Colorado is back to the weather that made most of us move here.  Mid 70′s for temps, sunny most of the day with chance of rain in the afternoon.

You can expect much of the same Saturday and Sunday.

And despite the snow up on Pikes Peak, 16 miles of the 19-mile stretch of the Pikes Peak Highway were open Thursday, according to the Pikes Peak Ranger District.

The torrential downpour that washed through El Paso County on Wednesday set a record for the most rain in Colorado Springs on Sept. 14th, according to the weather service.

The storm also left at least a foot of snow on the summit of Pikes Peak.

Measurements taken at the Colorado Springs Airport indicated that 4 1/2 inches of rain fell, almost 4 inches more than the previous record of .46 inches for the day, set in 1957.

The last time this much rain fell in a day in Colorado Springs was in 2008, when 4.29 inches fell. Before that, the last time local rainfall broke the 4-inch mark was in August 1921.