Summary
A warm and mostly dry first half of the month - then cooler and changeable with some heavy rain at times.
Diary of Highlights
1st to 13th
High pressure affected much of the UK with mainly dry, settled and warm conditions across Wales. Temperatures up to 22 °C occurred for several days with a peak of around 26 °C in North Wales on the 11th.
14th to 24th
In complete contrast, the rest of the month was entirely dominated by areas of low pressure giving typically unsettled and changeable weather that was often quite cool. Thunderstorms and torrential downpours occured in some parts on the 14th , 15th, 18th and 19th and on almost every other day there were further showers or longer spells of rain.
25th to 30th
Persistent and heavy rain on the 25th continued with up to 75 mm of rain falling in some parts. Although quieter conditions then affected the country over the next few days with generally lighter and more scattered showers, yet more heavy rain spread in from the west on the 30th.
Statistical details
| Wales Mean Temperature Series (series began in 1914). |
The provisional mean value for the month is 14.0 °C |
1.3°C above the 1961-1990 average.
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| Wales Rainfall Series (series began in 1914). |
The provisional total for the month is 170.5 mm |
205% of the 1961-1990 average. Second wettest June in series. Wettest June in series was during 1998.
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| Wales Sunshine Series (series began in 1929). |
The provisional total for the month is 159.0 hours |
90% of the 1961-1990 average.
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