August 5th rain in Cheyenne 2nd Greatest Daily Rain for August
The heavy rainfall that fell in Cheyenne on August 5 was one of the heaviest daily rainfalls
on record for the city of Cheyenne. In just about 1 hour and 15 minutes, 2.02 inches of
rain was officially recorded at the National Weather Service office in Cheyenne. This set
a new daily rainfall record for August 5th, obliterating the old record of just under an
inch (0.96) which occurred in 1954. It was also the 2nd greatest daily rainfall ever
recorded in August, eclipsed only by the 6.06 inch rainfall that produced the great
Cheyenne flood on August 1st, 1985.
Here are a couple of photographs taken after the storm:
Taken at Pando Park
Taken at Yellowstone and Carlson
Above photos courtesy of Bryan and Gina Scadden
The 2.02 inches of rain will go in the record books as the 11th greatest daily rainfall ever
recorded in Cheyenne for any day of the year since records began being kept in about
1875. The following table shows the remaining 10 other days:
Rank Value Ending Date
1 6.06 8/ 1/1985
2 3.65 7/15/1896
3 3.41 7/19/1973
4 3.06 6/14/1926
5 2.69 9/ 8/1973
6 2.45 4/24/1929
7 2.40 6/14/1955
8 2.39 9/21/1902
9 2.26 6/ 8/1974
10 2.06 5/30/1896
11 2.02 8/ 5/2008
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