October stats & November preview

Happy Halloween and the end to a VERY wet month across Kansas. It's been quite a month with record rains and our earliest measurable snow around Wichita. The exact measurements of rain will change just a bit when we get to midnight, but not enough to change the ranking on wettest October.

The map (which you can click on to make it larger) shows the observed rainfall for Kansas this month. Areas in pink received between 10-15" of moisture. How crazy is that? It's more than triple the average amount we get in October.

Measured rainfall in October

And we are on the verge of an active weather pattern unfolding across Kansas and surrounding areas.

System 1 - Moves out later today (Wednesday), but not before producing some wet weather across western Kansas and heavy snowfall in Colorado.

System 2 - Arriving Saturday

This isn't exactly a powerful storm, but it will develop more clouds and a few light showers. We will also catch some wind and cool weather too (temperatures will be in the 60s to start, but then cool down heading into Sunday). The chance of snow is zero as temperatures remain too warm.

System 3 - Arriving Monday

Just before Election Day, we see another chance at some wet weather coming through Kansas. Again, not an overly impressive storm to watch, but this one has a much better chance of dragging in some colder air. So Election Day will be rather cool with wind & highs only in the 50s.

Have a great day.