Here are rainfall totals for Fort Collins and across Colorado after 3-day storm

Miles Blumhardt, Fort Collins Coloradoan
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Proof of the power of Colorado's three-day storm that ended Friday came in many facets:

  • Larimer County was simultaneously under a flood watch and winter storm advisory.

  • Elizabeth received the most rain, with 6.8 inches over the three days.

  • Snowplows cleared hail, some as large as 2 inches in diameter, from roads; flooding closed Cherry Creek State Park in Denver; and a smattering of tornadoes touched down.

  • Denver's three-day total of 4.4 inches of rain was the fifth most for a three-day span.

Fort Collins missed the damaging hail, flooding and tornadoes but picked up 2 inches of needed precipitation Wednesday through early Friday, according to the city's official weather station on the CSU campus.

People cross College Avenue at Mountain Avenue during heavy rain in Fort Collins on Thursday.
People cross College Avenue at Mountain Avenue during heavy rain in Fort Collins on Thursday.

"Locally, we're still a bit below average for the water year with precipitation, but this brings us back close to the average,'' said Russ Schumacher, professor in CSU's Department of Atmospheric Science and Colorado's state climatologist. "For Fort Collins, it was more of a typical May soaker.''

He added that the northeast plains, well below normal for precipitation, received a "huge boost.''

The rain boosted Fort Collins' precipitation for the month to 2.02 inches. Average precipitation for May is 2.72 inches. The weekend forecast calls for a 50% chance of rain Saturday and 70% chance Sunday.

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3-day rainfall totals for Fort Collins area and statewide

The National Weather Service reported these rainfall totals from 6 p.m. Tuesday through 6 a.m. Friday. Some areas received slightly more rain after these reports.

Fort Collins area

  • Greeley : 4.24 inches

  • Berthoud (1.1 miles east-southeast): 3.73 inches

  • Horsetooth Mountain (3.2 miles north-northwest): 3.13 inches

  • Windsor (2.9 miles west): 2.95 inches

  • Fort Collins (3 miles northwest): 2.64 inches

  • Bellvue (5.9 miles west): 2.55 inches

  • Loveland (2.4 miles northwest): 2.53 inches

  • Loveland (3.8 miles south): 2.52 inches

  • Windsor: 2.86 inches

  • Loveland: 2.44 inches

  • Fort Collins (4.2 miles south): 2.40 inches

  • Fort Collins (1.2 miles southeast): 2.26 inches

  • Timnath (3.1 miles north): 2.24 inches

  • Northern Colorado Regional Airport: 2.09 inches

  • Fort Collins (CSU campus official weather station): 2 inches

  • Glen Haven (1.2 miles north): 1.96 inches

  • Timnath: 1.85 inches

  • Wellington: 1.79 inches

  • Laporte: 1.73 inches

  • Estes Park: 1.04 inches

  • Livermore: 0.81 inches

  • Red Feather Lakes: 0.65 inches

Statewide

  • Elizabeth: 6.8 inches

  • Aurora: 6.44

  • Cherry Creek Reservoir: 5.89 inches

  • Castle Rock: 5.56 inches

  • Brighton: 5.41 inches

  • Iliff: 5.10 inches

  • Littleton: 4.95 inches

  • Denver. 4.4 inches

  • Brush: 4.25 inches

  • DIA: 4.15 inches

  • Thornton: 3.39 inches

  • Longmont: 3.13 inches

  • Erie: 2.89 inches

  • Sterling: 2.74 inches

  • Boulder: 2.61 inches

  • Longmont: 2.52 inches

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Here are rainfall totals for Fort Collins and around Colorado