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June 2009 cloudy, with warm nights

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The daily weather log

Weather log June 2009

Cloudy skies kept most June nights warm. A cold snap took the minimum on the 12th down to -3.2°. As in June 2005, there were only 5 frosts, compared with 13 normally. Few days were very warm or cool, but the 11th reached only 12.1° (6° below normal). There was patchy fog in the valley on three mornings.
Ten rain days brought 36.4 mm. The wettest was the 22nd, with 13.2 mm.

 Comparing June months

Climate June 2009

This June was very cloudy: 60% of the mornings had more than 4 octas of cloud. June 2005 (53%) and June 2007 (60%) were similar. The 11-year trend shows a big rise in June cloudy mornings: from 6 in 1999 to 16 in 2009!

The mean daily maximum temperature was normal for June. However, the mean daily minimum (5.9°) was the highest for the decade, beating other Junes that had warm nights: 2005 (5.7°) and 2008 (5.4°). The month’s mean temperature was high (like last June) and the temperature range low (12.1°). The mean humidity (early morning dew point) was also high.
The rainfall total of 36 mm is on the median (50th percentile) for June. Rainfall totals for groups of months up to six months are below the median, indicating shortages. However, even the worst is not serious: the four-month rainfall March to June (117 mm) is on the 14th percentile. Rainfall totals for longer periods up to 72 months are all above the median, except for the 36-month total, which is on the 49th percentile.

Data. Rainfall data is from Manilla Post Office, courtesy of Phil Pinch. Dew point values before August 2005 are from Tamworth Airport 6 am data supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology. Temperature and other data are from 3 Monash Street, Manilla.

 

June 2008 warm, with rain

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Weather log June 2008

Most of June was very warm. The 7-day average temperature stayed three degrees above normal for the first three weeks. All five rain days came during that time. The first, with 38.2 mm, was the wettest June day in a decade. By the 4th of the month the average rainfall for June (44 mm) had already been beaten. Sadly, the total rose only to 65.2 mm, the same as last year. Around the rainy days the nights were about 7° warmer than usual, and humidity was high (morning Dew Points near 10°). There were frequent fogs, including one on Saturday the 7th that was widespread and thick, and lasted a long time.

The fourth week saw a return to normal June temperatures, with sunny cloudless days. Frosts came back, but there were only eight altogether instead of the usual thirteen.

 Comparing June months

Climate June 2008

This June was warm and humid. However, due to the cool, dry change in the fourth week, it was no warmer or more humid than June of 2005. The graph shows that June 2005 had very high rainfall. It was the sixth wettest June on record.

While this month had more cloud than usual, June last year was much cloudier, and had bitterly cold days – nearly five degrees colder! By contrast, sunny June 2006 had very cold nights, including 21 frosts.
The rainfall total of 65 mm is high. It is in the 78th percentile for June, and nearly twice the median value (36 mm).
The rainfall total for this May and June together (79 mm) is in the 38th percentile of two-monthly totals, while the three-monthly total (99 mm) is in the 23rd percentile. Being above the tenth percentile, these do not count as “serious” shortages of rainfall. The four-month total (101 mm) is a serious shortage: it is only in the 9th percentile. The five-month total is much better (in the 35th percentile). Rainfall totals for longer periods are all normal, that is, near the median.

Data. Rainfall data is from Manilla Post Office, courtesy of Phil Pinch. Dew point values before August 2005 are from Tamworth Airport 6 am data supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology. Temperature and other data are from 3 Monash Street, Manilla.

 

June 2007 had two very cold days

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The daily weather logWeather log June 2007

This month had two remarkably cold days: 8.8° on Friday the 8th, just before Queen’s Birthday, and 8.3° on Wednesday the 20th. (Note added: in 2014 these stand as the coldest on the record from 1999.) Nearly all days were cooler than normal. Nights varied, with one above 10 degrees and 10 frosts. The weekly mean temperature was below normal except on the first and last days.
Nine days were completely overcast, and rain fell on 10 days (usually 6) with the highest reading 14.8 mm on the 4th.

The first very cold day was related to a severe “East Coast Low” (990 hPa) that caused widespread damage and major flooding in the Hunter region. Gales and high seas caused the freighter “Pasha Bulker” to run aground.

 Comparing June monthsClimate June 2007

The mean daily maximum (14.3°) and mean (8.8°) temperatures this month were much lower than in the previous six June months. The daily minimum (3.4°), however, was higher than last year (1.3°). (Note added. The maximum and mean temperatures stand in 2014 as record low values for June.)

The mean daily temperature range this June month (normally 15.0°) was extremely narrow: only 10.9°. (Note added. In September 2014, this stands as a record for any calendar month. The only other months with a mean daily temperature range narrower than 13° were all in late 2010 (expressing that La Niña event): July 2010, 12.3°; August 2010, 11.9°; November 2010, 12.4°; December 2010, 11.8°.)
With 60% of mornings having more than 4 octas of cloud, this was a very cloudy month. (Note added. The only month much more cloudy than this has been June 2013, with 75% cloudy mornings.)
The total rainfall of 65 mm is in the 78th percentile for June (June 2005, with 109 mm, was in the 96th percentile). Rainfall totals for more than one month show no shortages.

Note: Although there were brief reports in the “Manilla Express” dated 10/7/07 and 17/7/07, this report in standard format was written in 2014, with the benefit of hindsight. In particular, it uses normal curves that are based on data for the decade from March 1999 to February 2009.

Data. Rainfall data is from Manilla Post Office, courtesy of Phil Pinch. Dew point values before August 2005 are from Tamworth Airport 6 am data supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology. Temperature and other data are from 3 Monash Street, Manilla.