June is typically our wettest month of the year, and this June’s been wetter than normal. How much wetter? I’ve received 7.52” of rain so far this month - our monthly total for June is usually 3.44”.
According to the recently release State of the Climate by NOAA, spring 2013 marked the first season in the contiguous U.S. that the seasonal temperature was not above average since the winter of 2010-2011, when the seasonal temperature was 0.8°F below average. The globally-averaged temperature for May 2013 tied with 1998 and 2005 as the third warmest May since record keeping began in 1880. May 2013 also marks the 37th consecutive May and 339th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average.
My rain gauge in Lorton recorded the following precipitation at 6am on the day indicated for the previous 24 hours.
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Date Precip
Mon 06/17/2013 T
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Tue 06/18/2013 0.05”
Wed 06/19/2013 0.36”
Thu 06/20/2013 0.00”
Fri 06/21/2013 0.00”
Sat 06/22/2013 0.00”
Sun 06/23/2013 0.01”
Weekly Total : 0.42”
Daily rainfall totals for previous 24 hours measured at 6am from my rain gauge in Lorton.
