On December 1, the heaviest snowfall reported in Kansas occurred 4 miles west of Topeka.
The National Weather Service said 5.5 inches of rain fell at the site that day, and Kansas experienced its first snowstorm of the cold season.
Shawn Byrne, a meteorologist at the weather service office near Philip Billard Municipal Airport in northeast Topeka, said the office recorded 4 inches of rain.
A tree is covered in snow on December 1 in Gage Park in Topeka.
Snowfall and careless driving trigger a series of crashes
Drivers in Topeka were greeted with snow on their streets and reduced visibility on the morning of December 1, as the capital city of Topeka braced for the first snowstorm of the cold season.
Multiple traffic accidents were reported, with Topeka police stopping responding to most crashes while asking involved motorists to exchange information and report the incident later.
No serious injuries or deaths were reported in the traffic accident.
An online outage map maintained by electric utility Evergy showed there were no outages in Topeka in late Dec. 1.
On December 1, a Metro bus traveled along SW Belle Avenue in Topeka. Topeka received 4 inches of snow.
How much snow does it snow in Kansas?
In addition to the 5.5 inches of snow recorded 4 miles west of Topeka, the website of the weather service’s Topeka office reported other highest snowfall amounts in Kansas:
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5.2 inches in McLaws, Jefferson County.
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Located 1 mile 5.1 inches south of Eudora in Douglas County.
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Tonganoxie 5 inches in Leavenworth County; one mile north/northwest of Maywood in Leavenworth County and two miles west/southwest of Topeka in Shawnee County.
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4.8 inches 1 mile southeast of Merriam, Johnson County.
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1 mile 4.5 inches east/northeast of Lawrence, Douglas County; 5 miles south/southeast of Ozarkee, Douglas County; three miles east/northeast of Topeka, Shawnee County; Wabaunsee County, two miles northwest of Dover.
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4.3 inches 3 miles west/northwest of Lawrence, Douglas County.
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4.2 inches, four miles north/northeast of Berryton, Shawnee County, and four miles north/northwest of Olathe, Johnson County.
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4 inches at 10 different locations, including the weather service office in Topeka.
Snow melts on a statue in downtown Topeka on December 1, 2025.
No further snow is forecast for the remainder of the week
No more snow is expected for the rest of the week.
The weather department predicts that Topeka will have sunny weather on December 2 with a high temperature of about 38 degrees, followed by cloudy weather with a temperature near 36 degrees on December 3; clear skies on December 4 with a high temperature of 25 degrees; and clear skies with a high temperature of 41 degrees on December 5.
Please contact Tim Hrenchir at threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-5934.
This article originally appeared in the Topeka Capital Journal: Where in Kansas will it snow the most on December 1? How much money did they get?
