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19 May 2023
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Roll up your garden hoses. Turn off the lawn sprinklers. The rain is taking care of many Kansas lawns, gardens, and fields on Friday.
Some people received a lot of rain. Alan Thornburg, who lives six miles north of Fowler, said he got 5 inches of rain since 4 p.m. Thursday. Four inches fell in two hours. The rest came overnight.
KSN News viewer Debbie Dowell said they got 3 inches of rain south of Dighton. She sent us a picture of water in a field with the message, “This isn’t a pond 😁”
The Kansas Mesonet, operated by Kansas State University, shows rainfall amounts from 7:30 a.m. CT Thursday through 7:30 a.m. CT Friday. The numbers are from one location in a county. Other areas of the county may have received higher or lower amounts.
Barber County – 1.24 inches
Brown County – .03 inch
Butler County – .25 inch
Chase County – .05 inch
Chautauqua County – .31 inch
Cherokee County – .13 inch
Cheyenne County – 1.56 inches
Clark County – 1.14 inches
Ellis County – 1.56 inches
Ellsworth County – .5 inch
Finney County – 1.55 inches
Ford County – 2.66 inches
Grant County – .04 inch
Gray County – 1.19 inches
Gove County – .15 inch
Greeley County – 1.41 inches
Hamilton County – .84 inch
Harper County – .9 inch
Haskell County – 1.17 inches
Hodgeman County – .82 inch
Jewell County – .38 inch
Johnson County – .04 inch
Kearny County – .54 inch
Labette County – .15 inch
Lane County – .09 inch
Logan County – .55 inch
McPherson County – .99 inch
Meade County – 1.2 inches
Miami County – .02 inch
Mitchell County – .05 inch
Morton County – .35 inch
Ness County – 1.64 inches
Osage County – .01 inch
Osborne County – .22 inch
Reno County – 1.14 inches
Republic County – .09 inch
Rush County – .79 inch
Scott County – 1.74 inches
Sedgwick County – .79 inch
Shawnee County – .04 inch
Sheridan County – .01 inch
Sherman County – .08 inch
Stafford County – 1.34 inches
Stanton County – .04 inch
Stevens County – .16 inch
Thomas County – .01 inch
Trego County .15 inch
Wallace County – .38 inch
Washington County – .05 inch
Wichita County – .56 inch
Woodson County – .03 inch
Click this link to determine the rainfall amounts that Kansas Mesonet did not report.