Heavy rains fell across portions of Kingfisher County Sunday, ranging from 1 inch at Loyal to up to 5 inches in eastern Kingfisher County.

The rain fell just in time for small grain planting.

Monday marked the first day of autumn, the time when many farmers begin sowing small grain crops.

Kingfisher Weather Observer Steve Loftis reported a total of 3 inches of rain over the weekend, falling as follows: Saturday .05 inch, Sunday 2.5 inches, Monday .25 inch and Tuesday .2 inch.

The rain brought September’s total to 2.94 inches and the year-to-date total to 42.99 inches. The local average yearly rainfall is 35.65 inches.

Rainfall amounts recorded across the area included:

Crescent Coop – 4.5 to 5 inches in the vicinity.

Cashion – Manager John Schaefer reported one inch at Cashion Grain and Feed Elevator.

Dover – 1.2 inches at the Rick and Robin Johnston residence, northwest of Dover. Jeremy Ingle reported only light rain at his residence, southeast of Dover but said a downpour occurred two miles south of there.

Hennessey – 1.16 inches at the Harold Ebers residence, which was called just the right amount for some early-sown wheat that was just coming up.

Kingfisher – 2.37 inches at the Mesonet site on the Mueggenborg Farm west of Kingfisher, 3.0 inches at an unofficial gauge, 3.1 inches at the Mike Reid residence southwest of Kingfisher.

Loyal – one inch at the Jon Cochran Sr. residence.

Okarche – 2.75 inches at the CHS Elevator in Okarche and 2.0 inches 10 miles west of there. Okarche Grain and Feed Manager Gary Altizer reported 2.75 inches at the elevator eight miles west of Okarche and reports of up to 3.5 inches in the vicinity.

Mesonet readings ranged from .72 inches at El Reno to 3.55 inches at Lake Carl Blackwell in the band of showers that reached from northeast Oklahoma to the far southwest corner of the state where Hollis recorded 1.90 inches.

The heaviest rainfall recorded by a Mesonet station occurred at Broken Bow, 7.07 inches. However nearby Idabel received only .54 inch.

Other Mesonet readings included: Guthrie 1.04, Marshall 1.7, Weatherford 1.75, Elk City 1.12, Hobart 1.36, Pawnee 2.98, Waurika .86, Yukon .35, Fort Cobb .76, Mangum 1.05, Hinton 1.8, Watonga 1.11 and Cheyenne 1.32 inches.