WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — If you thought that there has been more rain than usual this month, you aren't imagining things.
According to Jay Racela, environmental analysis lab supervisor and lecturer at Williams College, this July is the wettest month since record-keeping started 130 years ago.
More than 14 inches of rain has fallen in Williamstown at Hopkins Memorial Forest (Station 1), operated by Williams College as part of a network of instruments that provide data for teaching and research.
The previous monthly record was 13.7 inches, in October 2005. The long-term average rainfall for July is 4.2 inches. According to the National Weather Service, the monthly record for the Albany, N.Y., region was 13.68 inches in October 1868.
Racela said news reports suggest that after a relatively dry spring, locations in the central and Southern Berkshires have received even more rainfall than Williamstown.
Excessive moisture has interfered with outdoor events, ruined some crops, flooded basements and small streams and produced the highest flow recorded in 72 years on the Green River in Williamstown.
The flood, on July 9, did not cause much property damage along the Green River, but flooding was widespread in the tristate area downstream from the confluence of the Green and the Hoosic Rivers.
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McCann Recognizes Superintendent Award Recipient
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
Landon LeClair and Superintendent James Brosnan with Landon's parents Eric and Susan LeClair, who is a teacher at McCann.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Superintendent's Award has been presented to Landon LeClair, a senior in McCann Technical School's advanced manufacturing course.
The presentation was made last Thursday by Superintendent Jame Brosnan after Principal Justin Kratz read from teachers' letters extolling LeClair's school work, leadership and dedication.
"He's become somewhat legendary at the Fall State Leadership Conference for trying to be a leader at his dinner table, getting an entire plate of cookies for him and all his friends," read Kratz to chuckles from the School Committee. "Landon was always a dedicated student and a quiet leader who cared about mastering the content."
LeClair was also recognized for his participation on the school's golf team and for mentoring younger teammates.
"Landon jumped in tutoring the student so thoroughly that the freshman was able to demonstrate proficiency on an assessment despite the missed class time for golf matches," read Kratz.
The principal noted that the school also received feedback from LeClair's co-op employer, who rated him with all fours.
"This week, we sent Landon to our other machine shop to help load and run parts in the CNC mill," his employer wrote to the school. LeClair was so competent the supervisor advised the central shop might not get him back.
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