How much rain did the Ozarks get?

It doesn’t take a meteorologist to tell you it rained a lot across Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas from Thursday to Sunday. But just how much rain did we see in the Ozarks? It all depends on where you live.

From Nevada, Mo. to Fort Scott, Ks. historically high amounts of rain fell from Thursday-Sunday. The radar estimates over 18″ fell in five days time. A line from Harrison, Arkansas to West Plains, Missouri shows significantly lower rainfall amounts than the rest of the Ozarks.

Springfield

In a matter of three days, Springfield picked up exactly 5.00″ of rain at the National Weather Service office at the airport. The 5″ of rain helped to push us over on rainfall for the month of April, for the spring months of March and April, and the year so far.

A bit surprising, Springfield is now +0.30″ of rain ahead for the year of 2024. Before the final week of April, we had a lot of ground to make up.

West Plains

West Plains has been left drier than the rest of the Ozarks. In every category, West Plains is over 2″ behind. In the same week where Springfield picked up 5″ of rain, West Plains picked up 1.59″.

Rolla

Rolla is close to normal in all rainfall categories. The month of April has been very close to normal, and the same can be said for the year. For the meteorological spring months of March and April, the rainfall surplus is 0.77″.

Harrison

Despite picking up 2.15″ in the last week of April, Harrison will end up being behind in all rainfall categories as well. The meteorological spring months of March and April have been abnormally dry for Harrison.

The great dry-out will begin on Monday, but we can’t get too used to sunny and dry weather. The chance for heavy rain returns by the end of the week.

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