….Wichita’s indisputably soggy.
As of July 1, 27.38 inches of rain has fallen at the official recording site next to Mid-Continent Airport on the southwest edge of the city. That’s 15.55 inches above normal —- or, to put it another way, more than double Wichita’s average for the first half of the year.
A few days of sunshine are providing some welcome drying for farmers wanting to harvest wheat and homeowners wanting to get or keep their basements dry….but it’s making firefighters a bit antsy. As grass and other vegetation dries, it becomes more vulnerable to the sparks of fireworks that are abundant as Independence Day nears.