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April ended up very wet across much of western Kansas!  At the Dodge City airport the 8.08" observed not only set a new record, it smashed the previous record of 6.26" set in 1976.

 

Amounts reported by CoCoRaHS observers were well in excess of six inches at many locations!


 

Other areas may have had similar amounts (or even greater).  The following is an estimation of precipitation that fell (this won't necessarily be accurate for all

locations)...