Look at the last three Junes and you can understand why people joke about the weather in New England. Last year, less than a quarter of an inch of rain fell during the entire month. That was the second driest. June in 104 years of record-keeping. The following are lakes, ponds and rivers monitored by Watershed Watch.
Children can be monitors if accompanied by adults.
If you want to volunteer, call 874-2905. In the previous year, Rhode Island was deluged with so much rainfall a total of 10.27 inches - that overflows of sewage into Narragansett Bay closed some beaches for the July Fourth weekend. It was the second wettest June in recorded history. You have to go back to 1997 to find a June close to average. A total of 2.3 inches fell then, compared to the average June rainfall of 3.39 inches.