Generous mid-summer rains left moisture in the neighborhood of two inches across much of Kingfisher County early this week.

The rain benefitted summer crops as well as pastures, lawns and gardens, which had been suffering from an extended dry spell accompanied by a string of days with high temperatures well above 100 degrees.

A refreshing cool front dropped high daytime temperatures into the upper 80s.

Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis recorded a total of 2.4 inches of rain at the National Weather Service Station in Kingfisher for the weekend and early week.

Other area reports included two inches at the Tom Arms residence west of Kingfisher, two inches reported by Connie Kroener, 4.5 miles east of Okarche, 1.9 inches at the Cathy Howard residence northwest of Lacey, 2.2 inches at the Twila Adams residence five miles east of Kingfisher, 2.4 inches at the Rick and Robin Johnston residence four miles northwest of Dover, two inches at the Mike and Donna Reid residence five miles southwest of Kingfisher, 2.1 inches at Cashion Grain and Feed Elevator and a total of 1.4 inches at the CHS Elevator in Hennessey, with .6 inch recorded Sunday morning and .8 inch recorded Tuesday morning.

Readings from the Mesonet station west of Kingfi sher at the Mueggenborg farm included: Kingfisher, 1.92 inches; Watonga, .88 inch; Guthrie, 1.97 inches, and Marshall, 1.99 inches.

Heaviest rainfall recorded by the Mesonet for the three-day period beginning Sunday was registered at Okemah at 4.64 inches.