Archive for June, 2017
Last week opened with the UK’s warmest June day in 41 years, this week it’s opening fine, largely dry and even sunny but considerably fresher with change on the way later today. It’s a good 10-12C fresher from today to last Monday! An incoming Atlantic low will be the main player in this week’s weather, becoming trapped between high’s. Today fair’s ok with […]
The heat has been relentless in the West this week and it’s extended north into the Pacific Northwest. Death Valley once again hit a record high Friday at 126 blistering degrees. On Saturday Death Valley topped 127 for a second time this month. Phoenix tied it’s warmest June minimum this morning with a low of just […]
The last week has seen high temperatures across large parts of England and Wales in what has been the longest continuous hot spell in June since the hot, dry summer of 1976. Temperatures of 30°C or more were recorded somewhere across England and Wales for the last five days, peaking on Wednesday 21 June at […]
The week opened hot with record temperatures across the southern UK but the week ends autumn-like with an unseasonably deep low bringing gales across northern Scotland. Yesterday was windy, check out of the visible satellite showing the wave clouds created by wind and hills/mountain interaction. Despite the much fresher, blustery conditions, it still a fine day in the […]
June has proved cool in the Pacific Northwest while wet and therefore cool across the South from Texas to Florida. Warm from California to Great Lakes, near average in Northeast, slightly above in Middle Atlantic. Frequent plumes of Caribbean moisture has really taken southern Florida out of a serious drought and Tropical Storm Cindy has brought significant rainfall […]
June is turning out to be a bookend month with cool, wet and windy start resembling early autumn rather than early summer, warm to hot middle and now as we close the month, we’re back in the more autumnal pattern. The most notable pattern shift from May into June was the turn to much wetter conditions […]
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