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<br />June 16-17, 1965 <br /> <br />2.71 inches in one day, <br /> <br />2.86 inches in two days <br /> <br />Fort Collins got only a small taste of the torrential rains that fell in many areas of eastern <br />and southeastern Colorado during mid June of 1965. After ten days of showery weather, <br />a brief but intense downpour dropped 2.71 inches with 2.31 inches faIling injust one hour. <br />Heavier rains were reported elsewhere in Larimer County, but the locations of these <br />heavier rains were not described. <br /> <br />June 11-12, 1970 <br /> <br />2.40 inches in one day, <br /> <br />2.96 inches in two days <br /> <br />Steady, hard rain began during the evening of June 10th and continued all day on the 11th <br />ending early on the 12th. Rainfall rates were not intense, and temperatures with this stonn <br />were very chilly. No spatial rainfall patterns were available showing rainfall totals <br />elsewhere near Fort Collins. However, soaking, beneficial rains were widespread over <br />northeastern Colorado. <br /> <br />June 8-9, 1974 <br /> <br />2.85 inches in one day, <br /> <br />2.89 inches in two days <br /> <br />Chilly, light rain began during the evening ofJune 7th and became heavier overnight with <br />a 6-hour accumulation of 1.58 inches. Steady, soaking rains then continued throughout <br />the 8th and tapered off. Intensities were too low to produce significant flooding. No <br />infonnation was obtained to describe rainfall patterns elsewhere in the Fort Collins area. <br /> <br />May 28-29, 1975 <br /> <br />3.27 inches in two days <br /> <br />Rain began very late May 27th and continued all day on the 28th and ended during the <br />afternoon of the 29th. A wonderfu1, soaking rain but intensities were only moderate with <br />a maximum 6-hourtotal of only 1.00 inches. No information was obtained to describe <br />rainfall patterns elsewhere in the Fort Collins area. <br /> <br />July 24-25, 1977 <br /> <br />4.43 inches in one day, <br /> <br />4.76 inches in two days <br /> <br />Late evening thunderstonns erupted July 23rd north and west of Fort Collins with locally <br />heavy rains. Rains developed in the foothills west of Fort Collins again on the afternoon <br />of the 24th. Heavy rains began over Fort Collins around 8 p.m. and continued well past <br />midnight with 2.59 inches on campus by 5 a.m. on the 25th but with 3-5 inches in areas <br />east, west and north of the city. Another period of heavy rain fell over the city from <br />7 a.m. to about noon on the 25th with an additional 1.84" on campus and slightly more in <br />some other parts of town. This rain episode was more localized in the immediate Fort <br />Collins area. <br /> <br />54 <br />