Huddersfield Weather Watch - June 2014
Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:28:00 BST
Huddersfield experiences 6th warmest and 5th driest June
According to the Met Office, it was the equal 9th warmest June in the UK since their records began in 1910. Huddersfield experienced its 6th warmest and 5th driest June since our records began in 1990; the wind speeds for the month were much lower than average. The average figures are those recorded since 1990 from the School of Applied Sciences Weather Station.
The monthly mean temperature was 15.96˚C considerably warmer than the average figure for June of 15.13˚C making it the 6th warmest June since our records began. The warmest day of the month was Wednesday 18th with an average temperature of 19.5˚C, the highest maximum temperature of 25.8˚C was also recorded on this day. The coldest day of the month was Saturday 28th with an average of temperature of 11.2˚C. The lowest minimum temperature of 6.6˚C was recorded on Thursday 5th.
Only 34.2mm of rain fell throughout the month compared to the average for June of 63.8mm making it the driest June since 2006. The wettest day of the month was Monday 9th with 6.4mm of rainfall (18.7% of the month’s total). Fifteen days of the month escaped rainfall with the driest spell falling between Monday 16th and Monday 23rd inclusive.
The mean wind speed for the month was 8.64km/hr; which is the lowest monthly mean wind speed for June recorded by the weather station since it was installed in 2005. The highest mean wind speed was 18.36km/hr recorded on Monday 16th. The highest gust of wind for the whole month was 81km/hr recorded on Tuesday 10th.
The prevailing wind direction for the month was south west.
Julie Walker
Resource Centre and Environmental Technician
School of Applied Sciences
