A couple of rain showers during the last week boosted the emerging Kingfisher County wheat crop, helping push plants in newly sown fields to a stand and helping earlier fields get a better grip on life.

Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis reported .4 inch of rain Thursday morning at the National Weather Service Station in Kingfisher, following a .01 inch amount last Sunday morning.

Local grain fields are increasingly turning a greener shade as the late-developing crop pushes through en route to harvest next year and possibly some livestock grazing if additional moisture arrives.

Area grain fields were sown later than usual this fall after an extended drought left fields “dry as a bone.”

Fields where the seed was dusted in are growing rapidly, reflecting the benefits of the late showers more noticeably.

The Kingfisher Mesonet station at the Mueggenborg farm immediately west of Kingfisher recorded total of .36 inch of rain for the week.

Other area Mesonet readings included: Watonga, .35 inch, Marshall .36 inch, Guthrie, .10 inch and El Reno, .36 inch.

Other local reports included: Dover – Rick and Robin Johnston – .4 inch northwest of Dover.

Kingfisher – Twila Adams, .5 inch five miles east of Kingfisher; Mike and Donna Reid – five miles northwest of Kingfisher – .45 inch; Tom Arms, three miles west of Kingfisher, .5 inch; Susie Rice, south of Kingfisher, .4 inch; Norman Schoelen. South 13th Street in Kingfisher – .4 inch (from Tom Arms on Facebook).

Omega – Rick Hankins, .3 inch (from Tom Arms on Facebook).

Lacey – Cathy Howard, northwest of Lacey, .4 inch (from Tom Arms on Facebook).