How much snow did Wichita get last week?

The record books will state that 3.5 inches of snow fell in Wichita from the storm that came through last Thursday and Friday. That hoists the winter’s snow total thus far to 8.6 inches.

But the storm featured tight gradients, meaning locations not far apart at all recorded much different totals. Just 3 miles north of the National Weather Service’s official recording site, folks reported more than 5 inches. Six-inch snowfalls were common in northwest Wichita and Maize.

A foot of snow was reported in Reno County, outdoor writer Michael Pearce tells me, and not much less than that fell at his house in Newton.

This story was originally published February 2, 2010 at 12:17 PM with the headline "How much snow did Wichita get last week?."