It is readily apparent that July has thus far been a wet month given that we have seen eight straight days of thunderstorms.  Yesterday the storms set a record for precipitation and Denver is on pace to make the month one of the wettest Julys on record.

Out at Denver International Airport yesterday, 1.03” of precipitation was recorded.  This set the record for the date easily besting the old record of 0.45” set in 1993.

Here in Thornton we recorded 0.45” yesterday so a good bit less than out at the airport but still a decent shot of precipitation.

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This brings Denver’s official total to 3.19” for the month so far. Average for the entire month of July is 2.16” so we are far ahead of that.

Number 10 on the ‘top 10 wettest Julys’ occurred in 1985 with 3.71”.  Given the fact that the forecast continues to contain daily thunderstorms for the foreseeable future, there is a good chance we will exceed that before the month is over.

Thornton is ahead of the game in comparison to DIA as we have recorded 4.52” so far this month.