June 2026

[NEG NAO]

Mainly dry days to start June

[NEG NAO]

Cool and Dry First few days of June

[NEG NAO]

[bluewave]

Back to 90s by later this week at the usual warm spots as the below average rainfall and drought continues.

 

 

[MJO812]

Happy June 

1 month closer to Winter

[SACRUS]

 

From 40 - 80 Sunday.  68 / 49 dry cool open to the week and month.  Warming by mid week and Thu with chance of upper 80s low 90s Fri - Sat and the next front trough pushing through Sunday.  Overall near to slightly above normal by way of occasional cut offs and onshore and quickrebounds back an forth till about the 14th.  Looking warmer beyond there. We'll see how much wetter we turn next week.

 

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 95 (2011)
NYC: 96 (1895)
LGA: 94 (1987)
JFK: 93 (1989)


Lows:

EWR: 41 (1938)
NYC: 46 (1945)
LGA: 46 (1945)
JFK: 45 (1967)

 

Historical:

 

1812 - Apple trees at New Haven CT did not blossom until the first of June, the latest such occurrence during the period beginning in 1794. Snow whitened the ground in Cleveland OH and Rochester NY. (David Ludlum)

1903 - A strong tornado just 50 to 75 yards in width killed many persons around the Gainesville GA Cotton Mill. The tornado strengthened and widened near the end of its four mile path, killing 40 persons at New Holland GA. A total of 104 persons were killed in the tornado. (The Weather Channel)

 

1903: During the early afternoon, one of the most destructive tornadoes in the history of Georgia up to this time, struck the outskirts of Gainesville. The track of the storm was about four miles in length and varied between 100 to 200 feet in width. The tornado touched down about one mile southwest of Gainesville, striking a large cotton mill at 12:45 pm, Eastern Time, just 10 minutes after 750 employees filed into the great structure from dinner. On the top floor of the mill were employed 250 children, and it was here that the greatest loss of life occurred. 

 

1919: Snowfall of almost a half-inch fell at Denver, Colorado. This storm produced their greatest 24-hour snowfall recorded in June. Two temperature records were set: The low temperature of 32 degrees was a record low for the date, and the high of only 40 degrees was a record low maximum. Cheyenne, Wyoming recorded 1.6 inches of snow, which is one of only six times that at least one inch of snow has fallen at Cheyenne in June.

 

1934: June started off on a warm note as high temperatures surpassed the century mark across parts of the Midwest. Several locations tied or set a record high temperatures for June including: Rockford, IL: 106°, Mather, WI: 105°, Hatfield, WI: 103°, Mondovi, WI: 102°, Chicago, IL: 102° and Grand Rapids, MI tied their June record high with 102°.

 

1947: Air Force weather flights into Pacific typhoons commenced on this date. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1951: Billings, MT, Sheridan, WY and Miles City, MT recorded their all-time coldest June high temperatures of 36°, 38° & 40° respectively. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1956: Not good to be close to 5,000 lb. of dynamite when it explodes. Lightning “prematurely” exploded that quantity of dynamite at a MA turnpike construction site near Woronoco. 25 men were within 300 feet of the blast epicenter. 5 were hurt; amazingly, no deaths. (Ref. Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)
 

1969: For about three seconds, a brilliantly white and apparently spherical ball of fire occurred at tree-top height, vividly lighting the area near the Cabin John Bridge exit of the Capital Beltway in Maryland, just northwest of Washington, DC The eerie phenomenon was ball lightning from a thunderstorm. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1971: 8 inches of snow fell at Rainier Park Ranger Station in Washington state at the 5,427 feet elevation level. This ended up as the final snowfall of the 1970-71 winter season and brought the seasonal snowfall total to 1,027 inches to set a new record for the U.S. Despite this huge amount of snow, even more fell in the 1971- 72 season. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1980 - A man from Falmouth ME was struck by lightning restoring his eyesight. The man had been blind and partially deaf since a truck accident in 1971. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Severe thunderstorms in the Upper Mississippi Valley and the Lower Ohio Valley produced wind gusts to 81 mph at Albert Lea Airport in southern Minnesota, and baseball size hail around Otterbein IN, Sarona WI, and Danville IL. Two inches of hail totally destroyed 5000 acres of corn and soybean north of Danville. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Thunderstorms drenched north central Texas with torrential rains, with more than 14 inches reported in Commanche County. Afternoon thunderstorm in New Jersey and Pennsylvania produced wind gusts to 70 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms developing during the afternoon over the Southern Plains Region produced severe weather through the evening and the night, spawning nine tornadoes. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Alpine TX, and baseball size hail at Balmorhea, TX, Fluvanna, TX, and in Borden County, TX. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1990: A violent F4 tornado hit Bakersville Valley in west Texas. The tornado killed two people and injured 21 others. It also removed 300 feet of blacktop asphalt from a paved road and rolled two 90-ton oil tanks a distance of three miles and put them 600 feet up the side of a mountain. Total damage was $35 million dollars. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1991: DCA low temperature is 74° tying a record high minimum then and eighth consecutive record high minimum tied or broken. (Ref. Washington Weather Records - KDCA)

 

1999: A tornado with an intermittent damage path destroyed 200 homes, businesses, and other buildings in the southern portion of St. James, Missouri. Of these, 33 homes were destroyed along with the St. James Golf Course clubhouse and two Missouri Department of Transportation buildings. The tornado then moved east, south of the downtown St. James area and intensified. F2 to F3 damage occurred with a 200 to 300-yard damage path. Several homes and farm buildings were severely damaged or destroyed. Further north, severe thunderstorms produced many tornadoes around central Illinois. The most intense tornado touched down in Montgomery County south of Farmersville and moved into southwest Christian County. One person was killed when a semi-trailer overturned at a rest area on I-55. Across eastern parts of the state, high winds up to 70 mph caused damage to trees, power lines, and some buildings. The Mattoon area also reported flooding from these storms, producing $3 million dollars in damage. 

2002: The high temperature at Denver, CO equaled or exceeded 90° for 13 consecutive days equaling the 5th longest such streak on record. The record of 18 consecutive days was set during the summer of 1901. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2003: Thunderstorm activity well to the northeast of the Eddy and Lea County plains induced a strong mesohigh and associated outflow winds which evolved into a classic kabob wind and dust storm. Radar and surface observations indicate the outflow originated as a complex of weak and disorganized storms moved across the area northeast of Roswell, some 50 miles away from northern Eddy County. Thertesia Automated Weather Observing System measured a wind gust of 74 MPH. Real-time reports, along with subsequent photographs provided by the county emergency manager, indicated a large wall of dust associated with the leading edge of the damaging winds. Power poles were blown down as the winds swept across the west side of Carlsbad, at least 60 to 70 miles south of the parent thunderstorms. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 

2012: At least 11 tornadoes touched down in Maryland and Virginia during (June 1, 2012 Friday's) storms, according to the latest figures.  A severe thunderstorm with a confirmed EF1 tornado, high damaging winds and very heavy rains caused white-out conditions on Friday afternoon, June 1, 2012 in the Finksburg 2NW area. This was the same thunderstorm that affected Mt. Airy and Gamber earlier. Attached are a few photos of the damage. I also have some maps of the damage area NW of Finksburg, Maryland. My rainfall at Manchester 1SW as of 11pm was 3.07" . Storm total was 3.13 inches. No wind damage at Manchester 1SSW.( By Ref. : Herb Close)

[SACRUS]

 

 

[Brian5671]

Wonder if the -AMO is coming back?    

[SACRUS]

9 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Wonder if the -AMO is coming back?    

somewhat neutralish to negative but lets see where the next few months take us.  

 

Month	AMO
Jan 2025	+1.15
Feb 2025	+0.44
Mar 2025	+0.33
Apr 2025	+0.41
May 2025	+0.30
Jun 2025	-0.72
Jul 2025	-0.38
Aug 2025	-0.22
Sep 2025	-0.90
Oct 2025	+0.46
Nov 2025	+0.72
Dec 2025	+0.42
Jan 2026	+0.34
Feb 2026	+0.66
Mar 2026	-0.62

[MANDA]

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

Happy June 

1 month closer to Winter

Gotta love your optimism.  We are just about at the earliest sunrise time and about 10 min to go for latest sunset so you can add that to your list of positive things.  I'm not a fan of extreme heat and humidity but gotta enjoy Summer for what it has to offer.  Don't rush your life away.

Keep your expectations for Winter 26-27 low.  Without a renegade "biggie" might be slim pickings this coming winter based on Nino climo.   We'll see.

Same thing for hurricane season.  Looks about as hostile as it can be moving forward.  Some of the longer range guidance from Canadian and EURO are BONE dry over the tropics right through August.   It only takes one to make it memorable through.

 

[MANDA]

1 hour ago, Brian5671 said:

Wonder if the -AMO is coming back?    

Sure looks that way.

[MANDA]

May rainfall here was 3.22".  Up until the Memorial Day weekend rainfall the monthly total was only 1.29" so that holiday weekend rainfall saved the month from being extremely dry.

Rainfall looks light, <.50" over the next 7-10 days for most locations.  

Hope everyone has a good June!

[doncat]

Tied for my 3rd warmest spring to go along with the 4th driest.. Last below normal spring was back in 2018.

[Stormlover74]

7 minutes ago, MANDA said:

May rainfall here was 3.22".  Up until the Memorial Day weekend rainfall the monthly total was only 1.29" so that holiday weekend rainfall saved the month from being extremely dry.

Rainfall looks light, <.50" over the next 7-10 days for most locations.  

Hope everyone has a good June!

Usually my favorite time of year. Sunny mild days before the real heat and humidity arrive

[NEG NAO]

warmer days ahead

[MANDA]

1 hour ago, NEG NAO said:

warmer days ahead

Not saying I disagree with this outlook, I don't.  On the other hand I have always found these maps to be kind of useless in terms of "how much above".  They say nothing for the projected departures.  .5 degrees or 5 degrees?  You really have to go look at EPS for the most part to get the best idea of how much above the period will be.  For the sleepy general public looking at this map it screams heat wave.  Just my 2 cents.  I think they could do better on this product to convey the above normal message.

[WX-PA]

1 hour ago, MANDA said:

Gotta love your optimism.  We are just about at the earliest sunrise time and about 10 min to go for latest sunset so you can add that to your list of positive things.  I'm not a fan of extreme heat and humidity but gotta enjoy Summer for what it has to offer.  Don't rush your life away.

Keep your expectations for Winter 26-27 low.  Without a renegade "biggie" might be slim pickings this coming winter based on Nino climo.   We'll see.

Same thing for hurricane season.  Looks about as hostile as it can be moving forward.  Some of the longer range guidance from Canadian and EURO are BONE dry over the tropics right through August.   It only takes one to make it memorable through.

 

Analog's 72-73,82-83,97-98 and 2015-2016..which ones do you like? lol

[MANDA]

29 minutes ago, WX-PA said:

Analog's 72-73,82-83,97-98 and 2015-2016..which ones do you like? lol

I'd take the February 83 renegade storm and call it a win !   

[wxallannj]

3 hours ago, doncat said:

Tied for my 3rd warmest spring to go along with the 4th driest.. Last below normal spring was back in 2018.

Mine was 7th warmest and 8th driest here in Clifton

 

3 hours ago, doncat said:

 

 

[Stormlover74]

Back to cold and windy. Dropped to 66

[doncat]

3 hours ago, wxallannj said:

Mine was 7th warmest and 8th driest here in Clifton

 

 

If I remember correctly, your records go back to 1973?

[Stormlover74]

I just figured Isaias was retired

[Rjay]