A steady rain beginning Tuesday night soaked Kingfisher County.

Rainfall amounts ranged from two inches at Cashion Grain and Feed to 1.3 inches at CHS Elevator in Okarche and at the Harold Ebers residence near Hennessey to .75 inch at Dover.

Snow was reported at the Okarche Grain and Feed Elevator but did not stick to the ground.

Ice formed on auto windshields in Kingfisher but quickly melted.

Area fields had water standing in them Tuesday afternoon as a result of the day-long precipitation that was consistent rather than heavy and creeks rose due to runoff. There was no flooding.

Area small grain crops have continued growing during the winter months due to the, as yet, mild temperatures and ample moisture.

Rainfall amounts reported across the county from Tuesday’s rain include:

Cashion – 2.0 inches at Cashion Grain and Feed Elevator. City-County Emergency Manager Steve Loftis said he received a report from one Cashion resident who recorded 2.08 inches.

Dover – .75 inch at the Kenneth Benson residence in Dover.

Hennessey – 1.3 inches at the Harold Ebers residence.

Kingfisher – 2.0 inches at an unofficial gauge on Shafenberg Road east of Kingfisher, and two inches at the Twila Adams residence east of Kingfisher. Loftis, the observer for the National Weather Service in Kingfisher recorded a total of 1.45 inches of rain in Kingfisher.

Okarche – 1.3 inches at CHS Elevator in Okarche, 1.6 inches at the Mike and Donna Reid residence northwest of Okarche and 1.2 inches at the Dan and Brenda Slater residence, southeast of Okarche.

Omega – 1.1 inches at the Wheeler Brothers Elevator.

Mesonet readings in this area included:

Kingfisher – 1.43 inches.

Marshall – 1.44 inches.

Watonga – .76 inch.

Hinton – .73 inch.

Guthrie – 1.57 inches.

Spencer – 1.23 inches.

Yukon – 1.03 inches.

The rain system centered on an area from Freedom in Northwest Oklahoma, which recorded .53 inch of moisture, and proceeded southeasterly to McAlester, which recorded 1.15 inches.

Other Western Oklahoma points received increasingly lighter rainfall.