April showers finally provided significant moisture to portions of Kingfisher County Tuesday and Wednesday.

Rainfall amounts ranged from .3 inch at the Cashion Grain and Feed Elevator to 3.4 inches at the Rick and Robin Johnston residence northwest of Dover.

Generally heavier amounts were reported in the Hennessey area. Kingfisher County OSU Extension Director Bryan Kennedy called the rainfall a “blessing” but added the weather between now and harvest will determine the amount and quality of wheat and rye harvested.

If it turns off hot and windy in coming days, last week’s rain effects will be diminished, he said.

However, if cooler weather and additional rain arrives, the grain should fill better than it would have otherwise, he added.

Kennedy said the state grain crops are hurting the further north and west one goes and western Kansas, a major wheat producing re- gion, is in horrible shape.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics service last Monday rated 19% of winter wheat in top producer Kansas in good to excellent condition, up from 17 % the preceding week.

About 53% of U.S. winter wheat is produced in an area currently experiencing drought, the USDA said last week, a reduction from 55% a week earlier and down from 69% as the year began.

ForOklahoma,theUSDA rated 29% of the winter wheat crop in good to excellent condition, down from 30% a week ago.

For Texas, the No. 2 winter wheat state by planted area, the USDA on Monday rated 23% of the crop as good to excellent, up from 17% the previous week, while 44% was rated as poor to very poor, compared with 50% previously.

The USDA issued its last national winter wheat ratings on Nov. 29, reporting 34% of the U.S. crop in good-to-excellent condition as of Nov. 27, the lowest for that time of year since 2012.

Other Kingfisher County rainfall measurements included:

• Kennedy reported 2.6 to 2.8 inches measurements in the immediate vicinity northwest of Hennessey and up to 3.1 inches west of Hennessey.

• He said Tom Kloeppel, who resides west of Cimarron Electric Cooperative, north of Kingfisher, told him in a telephone call Thursday that he received two inches at his residence.

• CHS Elevator at Omega reported 1.5 inches.

• Twila Adams, east of Kingfisher, 1.7 inches.

• Dan and Brenda Slater, southeast of Okarche reported 1.6 inches of rain up to Wednesday evening with more falling overnight.

• Cashion Grain and Feed Elevator, west of Okarche, reported 1.5 inches.

• Tom Arms, west of Kingfisher, recorded 1.85 inches.

Other amounts reported to Arms’ Facebook page included:

• Roberta Russell, northwest of Loyal, 2.5-plus inches.

• Melissa Knecht, east of Okarche, 1.9 inches.

• Cathy Howard, northwest of Lacey, 2.4 inches.