May continues to be a friendly month in terms of precipitation, with another bout of rainfall late Tuesday afternoon and into the evening.
Early reports showed Ellis County didn’t receive much accumulation, but a report near Ellis showed 0.3 inches of rain. In Hays, early reports showed just less than 0.2 inches in the gauge. For the year, the K-State Ag Research Center has reported just more than 3 inches of rain in all of 2015.
Trego County saw a report of 0.75 inches in the southwest portion of the county, while farther west — in Gove and Sheridan counties — gauges showed between 0.3 and 0.67 inches.
The heaviest rain fell Tuesday in far south-central Kansas, with Sumner County reporting up to 3.15 inches. Butler County had a report of just more than 4 inches of rain.
Chances for additional rain continue today, beginning after 3 p.m., with thunderstorms possible after 10 p.m.
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