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Typically, he said, Colorado weather this time of year is dominated by a high-pressure ridge in the Southwest, which produces warmer and drier conditions for Colorado. More: What to know about Colorado's deadliest natural disasters, including key safety tips Why is Colorado seeing so much rain this spring?ĭave Barjenburch, National Weather Service meteorologist in Boulder, said our moisture streak is much more related to where high- and low-pressure ridges are located than to the transition from a La Nina pattern to El Nino. The triangle between south Loveland, north Loveland and west Windsor generally showed the highest amount of rain, with many stations recording well over 2 inches of rain during the weekend.A station in south Fort Collins recorded 2.69 inches over the two days, and one southwest of Windsor recorded 2.41 inches.

Precipitation includes moisture from rain and snowmelt. 1, Fort Collins is more than 2 inches above average for precipitation, with 9.57 inches compared with an average of 7.34 inches. The city saw 3.32 inches of rain in May, compared with its average of 2.72 inches. Fort Collins has recorded 2.63 inches of rain in June.That day saw 2.77 inches of rain cause significant flooding on the CSU campus, according to the Colorado Climate Center. Sunday was the wettest single day recorded at the city's official reporting station on the CSU campus since May 17, 2017.Fort Collins had more rain Sunday (1.98 inches) than the average for all of June (1.90 inches), according to the Colorado Climate Center.Several reports showed minor flooding around the hotel district on East Mulberry Street near Interstate 25 on Sunday.įort Collins saw more rain Sunday than any day since May 2017, when CSU campus flooded.Trail users should not attempt to ride or walk through the water and mud along Spring Creek Trail underpasses. Weekend rains pushed Spring Creek out of its banks in low-lying areas along the Fort Collins trail system.The Poudre River has not flooded in Fort Collins but is running at 2,000 cubic feet per second as of Monday morning, the highest flow recorded this season and nearly three times faster than its norm for this time of year.

Fort Collins officially recorded 1.98 inches of rain Sunday.Fort Collins sees minor flooding after nearly 2 inches of rain Sunday Fort Collins and the surrounding area have received rain the first four days of June, including nearly 2 inches Sunday that caused minor flooding of trails and low-lying areas.Īnd there are good chances of more rain in the forecast the rest of the week.