Rainfall in western Mass. alleviates drought conditions

A wet day today and we've gotten quite a bit of rain this month. 22 News Storm Team Meteorologist Adam Stco is working for you with how all the rain has completely eliminated the drought we were dealing with. Well, Brian, 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 US drought monitor that 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, so far where we stand is uh just a little under 4 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. Uh we're already a little bit over an inch above average for the month here uh at Westover Air Base. While the lawns are nice and green, the rain is making it difficult for landscapers. We've had several inches of rain in the last two weeks, which is just throw our mowing and maintenance crews um way out of schedule. Um so our Monday schedule is now Friday. Our Friday schedule is now the following Tuesday. Uh it's just uh upside down. All the rain has caused area rivers and stream levels to remain fairly high. We flew Sky View 22 over the Connecticut River this week and you can see the river is within its banks, but it's running on the higher side. And the good news is that despite the rain we're getting, we don't expect much in the way of any flooding problems. working for you. I'm 22 Storm Team meteorologist Adam Strummco.