{"id":11671,"date":"2013-09-17T18:04:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T00:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=11671"},"modified":"2013-09-18T06:55:43","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T12:55:43","slug":"interactive-map-rainfall-totals-from-colorados-september-2013-flood-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/interactive-map-rainfall-totals-from-colorados-september-2013-flood-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive map: Rainfall totals from Colorado\u2019s September 2013 flood event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Damage in Jamestown on September 15, 2013. See the map of rainfall totals from the flooding event below. Click the image to view a photo slideshow of the devastation. (Boulder OEM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the numbers, the rainfall experienced across northeastern Colorado since Monday, September 9 has been nothing short of extraordinary.\u00a0 Over the span of a week, many locations received half of what they normally receive in an entire year.\u00a0 Some received more than what they expect annually.<\/p>\n

We have created and interactive map (below) that shows precipitation totals from Monday, September 9, 2013 to Monday, September 16, 2013.\u00a0 The numbers are totals as reported by CoCoRaHS volunteers \u2013 the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking at the map, it is clear that the Boulder area received the most with one station recording an astonishing 21.13\u201d over the 7 day timespan.\u00a0 The official station in Boulder has recorded 16.69\u201d inches this month and 29.65\u201d for the year. These numbers break Boulder\u2019s monthly record and its annual precipitation record.<\/p>\n

Denver\u2019s official station at Denver International Airport (DIA) has recorded 4.65 inches this month, enough to put September 2013 in the books as the 2nd wettest on record.\u00a0 However, that total hardly reflects what locations closer to the city\u2019s center received with many recording over 7\u201d this month.<\/p>\n

Here in Thornton we have seen 8.85\u201d of rain so far this month, an extraordinary total that brings our total for 2013 to 18.81\u201d.\u00a0 This is clearly the biggest month and year for precipitation since ThorntonWeather.com came online in 2007 and likely the biggest month ever in Thornton.<\/p>\n

If you have a hard time viewing the map in the window below, click here to launch a larger version<\/a>.<\/p>\n