By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

It’s been a wet October in Hays, and with less than a week remaining in the month, the seven-day weather forecast is calling for more rain on Oct. 31.

Another 0.56 of rain fell Tuesday into Wednesday morning, according to the K-State Agricultural Research Center south of town.

Combined with 0.03 of snow that fell Oct. 14, the total amount of monthly moisture recorded as of Oct. 25 is 6.72 inches.

The year-to-date moisture is 34.44 inches.

As of Oct. 10, “the moisture amount puts 2018 as the 6th wettest year in Hays in the past 125 years” according to record keeper Joe Becker at the research station.