Seeing Green

As the first few days of July get underway, I thought it would be quite appropriate to look back at our wet and soggy June, 2009. Just how abnormal was it? A recent article in the Denver Post summed it up quite well. In a nutshell, it was the second wettest June on record, only one tenth of an inch behind the record set in 1882. This June we officially logged 4.86 inches of rain out at DIA, with several spotter locations around the area breaking 5 inches. This is an impressive 3.52 inches above normal for the month of June. Thanks to a wet Spring, we have logged 10.38 inches of precipitation so far this year, which is 2.51 inches above normal. It has been a long time since this has been the case.

It looks like this stormy trend will continue for awhile longer. A chance of rain remains in the forecast for each of the next several days before drying out a bit again early next week. July can be a very interesting month for weather, so stay tuned for a look at what could be in store for the coming weeks.