Record May rainfall alleviates regional dryness
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Last fall, we were experiencing a severe drought in western Massachusetts from the lack of rain, but it's long gone now.
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We have seen our fair share of rain this spring, including nearly every weekend.
We have seen quite a bit of rain recently, but this can be a good time of year to have a little extra. During May, we had quite a bit of rain, and that did cause area rivers to rise. And this past weekend, some heavy downpours did lead to some street flooding in some spots.
22News Storm Team Meteorologist Chris Bouzakis says, 'We've seen a lot of rain, I mean May was an incredibly wet month. We saw many areas over 6 inches of rain, nearly double the average rainfall for May, so that helped us out with the drought.'
The wet weather has made everything nice and green, and with it getting warmer and the sun getting stronger, as we head into summer, if we do get a stretch of dry weather, we should be in pretty good shape thanks to all the rain we've seen.
It was a dry day on Thursday, but it looks like we do have some more rain in the forecast.
WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.
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