Summer is here

 

A June day in the nation's capital

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center expects June to feature near average temperatures in the nation’s capital with near average rainfall.  Meteorological summer is comprised of the three-month period of June, July and August.  

Daily average high/low temperatures in Washington, D.C. rise from 81°/63° on June 1 to 89°/71° on June 30.  D.C.’s hottest June temperature on record is 104° and occurred on June 29, 2012.  Meanwhile, DC’s coolest June temperature is 43° and occurred on June 2, 1897.  The earliest in the season it’s been 100° in the nation’s capital was on June 5, 1925. 

According to NOAA, June is DC’s second wettest month of the year with an average rainfall total of 4.20”.  Three of DC’s wettest June’s on record have occurred since 2006. DC's rainiest June was in 2006 and second rainiest June in 2015.  By comparison, June 2017 was D.C.’s third driest with only 1.13”.

Residents of the D.C. Metro Area have also endured severe thunderstorms in June.  For example, Maryland’s second strongest tornado occurred on June 2, 1998, when an F4 tornado touched down in Frostburg.  The D.C. Area’s infamous “derecho” occurred nearly 12 years ago on June 29, 2012, and caused widespread wind damage and power outages.  More recently, multiple cases of severe hail (1”/+ in diameter) were reported on June 2, 2019.  

My colleagues and I on the WUSA9 Weather Team are watching the potential for showers and storms during the upcoming week. However, no 90-degree heat expected in the next seven to 10 days.