Thirteen of the 30 days (43%) last month featured measured rain, including 4.30" on June 7. That happened during a stretch of eight wet days out of 12. The three-day total of 4.60" from June 6 through June 8 was followed by a two-day total of 1.42" on June 10 and 11. During the first 18 days of June, there were just seven completely dry days. The driest stretch of weather happened from June 19 through June 25, when just 0.04" fell on June 24.
Although last month's rain was impressive, it pales in comparison to June of 1972. In fact, more rain fell over a three-day period in June of '72 than all of last month! The monsoon began June 17, 1972, with nearly two-and-a-half inches (2.37″) of rain. The next day, June 18, brought nearly an inch (0.98″). But the deadliest blow happened the next day — June 19 — when over a half-foot (6.18″) of rain buried the region. Cumulatively, 9.53″ of rain fell at Sikorsky Airport.
This June was also warmer-than-normal. The average temperature of 70.0 degrees was 1.3 degrees above the normal average of 68.7 degrees. The hottest temperature last month was 90 degrees on June 25. Twenty of the 30 days (67%) featured an average daily temperature at or above normal. The temperature climbed to 80 degrees or higher 13 days last month. Take a look at this graphic provided by local climatologist Ralph Fato comparing this June to the previous six:
There were 10 days which were cooler-than-normal, including a stretch of three in a row from June 5 through 7 and three in a row from June 18 through June 20. The coolest stretch of weather happened from June 13 through June June 20 when six of the eight days were cooler-than-normal. The coolest temperatutre last month was 53 degrees on June 14. In fact, twelve days saw low temperatures fall into the 50s.
Paul
