Denver residents just experienced the rainiest June in the city in at least the last 150 years, according to the National Weather Service at Boulder.
The city received a whopping 6.10 inches of rain and broke a 140-year-old record for June rainfall. That was set in June 1882, when the city received 4.96 inches of rain in June, the weather service said. The agency started keeping records in 1872.
Usually, average June rainfall tops out at about 1.94 inches, said National Weather Service meteorologist David Barjenbruch.
