rain in one location and nothing in a spot nearby.\u00a0 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 … Continue reading Denver sets daily precipitation record for August 22, Thornton catches nothing in the rain bucket<\/span> ![\"Denver's](\"http:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-N8UaLd_-Emw\/UhqcrvjfkZI\/AAAAAAAAAds\/OmKKwmDT_3A\/s560\/20130822.jpg\")