23-05-2025
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.
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