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Aug 19, 2008 8:20 am US/Mountain

Wet Weekend Helps Denver's Rain Gauge

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DENVER (CBS4) ― The 2008 calendar year was on pace to be the driest year ever for Denver, but after a soggy weekend things have turned around.

With all the rain we received this past weekend, August is on now on track to be the 3rd wettest August ever with more than 4 inches of rain for the month. Up until Aug. 4, Denver had only received 3.28 inches of precipitation. Denver's driest year was 2002 when the city had 7.48 inches of precipitation. So far this year, we've received 7.31 inches of precipitation.

From Friday Aug. 15 to Sunday Aug. 17, Denver received more than 2 inches of rain. The totals the National Weather Service received from the metro area and Front Range were varied from more than 4 inches to around an inch for the 3 days.

Fort Collins: 4.33"

Greeley: 4.20"

Chatfield Dam: 3.37"

Littleton: 3.33"

Sterling: 3:30"

Parker 3.17"

Castle Rock 3.13"

Fredrick 3.05"

Golden 3.00"

Aurora 1.89"

As of Thursday Aug. 14, the U.S. Drought Monitor showed much of Eastern Colorado with moderate to severe drought conditions with the southeastern corner of the state into the panhandle of Oklahoma and southwest Kansas under extreme drought conditions.

Long Range Forecast For Colorado

A new 30- and 90-day long range forecast for Colorado is released by the Climate Prediction Center each month. Get the whole story about the latest long range forecast from CBS4's forecasters.

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Learn more about how wildfires happen and what can be done to combat them once they do. Several links on cbs4denver.com's Wildfire Resources section also provide important information if a wildfire is threatening your community.

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