CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - Western Massachusetts has finally seen a good soaking of rain after a record-breaking dry stretch of weather.  It has been since August 18TH since there was a half inch or more of rain in a single day at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee. Many areas saw between 1-2 inches of rain across western Massachusetts between Thursday and Friday.  Butternut wildfire grows to nearly 1,400 acres in Great Barrington While this will not end the severe drought that is occurring, it will definitely help. This well-needed rainfall will also mitigate the risk of brush fires now that the soil has good moisture in it.  In terms of snowfall, some areas in the Berkshires saw a coating of snow on the grassy surfaces. Big snowfall totals were found across the Catskill Mountains in New York and the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania where many areas saw between 1-2 feet of snow.  7 Day Forecast Rainfall Totals Franklin County East Hawley: 2.08" Ashfield: 1.50" Colrain: 1.37" Conway: 1.19" Millers Falls: 1.18" Montague: 1.12" Buckland: 1.12" Bernardston: 1.04" Sunderland: 1.00" Greenfield: 0.97" Turners Falls: 0.95" Leverett: 0.81" New Salem: 0.74" Orange AP: 0.58" Hampden County Southwick: 1.53" Brimfield: 1.28" Westfield: 1.26" Wilbraham: 0.97" Feeding Hills: 0.95" West Springfield: 0.90" Hampden: 0.90" Springfield: 0.88" East Longmeadow: 0.86" Agawam: 0.79" Hampshire County Plainfield: 1.52" Westhampton: 1.50" Southampton: 1.29" Easthampton: 1.28" Florence: 1.22" Williamsburg: 1.19" Northampton: 1.12" Belchertown: 1.00" South Hadley: 0.98" Hadley: 0.85" Amherst: 0.72" Local News Headlines Springfield honors JFK with eternal flame in Forest Park Wanted suspect in armed robbery case arrested in Holyoke Fire put out at St. Anne’s Church in Chicopee High court rules in family shelter placement case 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.