As much as 10.5 inches of snow fell late Thursday and early Friday in Kansas, the National Weather Service said.
That amount was recorded at Hardtner, one mile north of the Oklahoma border in Barber County in south-central Kansas, the weather service said. Hardtner had a 2020 population of 167, according to U.S. Census figures.
Topeka recorded 2.7 inches of snowfall, said Adam Jones, meteorologist for the weather service office in the capital city. Classes were canceled for Friday in all school districts in Shawnee County.
Tecumseh resident Andy Schlink uses his tractor to plow snow along S.E. Dupont Rd. Friday morning Jan. 10, 2025.
The snow came on the heels of a storm Sunday that brought as many as 18 inches of snowfall to the Sunflower State, with the 14 inches that fell at Topeka making Sunday the city’s third-snowiest day on record
While Sunday’s snowfall took place primarily in northern Kansas, much of the snow late Thursday and early Friday fell further south.
A light snow of a few inches is enough to cover trees along S.E. 53rd St. Friday morning Jan. 10, 2025.
How much snow fell overnight?
In addition to the 10.5 inches recorded at Hardtner, the weather service provided figures that included these overnight snowfall totals for places in Kansas:
Snow covers the disc golf course on the east side of Lake Shawnee Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.
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8 inches at Medicine Lodge in Barber County.
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7 inches five miles north of Hardtner.
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6.5 inches five miles west of Aetna in Barber County.
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6.3 inches at Maize in Sedgwick County in south-central Kansas.
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6 inches at Kiowa in Barber County.
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6 inches three miles south of downtown Wichita in Sedgwick County.
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5.4 inches one mile west/southwest of Whitewater in Butler County in south-central Kansas.
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5 inches at Arcadia in Crawford County in southeast Kansas.
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4.5 inches one mile south of Haven in Reno County in south-central Kansas.
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3.5 inches at Erie in Neosho County in southeast Kansas.
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3 inches at Mound City in Linn County in east-central Kansas.
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3 inches one mile east of Stafford in Stafford County in south-central Kansas.
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2.5 inches three miles east/northeast of Topeka.
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2.5 inches one and a half miles south of Basehor in Leavenworth County in northeast Kansas.
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2.2 inches four miles north/northeast of Berryton in Shawnee County.
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2.2 inches three miles west/northwest of Assaria in Saline County in north-central Kansas.
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2 inches one mile south of Oskaloosa in Jackson County in northeast Kansas.
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2 inches one mile east/southeast of Shawnee in Johnson County in northeast Kansas.
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2 inches two miles northwest of Emporia in Lyon County in east-central Kansas.
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1.6 inches at Olathe in Johnson County.
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1 inch three miles west/northwest of Topeka.
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1 inch at Eudora in Douglas County in northeast Kansas.
This map shows how many inches of snow fell late Thursday and early Friday at various places in Kansas. Actual snowfall was 10.5 inches instead of 40.5 inches, as is indicated on the map, at Hardtner in south-central Kansas.
This article has been updated to include some new information that became available.
Contact Tim Hrenchir at threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-5934.
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Kansas saw up to 10.5 inches of snow overnight; here are top totals
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