University Weather Watch – June 2012
Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:19:00 BST
It was the coolest June for 21 years, with only eight days of the month escaping rainfall. All that rain, throughout the month, made it the wettest June since 2007. High wind speeds were also recorded .
The monthly mean temperature was 13.63˚C ,which is almost 1.5˚C lower than the average figure for June of 15.11˚C resulting in it being the coolest June since 1991. The warmest day of the month was Wednesday 27th, with an average temperature of 20.3˚C. The highest maximum temperature of 25.5˚C was recorded on Thursday 28th. The coldest day of the month was Sunday 3rd, with an average temperature of 7.5˚C. The lowest minimum temperature of 6.6˚C was also recorded on this day.
Thirty per cent of the total rainfall so far this year fell in June. It was the second wettest June recorded since our records began in 1990, with 145.22mm of rainfall compared to the average of 66.6mm. It was also the second time this year that we have received over 145mm of rainfall; 147.4mm was recorded in April.
The first six months of this year have been the fourth wettest since our records began in 1990. The wettest day of the month with 38.8mm (27% of the month’s total) was Friday 22nd, making it the fourth wettest June day since our records began and the wettest day since September 5th 2008, when 39.8mm of rain fell. There were no significant dry spells to speak of, but the wettest spell was between Tuesday 5th and Sunday 10th, when it rained every day.
The mean wind speed for the month was 12.1km/hr. The highest mean wind speed was 32.04km/hr recorded on Friday 22nd. The highest gust of wind for the whole month was 97.2km/hr recorded on Friday 22nd. The prevailing wind direction for the month was southwest.
The average figures are those recorded since January 1990 by the Applied Sciences weather station.
