Schuylkill County came up a little dry in the days leading up to last weekend.
Rainfall over the last three days has helped compensate for much-needed spring precipitation for local crops.
"It's been a little bit dry this spring but we're making up for it," Charles Ross, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, State College, said Monday. "It looks like a wet start for the month."
About 2 inches of rain had fallen, according to Ross, re-ferring to the Mahanoy City monitoring site.
Roughly 21 inches of rain normally falls on Schuylkill County from January to June, Peter Jung, meteorologist at the National Weather Service, said in an interview last week.
From Jan. 1 to June 6, 2012, the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program site in Mahanoy City recorded 21.80 inches of precipitation. The COOP site in Tamaqua recorded 18.52 inches.
From Jan. 1 to June 6 this year, the Mahanoy City COOP site recorded 15.32 inches of rain, Jung said, while the Tamaqua COOP site recorded 14.60 inches.
"Precipitation this spring is dryer than the last two springs, but it certainly isn't the driest spring we've had," Ross said. "They're going to get much-needed rain this week."
There will be a 20 to 30 percent chance of showers through Wednesday night, according to the weather service's website, www.weather.gov. On Thursday, the chance of showers increases to 60 percent with Friday being mostly sunny, according to the site.
The rainy weather spurred the Schuylkill County Emergency Management Agency to post flood watch and flood warning information from the National Weather Service on its Facebook page Monday.
"The national weather service in state college has issued a flood watch for a part of central Pennsylvania until 8 p.m. this evening," the post said. "You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop."
John Matz, the county's emergency management coordinator, isn't worried yet, however.
"I don't think we're going to be affected by flooding," he said. "Most of the area around here is pretty dry and we're only expecting a few inches."
Although floods aren't expected, some areas of Schuylkill County are prone to higher water than others.
"They know where it's going to flood if we get three to four inches of rain at a time in a short period," Matz said. "We're still hoping that people won't drive through flooded roadways though."