Kingfisher County received timely showers beginning Tuesday totaling from .6 in the Hennessey area to around two inches east of Kingfisher.

A light rain continued Friday, giving hope of additional beneficial moisture.

“Rain this time of year is a good thing,” County Extension Agent/ Agricultural Educator Bryan Kennedy said.

However, he said some fungus had begun showing up.

He said some producers, especially in the north part of the county, had added fungicides to an application of fertilizer in recent days.

Kennedy said some producers were also applying inhibitors to strains of wheat known for lodging (bending over near ground level and thereby making it difficult to harvest the grain).

Kennedy said that while the moisture will aid wheat fields intended for harvest, it is especially beneficial for fields being used for grazeout and oats crops.

The grazeout fields needed the moisture to spur plant growth for pasture and the oats fields, which are normally sown in the spring, need it to get established.

He noted that wheat is beginning to head out and growth will be especially noticeable in coming days.

The rain system was expected to move out of the area Friday afternoon but cooler weather is expected during the coming week while sun and warmer weather would likely be more helpful at this point.

Kennedy said gardeners have been getting busy in recent days and the rain will help them.

He advised those who are putting tomatoes out early to provide frost protection for them.

He said some gardeners are planting in five-gallon buckets with the bottoms cut out so that they can cover them with a lid at night.

“They need to be covered nightly before the threat of frost is over,” he said.

Rainfall amounts available across the county included:

Cashion – 1.5 inches at the Cashion Grain and Feed Elevator.

Hennessey – .6 inch. Kennedy said the rain stopped just west of Hennessey. He had received .2 inch before Friday.The CHS Elevator in Hennessey recorded .4 inch as of Friday morning.

Okarche – about one inch at the CHS Elevator in Okarche, 1.5 inches at the Okarche Grain and Feed Elevator eight miles west of Okarche.

Kingfisher – Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis recorded 1.8 inches at the National Weather Service station in Kingfisher; Twila Adams recorded about two inches at her residence east of Kingfisher, Mike Reid registered 1.7 inches at his residence along Park Community Road five miles southwest of Kingfisher.

Omega – .75 inch at CHS Elevator at Omega.

Mesonet readings Friday morning included: Guthrie 1.37 inches, El Reno. 71 inch, Marshall .82 inch, Marena 1.55 inches, Watonga .74 inch, Tipton 1.67 inches, Sallisaw 1.59 inches and Spencer 1.41 inches.

The Kingfisher Mesonet site west of Kingfisher on the Mueggenborg Farm recorded 1.17 inches as a three-day total.