Tuesday, 24 July 2018

June 2018 Summary

In Brief:
Plenty of dry and warm weather with high pressure dominant for most of the month.  Some cloudy days during the first week.  Unsettled mid-month with a little rain.  Sunny for the last ten days.

Temperature: [Minimum]:
Lowest:  10.3 degs C on the 2nd, 15th and 22nd.  There has been a lower minimum temperature than this every June since at least 2003.
Highest:  17.1 degs C on the 29th.  =3rd warmest for June since at least 2003 [2010 = 17.8; 2017 = 17.6].
Average minimum:  13.34 degs C.  2nd highest of the last 15 Junes [2013 = 13.89].
Nights with temperature below 5 degs C = 0.
Nights with temperature below 0 degs C = 0.

Temperature: [Maximum]:
Lowest: 16.2 degs C on the 5th. There's been a colder day than this every June since 2008, except 2014.
Highest: 25.7 degs C on the 28th. 4th warmest June day since at least 2003 [exceeded in 2010 & 2017(2)].
Average maximum: 20.57 degs C. Highest since August 2016. 2nd highest of the last 8 Junes [behind 2014].
Days with temperature above 20 degs C = 15. Most since July 2017. 2nd most for June since 2010 [behind 2014].
Days with temperature above 25 degs C = 1. 

Rainfall:
Total: 9.6 mm.  Driest June since at least 2007 and driest of any month since September 2014. 
May 2018:  61.2 mm.
June 2017:  92.7 mm.

Wettest day:  4.0 mm on the 14th.  
Wettest spells:  14th to 17th: 8.9 mm. 
Driest spells:  21st to 30th: No measurable rain;  1st to 13th: 0.6 mm.
Completely dry days:  20.  Most for June since 2015 and most for any month since April 2017.
Days with no measurable rain: 24.  Most for June since 2010 and most for any month since April 2017.
Cumulatively:  2018 = 670.6 mm. [3rd wettest of last 10 January to June totals].
2017:  475.6 mm.  [+41.0%].

Thunder:
None this month.

Pressure:
Lowest:  1011.5 mb on the 14th.  
Highest: 1035.8 mb on the 22nd.

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