June Climate Summary

The June climate summary has been released by the National Climatic Data Center and shows hotter than normal temperatures for the eastern half of the country and cooler than normal for the northwest. I've listed a few highlights below, theentire summary, which has many more details, can be viewed here.

National Summary

• More than 4000 daily high temperature records were tied or broken in June
• 159 reports of the record hottest temperature for June
• 42 reports of all-time record hottest temperature
• 63 percent of the Southeast was in moderate to exceptional drought at the end of June compared to 51 percent at the end of May
• Above average wildfire activity continued across the Southern tier of the United States. Nationwide, 1.35 million acres burned during the month, bringing the year-to-date acreage burned to approximately 4.8 million acres -- the most on record for the period -- and more than twice the decadal average.

Georgia and Southeast Summary

• 3rd warmest June on record
• Savannah, GA also recorded 90 degree F and higher temperatures on all 30 days, extending a streak of 90 degree and higher temperatures that began in May.
• Mean temperatures in June were between 4 and 6 degrees F (2.2 and 3.3 degrees C) above normal across most of the southeast region
• Precipitation was generally below normal across the Southeast in June, with monthly totals ranging between 25 and 75 percent of normal across most of the region
• There were 1,886 reports of severe weather across the Southeast in June

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