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Fort Carson rain gauge may have captured Colorado record
http://gazette.com/fort-carson-rain-gauge-may-have-captured-colorado-record/article/1513953Fort Carson rain gauge may have captured Colorado record
By Lisa Walton, [email protected] - • Updated: February 3, 2014 at 9:50 pm • Published: February 3, 2014 | 9:20 pm
One of the most devastating days in a September deluge that washed away cars, destroyed homes and killed two people, is now just a couple formalities away from setting an official record.
A rain gauge maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey at Fort Carson measured 11.85 inches of rainfall on Sept. 12, 2013, and is set to replace the state's previous 24-hour rainfall record of 11.08 inches, set in 1965 in Holly., Holly is near the Kansas border in southeastern Colorado.
"This is a very rare event," said Jennifer Stark, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service center in Pueblo. "That's approaching what we would expect to see in one year, not one day. We live in a very arid region."
Stark said the average annual precipitation for the region is 16.54 inches - and that includes snowmelt.
