Geary County saw approximately 2.55 inches of rain on Monday but that won’t come close to setting a record for this time of year.

In fact Geary County would have to have a rainfall of over 6 inches in a 24 hour period according to Chuck Otte, Geary County Research and Extensions Agent.

“If you want to have the rainiest 24 hour period you’re going to have to go over 6 inches because on October 11, 1973, we had 6.8 inches of rain in 24 hours,” Otte said.

In order to get within the top ten records the area would still need to get over 4 inches of rain in a 24 hour period.

Mondays rain was the type of rain though that the county needed to see to be beneficial to this years crops.

“Ironically we can go a week to ten days now without rain and I don’t think anybody would be upset,” Otte said. “We’re getting close to the start of wheat harvest, we need seven to ten days of sunshine, breezes and temperatures in the 80’s to finish getting this wheat ripe. Then about a week of good harvest weather.”

The forecast though does call for more rain off and on throughout the next week.

Right now the Geary County is at 125 percent of normal rainfall for the month of May and has benefited the summer corn and bean crops, along with the pastures.