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Weather May/June Weather July/August

Weather June Weather Stats (so far): This June has got off July sunny at 25 c/77 f. In the second week, low pressure
will bring us spells off rain. It will be quite windy
to a flying start. It is known as flaming June, but
July will be dominated by high pressure . Winds
Statistics: it is more often flaming wet. Up to 13th, only two will be more dominant from the east rather than and cool at 19 c/ 66 f. London could be a little
warmer. It will be unseasonably cool. Country areas
days countrywide have failed to reach a temperature
of 24 c/ 75.20 f. We had 16mm/0.63 inches of rain our prevailing winds from the south west. July will will have cool nights, dropping to 6 c/ 43 f. High
Lester Gosbee lester.gosbee@btinternet.com on 4th June. The saying states that “A drip in June start on a cool, showery note. High pressure will pressure will then build to give us at least 10 days
keeps everything in tune”. There will be more drips form from 3rd and we will have almost unbroken of summer weather. Some days will have at least 10
sunshine as temperatures soar to 30 – 33 c/ 86 – 91
to come. hours of sunshine. Winds will be from the north or
f. It could be our hottest spell of the summer. Winds north east.
May The driest June was 1925 when only 4mm was will be light and southerly or south westerly. There
recorded. The CET for June is 15 c/ 59 f. You may will be a thundery breakdown mid month then The south coast will get the best of the sunshine
May was quite a miserable month read that Coral the bookmakers are offering odds high pressure will return. An easterly breeze will with temperatures around 24 c/ 75 f. The weather
weatherwise. It was a very wet month. of 4/6 on it being the hottest June on record. The develop and continue for the rest of the month. will become more humid in the 3rd week and
Rainfall: 78.2mm/ 3.079 inches. The current record was set in 1846, when the June CET Weak Atlantic low pressure systems could cause there will be the chance of some thunderstorms as
average rainfall for May is 58.4mm/ 2.29 was 18.2 c/ 64.76 f, which is 4 c/ 7.20 above average. the odd shower in the South East. This will cause temperatures climb back into the 80 f’s. The month
inches. The Kent average is 51.1mm/ 2 I will not be placing a bet! temperatures to drop back to 21 c/ 70 f. It will will end fine with patchy cloud and sunny spells.
inches, so this May we had 55% above I read an interesting statement today. In become humid at the end of the month, fresher on No scorcher for the Bank Holiday, around average
average. Wales set a new record of meteorology, Summer begins on 1st June and ends the east coast with that easterly breeze. at 20 – 21 c/ 70 f. August’s highest temperature
182.7mm/ 7.2 inches of rain. Averaged over on 30th September. In the weather records, every Rainfall this July will be about 75% of the average, will be 30 c/ 86 f, and its coldest day will be in
England, there was 131.7mm/ 5.20 inches. It day within that period , through all the years, has close to 38mm/ 1.49 inches, unless there is a storm the second week at 18 c/ 64 f. August’s lowest
was the wettest May since 1967 when there reached a temperature of 30 c/ 86 f…every day then it will be higher. This July will be warmer than night temperature will be5 c/ 41 f. Rainfall will
was 137mm/ 5.39 inches. May 2000 was apart from 13th June. last July. be 53.7mm/ 2.25 inches. The CET will be 16.5 c/
also as wet. England’s May average is 190.6 61.70 f. Each summer month will be warmer than
hours. Kent’s May average is 203.7 hours. For the rest of June, high pressure is likely to form August average, which is unusual.
from 22nd, bringing hot air from the Azores. It will
July is our sunniest month with 218.1 hours become hot or very warm in all areas that I forecast We will have a changeable pattern of weather. It will If you would like a free copy of my detailed
of sunshine on average. Sunshine was for, reaching 30 c/ 86 f. Many areas could see a start very warm and humid with showers and sunny weather forecast until the end of October, please
deficient by 2 hours per day this year. thundery breakdown by 26th June, and local flash spells, followed by a fine spell as high pressure email me on lester.gosbee@btinternet.com.
develops over Northern France. It will be fine and
Frittenden’s coldest day in May was 2nd at floods are not out of the question. It will be a cool,
12.5 c/ 54.5 f, and our coldest night was on breezy ,showery end to the month. Showers may
interrupt play at Wimbledon. Temperatures will be
1st at -1.3 c/ 29.66 f.
around 20 c/ 68 f. June’s highest day temperature
The lowest grass temperature in will be 30 c/ 86 f on 14th, 23rd and 24th. The lowest
Frittenden in May was -6 c/ 21.20 f. day temperature in June will be 18 c/ 64 f, and the
lowest night temperature will be 7 c/ 45 f. June’s
There were 4 air frosts in May and 8 rainfall will be very erratic . Many places will have
ground frosts. 40 - 50mm/ 1.5 – 2 inches of rain, but storms could
We had to wait until 31st to reach 70 f. In double that.
fact, temperatures reached 23.5 c/ 74.30 The sunshine average for June in Kent is 182.6
f in Frittenden. Scotland had the highest hours, and the Kent average is 204.3 hours. This
temperature of the month at Kinlochewe, June, most places will get 50 hours above average.
Wester Ross, where temperatures reached The Central England Temperature could equal
25 c/77 f. The Central England Temperature 2018 at 16.1 c/ 60.98 f. The June average CET is
(CET) for May was 10.5 c/ 50.90 f, the 14.04 c/ 57.20 f.
lowest since 2013 when it was 10.4 c/ 50.72
f, 0.9 c/ 1.62 f below average. There is not space here to include full forecasts for
July and August, so I have a shortened version:

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