The second frontal passage of the month to produce measurable precipitation occurred during the afternoon of the 16 th . Once again, the heaviest rains were concentrated over south central Missouri, with isolated one-inch rains over the Eleven Point and Jack's Fork River basins. The rest of the region saw rainfall amounts of one-half inch or less. The final period of rain for the month occurred on the 29 th and 30 th . Most of the rain was confined to southeast Kansas and extreme southwest Missouri, as a cold front became stationary over the area.
Rainfall amounts up to an inch occurred over Newton County.
Overall, soil moisture remained lower than normal in the top one, three, and six feet of soil. In the top 12 inches of the soil, moisture was less than an inch below normal over southeast Kansas and extreme western Missouri, and one to two inches below normal over the rest of southwest and south central Missouri. Soil moisture in the top three feet and six feet was three to four inches below normal over south central Missouri, and two to three inches below normal over the rest of the region. According to the Palmer Drought Index, southwest and south central Missouri were in a moderate drought at the end of October. The Osage River at Schell City was above flood stage at the beginning of the month, but fell to around one-third bankfull by the end of the month.