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| The weather in June | The weather in June |
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| The impression left by June's weather was not one of a summery month. However, it was the driest June since 2006, with eastern regions particularly dry, and sunshine was near-normal. Even the temperature was not far from average, only slightly below the Central England Temperature for June. In fact, the first ten days of the month were anticyclonic, with warm and sunny conditions in western Scotland, Northern Ireland, northwest England and west Wales. However, an easterly drift to the wind made eastern coastal districts cooler and cloudier. | The impression left by June's weather was not one of a summery month. However, it was the driest June since 2006, with eastern regions particularly dry, and sunshine was near-normal. Even the temperature was not far from average, only slightly below the Central England Temperature for June. In fact, the first ten days of the month were anticyclonic, with warm and sunny conditions in western Scotland, Northern Ireland, northwest England and west Wales. However, an easterly drift to the wind made eastern coastal districts cooler and cloudier. |
| Temperatures | Temperatures |
| The mean maximum temperature in June ranged from 20.2C at Heathrow, London, to 11.6C at Fair Isle in the Northern Isles. The Central England Temperature (CET) of 14.2C was 0.3 degrees below the average, slightly higher than the Junes of 2012 and 2011. It was the equal 40th coolest June in the last 100 – a rather anodyne statistic. The highest individual temperature was 27.2C at Heathrow, London, on 30 June. At the other end of the month the lowest minimum was –1.1C at Tulloch Bridge, Lochaber, early on 1 June. | The mean maximum temperature in June ranged from 20.2C at Heathrow, London, to 11.6C at Fair Isle in the Northern Isles. The Central England Temperature (CET) of 14.2C was 0.3 degrees below the average, slightly higher than the Junes of 2012 and 2011. It was the equal 40th coolest June in the last 100 – a rather anodyne statistic. The highest individual temperature was 27.2C at Heathrow, London, on 30 June. At the other end of the month the lowest minimum was –1.1C at Tulloch Bridge, Lochaber, early on 1 June. |
| Rainfall | Rainfall |
| Rainfall averaged across England and Wales was 39mm, which is 58% of the climate mean. That made it the driest June since 2006, with just a little less rain than June 2010. Scotland had 75% of its normal rainfall with 47mm, while Northern Ireland was near-normal, its 67mm representing 103% of average. The wettest location was Capel Curig, Conwy, with 131mm of rain through the month, while the driest was Norwich, Norfolk, which had 11mm. The largest daily total was 40mm at Ballypatrick Forest, County Antrim on 14 June. | Rainfall averaged across England and Wales was 39mm, which is 58% of the climate mean. That made it the driest June since 2006, with just a little less rain than June 2010. Scotland had 75% of its normal rainfall with 47mm, while Northern Ireland was near-normal, its 67mm representing 103% of average. The wettest location was Capel Curig, Conwy, with 131mm of rain through the month, while the driest was Norwich, Norfolk, which had 11mm. The largest daily total was 40mm at Ballypatrick Forest, County Antrim on 14 June. |
| Sunshine | Sunshine |
| England and Wales had an averaged sunshine total of 194 hours, which is exactly the June average. That made it sunnier than June 2012 but not as sunny as the preceding four. Scotland was just about average as well with 170 hours, which is 101% of the long-term mean, while Northern Ireland had 209 hours, or 116% of average. Ronaldsway, Isle of Man, was the sunniest place with 231 hours, while Kirkwall, Orkney, had the least sunshine with 99 hours. | England and Wales had an averaged sunshine total of 194 hours, which is exactly the June average. That made it sunnier than June 2012 but not as sunny as the preceding four. Scotland was just about average as well with 170 hours, which is 101% of the long-term mean, while Northern Ireland had 209 hours, or 116% of average. Ronaldsway, Isle of Man, was the sunniest place with 231 hours, while Kirkwall, Orkney, had the least sunshine with 99 hours. |
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