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3 days ago
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Weather Radar: Showers, thunderstorms move through western Massachusetts
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Some spotty showers are possible Friday afternoon, with the best chance of any showers east of the Connecticut River. More rain develops after midnight and could be heavy at times. Saturday looks to be unsettled with rain that will be heavy at times early in the morning. Some rumbles of thunder are possible. Scattered showers will continue towards the afternoon. Hotter-than-average summer in Massachusetts predicted High temperatures will be around 70 degrees. 22News Storm Team Meteorologist Chris Bouzakis has a look at what we can typically expect in June. The start of June is on Sunday, and that marks the first official month of summer. Meteorological summer begins on June 1st and the summer solstice occurs on June 21st. June is one of our wettest months here in western Massachusetts, with an average of 3.9 inches of rain. The average high temperature for June is 78 degrees, and the average low temperature is 56 degrees. June can be a month of extremes with the record high temperature being 102 degrees set on June 26, 1952, and the record coldest temperature was 32 degrees set on June 3, 1964. June is also the brightest month of the year. 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 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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4 days ago
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Minor flooding concerns as rain subsides
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Despite all the rain we've been getting, and with more on the way, we haven't had too many issues with flooding. Spring flooding is pretty common along the Connecticut River, but we're almost into summer now, and rivers have been running fairly high. Early this month, all the rain we picked up caused area rivers like the Connecticut River to rise. There was some minor flooding in some low-lying areas, but for the most part, the river has remained within its banks. Luckily, the rain we've picked up recently hasn't been all that heavy. 'We're not concerned about anything flooding, but of course, if you get any amount of rain, and there could be some minor flooding, says 22News Meteorologist Chris Bouzakis. And while water levels have come down a bit, you should still be very careful around area rivers, especially after it rains, because the current is still very strong and the water is still pretty cold. 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 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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4 days ago
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Ongoing drought conditions on Cape and Islands despite rain
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – More rain fell across western Massachusetts Wednesday night and Thursday morning, something we've seen quite a bit of this spring. The rain might not be welcome for outdoor activities, but it has eliminated the drought we had been dealing with for quite a while. Last fall, severe drought conditions led to brush fires all across western Massachusetts. Fortunately, this spring, a change in the weather pattern brought us rain, and it keeps on coming. 22News Meteorologist Chris Bouzakis says, 'We've seen so much rain this month, many areas around or over 6 inches of rain for the month, which is double our average for the month, so with all the rain, the drought is gone.' The latest U.S. Drought Monitor continues to show no drought or even abnormally dry conditions here in western Massachusetts. However, they continue to experience moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions on the Cape and the Islands. The wet weather we've been getting has been beneficial, and all the rain we've been getting has made all the trees and grass nice and green. Lawns have been growing pretty quickly, and it has been a challenge to find a dry day to get out and mow the grass. All the rain did make river levels come up a bit, but right now it looks like the rivers continue to slowly recede. And right now, there are some indications that June could be a drier month. 'It's looking right now as we go into June, we're going to start to see a little bit more of an average rainfall, or some drier weather will start to set up a little bit. I don't see any significant rain going into the first week of June,' adds Bouzakis. And while it may look drier next month, it looks like we still have more rain to deal with before May comes to an end. 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 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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23-05-2025
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Rainfall in western Mass. alleviates drought conditions
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – It was a wet day Thursday, and we've gotten quite a bit of rain this month. We may be tired of the wet weather, but all this rain has been beneficial. Last fall, severe drought conditions led to brush fires all across western Massachusetts. Fortunately, this spring, a change in the weather pattern brought us rain, and it keeps on coming. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor, which just came out, shows no drought or even abnormally dry conditions anywhere in western Massachusetts. And the State Drought Status map that came out earlier this week also shows no drought conditions across western Massachusetts. 'So far where we stand just under four and a half inches on the month, and of course, that does not include today, so we're only going to continue to go up, and we're already a little over an inch above for the month here at Westover Air Base,' says 22News Storm team Meteorologist Chris Bouzakis. While the lawns are nice and green, the rain is making it difficult for area landscapers. Gary Courchesne told 22News, 'So we've had several inches of rain in the last two weeks, which is just throwing our mowing and maintenance crews way out of schedule, so our Monday schedule is now Friday, our Friday schedule is now the following Tuesday, it's just upside down.' All the rain has caused area rivers and stream levels to remain fairly high. The good news is that despite the rain we're getting, we don't expect much in the way of any flooding problems. 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 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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16-05-2025
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Recent rain helps restore soil moisture levels in western Massachusetts
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – It continues to be a pretty wet month with a few more showers around on Thursday. The good news is that the drought is over, and we're almost back to normal. We've had quite a few rainy days this month, and that has really helped us out with our drought that started last fall. 22News Storm Team Meteorologist Chris Bouzakis says, 'We're just about halfway through the month, and we've already seen almost above average with our rainfall for a full monthly total. The average rainfall for May is 3.7 inches, and we're just under 4 inches of rain for the month so far.' The rain has also been beneficial for area farmers. Joe Calabrese with Calabrese Farms in Southwick told 22News, 'We needed it, the ground was really dry starting this spring, it is helping going into the beginning of summer when we're going to get hotter and we may not get the rain, so building up the moisture now is a plus.' The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows just far eastern Hampden and Hampshire Counties in the abnormally dry category. The rest of western Massachusetts is back to normal. While the rain has helped us out with the drought, too much rain can lead to problems. 'All that rain can only go into a couple of spots, the rivers, the creeks, and the streams, so that raises the water levels pretty fast, and that will give you some minor flooding,' Bouzakis adds. Earlier this week, we saw some minor flooding along the Connecticut River. Fortunately, the river level has come down quite a bit from what it was earlier in the week. You can see how high the water was along the Connecticut River in Agawa,m but it continues to recede. With more rain in the forecast, we'll have to continue to keep a close eye on area rivers. 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 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
