If August 2008\u2019s weather thus far had to be summed up in one word it would be WET!\u00a0 Last Thursday a low pressure system began moving into the region from Saskatchewan, Canada.\u00a0 Ahead of the system a cold front moved into northeastern Colorado and by Friday that low pressure had settled over Colorado.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Over a three day period through Sunday morning, this produced lots of rain and record cool temperatures.\u00a0 As it stands today in fact, August 2008 has climbed to # 3 on the all-time wettest August\u2019s on record \u2013 and we still have 12 days left in the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Denver\u2019s top 5 wettest Augusts<\/strong><\/p>\n 5.85″\u00a0\u00a0 1979 While our August moisture has been great, it has not erased the deficit in precipitation overall for 2008.\u00a0 Up until this month, we had nine straight months with below average precipitation.\u00a0 Through the end of August, Denver historically averages 12.07 inches of precipitation.\u00a0 As of today, even with our record setting August, we only have recorded 7.31 inches in 2008.\u00a0 Certainly the recent storm highlights that we could easily catch up with one or two wet systems moving through but it does also serve as a reminder that we are still quite dry.\u00a0<\/p>\n Record temperatures too!\u00a0 With the wet cold front came record setting cool temperatures too.\u00a0 Friday, August 15th, Denver reached 59 degrees which demolished the previous record low maximum temperature of 68 degrees set in 1880.\u00a0 Saturday, August 16th we reached 58 degrees which again broke the previous record low maximum for the date of 63 degrees set in 1890.\u00a0 ThorntonWeather.com recorded 58 and 57.2 on August 15th and 16th respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If August 2008\u2019s weather thus far had to be summed up in one word it would be WET!\u00a0 Last Thursday a low pressure system began moving into the region from Saskatchewan, Canada.\u00a0 Ahead of the system a cold front moved into northeastern Colorado and by Friday that low pressure had settled over Colorado.\u00a0 Over a … Continue reading Crazy August weather \u2013 Lots of moisture but overall still behind the curve<\/span>
\n4.47\u00a0”\u00a0 1951
\n4.03″\u00a0\u00a0 2008\u00a0 (4.76″ recorded in Thornton)
\n3.87″\u00a0\u00a0 1923
\n3.69″\u00a0\u00a0 1991<\/p>\n