June is gone and Hello Hot July

The month of June is in the books and it was par for the course. Rain was a touch on the light side and temps were spot on for my 13 year average.

We had just two days with a temperature at 80 degrees or more and a total of only eight hours of eighties. The warmest temp was on the last day of the month with a nice 82.9 degrees. The warmest overnight low came on the evening of the 26th with a comfortable 58.8. The coldest temp came on the 5th with a chilly 45.1 and the coolest afternoon high was a moderate 56.4 on the 17th. we had 15 days with temps in the 70s including eleven in a row from the 1st to the 11th

The rain gauge picked up 1.96 inches for the month roughly a 1/2 inch lower than "normal". The wettest day was the 26th when 0.64 inches fell.

Overall June was pretty uneventful on the weather front. July however has other ideas. My weather station was seriously flirting with 97 degrees today. I had 96.9 this afternoon. What the heck is that all about? The east winds blew on and off and that brought the dry heat from the other side of the Cascades. Don't forget that the center part of the "Evergreen State" is actually a desert!

Looking ahead to the all important 4th of July weekend it looks like a nice warm and dry experience this year :)

That look s real nice... soak it up my friends, soak it up!