June 2026

[uofmiami]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

The LI crew would really be complaining if this was a snowstorm.

 

I would have received 10" of snow, no complaints.  1.01" in Syosset & 1.00" in Muttontown from the storm.

[psv88]

0.79" out here. Models were showing around 0.80", so right in line with expectations. 

Beautiful day today and weekend looking better as well

[Stormlover74]

3 minutes ago, psv88 said:

0.79" out here. Models were showing around 0.80", so right in line with expectations. 

Beautiful day today and weekend looking better as well

yeah I think saturday is overdone and will end up cloudy and mostly dry

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 103 (2025)
NYC: 99 (2025)
LGA: 101 (2025)
JFK: 102 (2025)


Lows:

EWR: 49 (1932)
NYC: 52 (1932)
LGA: 53 (1947)
JFK: 54 (1965)

 

 

Historical:

 

1816 - The cold weather of early June finally gave way to several days of 90 degree heat in Massachusetts, including a reading of 99 degrees at Salem. (David Ludlum)

1924 - Six men at a rock quarry south of Winston-Salem, NC, sought shelter from a thunderstorm. The structure chosen contained a quantity of dynamite. Lightning struck a near-by tree causing the dynamite to explode. The men were killed instantly. (The Weather Channel)

 

1946: 11.72 inches of rain fell at Mellen, WI during a 24 hour period. This is the greatest 24-hour precipitation total ever recorded in the state. There was flooding on the Bad and White Rivers. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1951 - Twelve inches of hail broke windows and roofs, and dented automobiles, causing more than fourteen million dollars damage. The storm plowed 200 miles from Kingmand County KS into Missouri, with the Wichita area hardest hit. It was the most disastrous hailstorm of record for the state of Kansas. (David Ludlum)

1952 - Thunderstorms produced a swath of hail 60 miles long and 3.5 miles wide through parts of Hand, Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner and Jerauld counties in South Dakota. Poultry and livestock were killed, and many persons were injured. Hail ten inches in circumference was reported at Huron SD. (The Weather Channel)

 

1957: On the basis of meteorological data and a radio report from a shrimp boat, the Weather Bureau in New Orleans issued the first advisory on a tropical depression in the Bay of Campeche at 10:30pm. The depression was located 300 miles south of Brownsville, TX. The storm would become Hurricane Audrey, moving northward over the next three days and striking near the Louisiana/Texas border causing extreme damage and loss of life.

1957: Palm Springs, CA hit 121°, equaling their highest temperature for June (6/26/1957 & 6/29/1994).

 

1960: A tornado at Schenectady, NY destroyed 16 homes with over 300 homes suffering major damage. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1967: Sheridan, WY fell to 32°, their latest freeze on record; the high temperature the previous day was only 47°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1975: An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed at JFK airport in New York City. 113 of the 124 people on board the aircraft died. Researcher Theodore Fujita studied the incident and discovered that the crash was caused by a microburst. His research lead to improved air safety. The tower never experienced the microburst, which was held back by a seabreeze front. The plane crashed 2,400 feet short of the runway. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1980: Not even a desert location. For 11 straight days (6/24 - /05) Wichita Falls, TX, set daily record high temperatures; 7 days had highs greater or equal to 113 degrees. Its all-time record high of 117 degrees was set on the 28th, and its all-time record high low of 85 degrees was set on 7/02.

1987 - Thunderstorms spawned six tornadoes in eastern Colorado. Baseball size hail was reported near Yoder, CO, and thunderstorm winds gusting to 92 mph derailed a train near Pratt, KS. The town of Gould, OK, was soaked with nearly an inch and a half of rain in just ten minutes. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Forty-three cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Valentine NE reported an all-time record high of 110 degrees, and highs of 102 degrees at Casper, WY, 103 degrees at Reno, NV, and 106 degrees at Winnemucca, NV, were records for the month of June. Highs of 98 degrees at Logan, UT, and 109 degrees at Rapid City, SD, equalled June records. Lightning killed twenty-one cows near Conway, SC. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms developing along a warm front produced severe weather from Colorado and New Mexico to Kansas and Nebraska. Thunderstorms spawned seven tornadoes, and produced wind gusts to 80 mph at Wood River, NE, and hail three inches in diameter at Wheeler, KS. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

 

1991: 3.50 inches of rain fell in 28 minutes at Scranton, ND. There were also 1.5 foot drifts of marble size hail. Front end loaders were needed to clear the streets. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1992: A tropical depression in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico produced periods of heavy rainfall over southwest and west central Florida from this date through the 30th. Four-day rainfall totals (25th-28th) of as much as 25 inches were recorded, with 8 to 14 inches common. 70 homes were destroyed by floodwaters, and the combination of winds, waves and tides led to significant beach erosion and undermining of seawalls in some locations. Two flood-related deaths occurred on the 29th - a man drowned in his flooded front yard in Manatee County and a man was crushed to death between two gasoline storage tanks dislodged by floodwaters at an auto service shop in Charlotte County. All-time record flood crest on the 29th at Myakka St. Park on the Myakka River. Flood waters did not fully recede in some areas until the end of June. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
 

 

1996: A woman was checking the circuit breaker box in her garage when lightning struck. The ensuing power surge slammed the woman against a vehicle, knocking her unconscious for a short period of time.(Ref. Lightning - Virginia Weather History)


1996: Severe weather pounded much of the Mid Atlantic Coast with Washington, DC especially hard hit. Numerous reports of tornadoes, funnel clouds, damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain were reported. Tornadoes were reported in Upperville, Middleburg, Manassas, Centreville and Fairfax City, VA. There were numerous reports of downed trees and damage to structures across Northern Virginia and the Eastern Shore area of Maryland. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1997: Charleston, WV, finally hit 90° for the first time this year. The last 90-degree day was back on 5/19/1996, totaling 400 days in which it stayed below 90°. That is their longest stretch this century between 90 degree days. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1998: In Grayson County, VA about 3.5 miles northeast of Whitetop, at 5:15 pm, Three youths were injured by lightning. (Ref. Lightning - Virginia Weather History)

1998: An unusually damaging wind event occurred during the late night and early morning hours in southwestern Iowa. Winds were sustained at 30-50 mph for over an hour at several locations, including Creston, Shenandoah, Clarinda and Red Oak, IA. Shenandoah, IA reported a gust to 80 mph. Two factors are surmised to have caused the event. First, light showers had moved through the area left lots of hot, dry air aloft between 4,000-10,000 feet. When rain fell through the dry air, it cooled, which made it heavier and resulted in strong downdrafts and high winds. Secondly, winds between 600-5,000 feet were quite strong and the momentum of these winds dropped to the surface causing higher winds. The wind event was accompanied by dramatic rises in temperature. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2003: A large F4 tornado destroyed the community of Manchester, SD. It was part of a swarm of nearly 60 tornadoes that touched down across eastern South Dakota. An armored camera placed in the path of the tornado by the National Geographic Society was blown nearly 500 feet and destroyed. Very little usable video was recorded. Meanwhile, researcher Tim Samaras deployed a measurement probe just 70 seconds before the twister struck it. The probe measured a pressure drop of 100 millibars, the largest ever recorded. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

2010: The maximum temperature today at the Richmond International Airport was 102 °F which not only broke the record high temperature for the date, but was close to the 104 °F record maximum for the month of June set in 1952. Only three June days have been hotter: (June 30, 1937 103 °F) (June 19, 1944 103 °F) (June 26, 1952 104 °F ) June 2010 also had 19 days of 90 °F or hotter temperatures the record was 20 in 1943. The Richmond International Airport reported the mean temperature for June was 81.1 °F which was a new 113 year record. This breaks the old record of 79.2 °F set in 1943 and was a +8.7 °F departure from average. June had 8 new daily temperature records and all were for heat. (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRIC)

2011: The 2011 Souris River flood in Minot, already predicted to be the biggest in recorded history, was predicted Thursday to get even bigger. According to the latest estimate, there will be some 29,000 cfs moving through Minot by Saturday (Ref. Grand Forks Herald Newspaper)

2016: June 22-24. Part of a severe weather outbreak that produced over two dozen tornadoes from Illinois to West Virginia, up to 10 inches of rain fell in just 12-24 hours on June 23, setting off West Virginia's third deadliest flood. Twenty-three people lost their lives.


2025: marked one of the most intense heat events ever recorded across the New York City metropolitan area as a historic heat dome pushed temperatures to record and near-record levels. Newark reached 103°F, JFK hit 102°F, LaGuardia climbed to 101°F, and Central Park officially reached 99°F, with all sites setting daily records and several establishing or tying their hottest June temperatures ever observed. The extreme heat was accompanied by unusually warm overnight lows, making it one of the most oppressive heat waves in modern regional weather history.

[steve392]

Just under 2" of rain from Monday and yesterday. 

[winterwx21]

2 hours ago, Stormlover74 said:

yeah I think saturday is overdone and will end up cloudy and mostly dry

The Canadian models are a soaker for Saturday, but most other models show very little. We'll have to see if most of the rain misses to the south. 

[lee59]

8 hours ago, bluewave said:

The LI crew would really be complaining if this was a snowstorm.

 

 

We never had heavy rain just a prolonged period of on and off light rain, occasionally moderate.

[donsutherland1]

Tomorrow and Friday will be pleasantly warm days with highs in the lower 80s. Some showers are possible tomorrow night and then again Friday night or Saturday.

A warming trend could commence during or after the next weekend. Some of the guidance suggests that hot weather could return to conclude June.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +3.0°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +1.7°C for the week centered around June 17. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +2.42°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +1.22°C. The ongoing El Niño will continue to strengthen through the summer.

The SOI was -22.92 yesterday. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.406 today. 

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 91% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal June (1991-2020 normal). June will likely finish with a mean temperature near 73.5 (1.5° above normal). 

Supplemental Information: The projected mean would be 2.1° above the 1981-2010 normal monthly value. 

 

[Dan76]

Fire fly's out tonight

[SACRUS]

Today's High s:


 

New Brnswck: 86
ACY: 86
EWR: 85
JFK: 85
BLM: 84
PHL: 84
LGA: 83
TEB: 83
ISP: 83
NYC: 82
TTN: 82

 

[FPizz]

1 hour ago, Dan76 said:

Fire fly's out tonight

Yeah, saw a bunch while jogging

[psv88]

85 today

[bluewave]

13 hours ago, lee59 said:

 

We never had heavy rain just a prolonged period of on and off light rain, occasionally moderate.

Did you get a chance to see the gorgeous Asperitas display? My friend was near where the SSP and RTE 110 met. It looked more impressive closer to the South Shore than further to the north. 
 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1377119724231766&set=a.160564152554002

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperitas_(cloud)

[SACRUS]

76 / 58 clouds to the west likely clouding up by the afternoon.  Friday looks mainly dry / cloudy before storms / showers and next round splits the weekend with Saturday wet 0.5 - >1.00 inches f rain and Sunday looking amazing.  Ridge balloons next week centered over the midwest 6/29 - 7/4 with heat likely focussed (strongest heat) inland from the shore/beaches.   The period Tue - Friday looks like prime - peak heat mid - upper 90s potential with 850 MB temps in the >20c range but again the onshore component and sea-breeze could keep the strongest heat inland.  Beyond there 7/5 - beyond overall warm - hot and the Fourth of July weekend comes into view , looks like the the main threat is isolated storms which appear around the periphery of the ridge Sat - Sun.  But otherise hazy - hot.  NNW flow.

 

[SACRUS]

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 101 (2025)
NYC: 99 (1952)
LGA:  99 (1952) / (2025)
JFK: 102 (2025)


Lows:

EWR: 53 (1932)
NYC: 53  (1873)
LGA: 55 (1940)
JFK: 54 (1965)

Historical:

 

1749 — A general fast was called on account of drought in Massachusetts. It was the year of the famous dry spring in which fields and villages burned. (David Ludlum)

1925 — The mercury hit 101 degrees at Portland, OR, their earliest 100 degree reading of record. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders)

 

1953 - The temperature at Anchorage soared to 86 degrees, their hottest reading of record. (The Weather Channel)

 

1957: Hurricane Audrey moved northward, slowly strengthening until the 26th. At that time, a strong upper-level trough led to its acceleration and the hurricane deepened rapidly on its final approach to the Texas/Louisiana border. Audrey became the strongest hurricane on record for June upon landfall, as it reached category four strength. Its acceleration was unanticipated, and despite hurricane warnings in place, 418 people perished in the storm, mainly across southwest Louisiana.

 

1981: Late afternoon violent thunderstorms moved across the region. Allentown, PA recorded a gust to 77 mph, with quite a few roofs blown off, chimneys toppled, windows blown in, several barns blown over, and innumerable trees felled. Power was interrupted to almost 100,000 customers, some without power for several days. Heavy rain caused flooding and mudslides. Philadelphia, PA received 1.91 inches of rain. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1983: A quarter of an inch of early summer snow was reported near the towns of Sharon and Hartford in the higher terrain of central Vermont. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1987 - Afternoon highs of 97 degrees at Miami, FL, 107 degrees at Medford, OR, and 111 degrees at Redding CA were new records for the date. It was the third of six straight days of record heat for Miami. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Austin, and gusts to 75 mph at Tulsa OK. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Fifty-two cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Highs of 100 degrees at Erie, PA, and 104 degrees at Cleveland OH established all- time records for those two locations. Highs of 101 degrees at Flint, MI, 105 degrees at Chicago, IL, and 106 degrees at Fort Wayne, IN, equalled all-time records. Thunderstorms in Idaho produced wind gusts to 100 mph west of Bliss and north of Crouch, injuring 29 persons. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Tropical depression Allison, the remnants of what was earlier Cosme (a hurricane over the Pacific Ocean which dissipated as it crossed northern Mexico), began to spread heavy rain into southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. (The National Weather Summary)

 

1990: Borrego Springs, CA hit 122°; their hottest temperature on record. Phoenix, AZ set a daily record high of 120°. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1994: Blistering heat prevailed across the southwest deserts as many daily record highs were set including: Yuma, AZ: 119°, Tucson, AZ: 115° and Winslow, AZ: 103 °F. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1995: Flood in Orange, Madison, Green, & Culpeper Co. as they had between 13.00 and 15.00 inches of rain.
A lifeguard at a camping resort S of Myrtle Beach, SC, was hit by a lightning bolt as he was in the process of clearing the beach due to an approaching storm. He survived. Several people nearby noted “tingling sensations” when the bolt struck. (Ref. Weather Guide Calendar with Phenomenal Weather Events 2011 Accord Pub. 2010, USA)



2006: The precipitation total on June 25th was 5.31 inches, a new 26 year MAXIMUM precipitation record for a day. The old record was for a calendar day was ONLY 3.86 inches on October 8, 2005.

2006: The maximum one hour rainfall intensity was 2.35 inches on the 25th which shattered the previous record not only for June but for any month. The previous 26-year record was 1.74 inches on July 28, 2000. (Annandale Weather Records)

2008: Missouri:
Thunderstorms deluge northern Missouri and sections of central Illinois with 6 to 8 inches of rain. Linneus, Missouri was hardest hit with 8.61 inches while nearby Ethel reported 7.88 inches and Gallatin 6.80 inches. (Ref. WxDoctor)

[Stormlover74]

So Saturday looks like a few showers or a complete washout with 1 to 2" of rain

[TWCCraig]

Only got 0.27" Monday-Tuesday and only 0.88" so far for the entire month of June. Pretty typical of the south shore this time of year. 0.66" at ISP is the second driest June on record but we still have a few days to go with some rain chances. Only 1988 and 2005 were drier through the first 24 days of June.

ISP has not seen a June with above normal precipitation (at least 3.77") since 2013 when we had 8.03". Since 2019, ISP has not seen a June with more than 2.27" of rain. '20, '21, '23, '24, and '25 all finished with rain totals less than 2". 2026 will likely be added to that list.

[FPizz]

22 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

So Saturday looks like a few showers or a complete washout with 1 to 2" of rain

My niece's graduation party that day.  I think my sister would prefer the few showers, haha

[bluewave]

1 hour ago, TWCCraig said:

Only got 0.27" Monday-Tuesday and only 0.88" so far for the entire month of June. Pretty typical of the south shore this time of year. 0.66" at ISP is the second driest June on record but we still have a few days to go with some rain chances. Only 1988 and 2005 were drier through the first 24 days of June.

ISP has not seen a June with above normal precipitation (at least 3.77") since 2013 when we had 8.03". Since 2019, ISP has not seen a June with more than 2.27" of rain. '20, '21, '23, '24, and '25 all finished with rain totals less than 2". 2026 will likely be added to that list.

Islip has experienced 15 out of the last 22 months since the drought started in September 2024 with below average precipitation bolded below.
 

Monthly Total Precipitation for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

2026	2.58	3.66	4.19	2.15	2.68	0.66	M	M	M	M	M	M	15.92
2025	0.60	3.72	4.76	1.98	4.67	1.88	5.64	0.53	1.58	5.06	2.72	3.77	36.91
2024	7.32	2.40	9.54	3.45	4.67	2.44	2.55	6.50	0.24	0.12	3.34	6.23	48.80

 

[Brian5671]

1 hour ago, Stormlover74 said:

So Saturday looks like a few showers or a complete washout with 1 to 2" of rain

NAMS are drenchers-others alot drier.

[steve392]

Gorgeous afternoon so far.  Sitting outside with dog, slight breeze watching planes on approach to Newark Airport. Really don't want to go to work