The Lawrence area received about an inch and three-quarters of rain Thursday, somewhat complicating matters for farmers but keeping pace with average yearly rain totals.

The National Weather Service in Topeka said 1.68 inches fell Thursday on Lawrence, a day after the city got another 0.87 inches. For all of 2014, Lawrence has received over 32 inches of rain fall, almost a full inch above the average for this point in the year.

Leroy Russell, agriculture agent for K-State Research and Extension in Douglas County, noted that while rain this time of year delays harvests and poses a danger to soybeans still in the field, it also benefits cattle pastures and farm ponds.

“We’d like that balance of some dry days where the harvest can keep going along, but at the same time some days with moisture to keep the submoisture and even the surface moisture where it needs to be,” he said.

Diane Fishburn, who farms corn and soybeans in southwest Douglas County, said that most local farmers are either finished with or completing their corn harvests and waiting for soybeans to be ready in another month or so.

“It’s harvest time, so the rain is just going to delay getting into the field for a little while now,” Fishburn said.

Other precipitation amounts reported as of Thursday evening at personal weather stations in and around Douglas County included: 1.96 inches in Eudora, 1.84 inches in Baldwin City and 1.92 inches in De Soto.

Officials at Clinton and Perry lakes said water levels have not posed any issues, with the two bodies of water resting at just below and just above normal levels, respectively.

The latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor said Douglas County is not experiencing any drought conditions as of Sept 30.