One inch of snow adds to wet year so far in Hays

Pete enjoys digging in the garden after Thursday’s snowfall.

By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

The cold weather brought the season’s first significant amount of snowfall to Hays.

According to the official report from the K-State Agricultural Research Center, 1 inch of snow was measured Thu., Nov. 8, yielding 0.11 inches of moisture. In October, 0.03 hundredths of snow fell for a total of 1.03 inches so far for the season.

October was a wet month in Hays with 6.72 inches of precipitation measured. The normal amount for October is 1.45 inches.

Precipitation for the year-to-date is also ahead of normal. At the end of October, 34.44 inches had fallen; the average is 21.26 inches. The usual amount of annual precipitation in Hays is 23.46 inches, which was exceeded back in August.