What a turnaround! Following a very warm, dry May, June has started off record cool and wet across the Northeast.

Boston has seen not one but two days in a row where the thermometer has failed to reach 50. You have to go all the way back to 1945 for the last time that’s occurred and it’s only the 2-3rd occurrence since 1872.

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Also, the last time Boston’s experienced two record cold highs in a row was July 2005.

NYC and even Philadelphia stayed below 60 yesterday. For Philly, that’s one of 21 days since 1874 that it’s stayed in the 50s in June. Yesterday was Philly’s first sub-60 day in June since 2003.

Looking across the Delaware to a cloudy Philadelphia this afternoon.

As for New York’s Central Park, following a record number of 80s in May, yesterday’s 55 in Central Park was possibly the coolest June day since 1982. It’s also the first time in 146 years of record that June 1st saw a cooler high than any day in May.

Another region experiencing cooler than normal only due to a longer term pattern is Texas and Oklahoma, thanks to the record rains of the past 30+ days.

As skies clear so temps are on the rise and likely into the 90s for both Dallas and Oklahoma City for the first time this year. The last time Dallas has failed to reach 90 in May was 1983.

Dallas/Fort Worth
Rank	Date
1	Jun 12, 1970
2	Jun 10, 1976
3	Jun 6, 1919
4 (tie)	Jun 3, 1983
	Jun 3, 1905
6	Jun 2, 2015 *
7	May 31, 1994
8	May 29, 1986
9 (tie)	May 28, 1969
	May 28, 1926

It’s yet to do so and we’re now on June 3 but this trend is likely to break in the coming days.

As stated in yesterday’s write-up and today’s video, the pattern early and probably the remainder of June is a very transient and progressive one and so the chill over the Northeast won’t last. However, while warmer times are inevitable and coming sooner rather than later, cool shots are never far away with no real sign of any given ridge or trough settling more than 3-5 days. The reason in part is due to the much more amplified MJO which was shown yesterday, entering phases 1,2 and eventually 3.

As for the eastern Pacific, well we’ve got Andres, once a major hurricane now a tropical storm while Blanca has become a major. With two majors forming in the eastern Pacific within the opening days of June, that’s a record.

Blanca is of interest to the US as it may enhance rainfall over the Desert Southwest late weekend into early next week.

This follows a cool/wet May for the Desert Southwest.

16th wettest in Vegas.

See today’s video for the discussion.

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