“It’s an almost ridiculous amount of rain”: Denver had its rainiest June in the last 150 years
Denver residents just experienced the rainiest June in the city in at least the last 150 years, according to the National Weather Service at Boulder.
The city received a whopping 6.10 inches of rain and broke a 140-year-old record for June rainfall. That was set in June 1882, when the city received 4.96 inches of rain in June, the weather service said. The agency started keeping records in 1872. Usually, average June rainfall tops out at about 1.94 inches, said National Weather Service meteorologist David Barjenbruch.Additionally, the total rain in May and June this year — 11.63 inches of rain — was the rainiest the city has ever been in those two months, going back to the start of the weather service’s record keeping in 1872, Barjenbruch said.
“ nearing our normal annual precipitation, almost, and we’ve had that in the last two months,” he said. “It’s an almost ridiculous amount of rain.” June, 2023 will live in the record books! Denver broke June's record rainfall with 6.10", smashing the old record of 4.96" set in 1882.
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