Monday 27 July 2015

June 2015 Summary

In Brief:

Wet start, then lengthy fine and dry spells.
Cool by night and day except for the last week.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
The lowest minimum of the month was 5.7 degs C on the night of the 6th/7th.  This was the coldest June night at this location so far.*  Previously this was 6.4 degs C in 2009.
The highest minimum was 16.2 degs C on the night of the 25th/26th, giving an average minimum for the month of 11.02 degs C.  This is the lowest night-time average for June at this location so far.* Previously this was 11.89 degs C in 2008 and 2014.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
The lowest maximum temperature for the month was 15.5 degs C on the 22nd, this being the coldest June day since 2012.
The highest temperature of the month was 23.3 degs C on the 30th.  Since 2003 this temperature has been exceeded every June except in 2013, when the max was 22.3 degs C.
This gives an average daytime maximum for June 2015 of 19.04 degs C, the coldest for June at this location so far.* Previously this was 19.21 degs C in 2012.
The temperature exceeded 20 degs C on 11 days in June 2015, none of which were before the 16th. Since at least 2003 this figure has only been lower for June in 2011 [9 times] and 2013 [10 times].
The temperature last exceeded 25 degs C in June in 2010.

Rainfall:
49.2 mm of rain fell during the month, making June 2015 the 4th wettest of the last 8 Junes.  This compares with 44.1 mm in June 2014, and 71.1 mm in May 2015.
The wettest day of the month was the 1st with 15.0 mm.  This was the wettest day since 22 February.
28.2 mm of the total rainfall for June 2015 had fallen by the end of the morning of the 2nd.  The only other day of the month with more than 5 mm was the 11th [9.2 mm].
It was completely dry from the 3rd to the 10th, and there was no measurable rain between the 13th and the 21st.
There were 22 completely dry days in the month, equalling June 2010, and one less than June 2009, and the most in any month since September 2014. June 2015 had 23 days with no measurable rain.
Cumulatively there has been 502.5 mm of rain between January and June 2015.  This compares with 750 mm during the same period in 2014 [-33%].

Thunder:
None this month.

* = Since at least 2003.


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