Penzance - Alt 60m - Aspect SE

A Remarkable month in several ways.

Very warm & sunny. The warmest June on Record, beating 2005. Wetter
than normal only because of the 82.1mm, (85% of the months rainfall)
which fell in 24 hours ending 07:00BST on 27th. (For full details go to
www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/wpage9.html and click on 'Penzance -
Torrential Rain 26/06/06') Apart from this major rainfall event the
total rainfall was just 10.7mm. It was also the least windy June on
record.

The first 9 days were remarkably sunny and very warm. Falmouth received
115 hours of sunshine over the 1st 8 days of June, that's an average of
14.4 hours per day!

Overall an excellent start to summer.

Temperature
Absolute Max: 24.6 - 4th
Absolute Min: 6.5 - 1st

Av. Max: 21.0 (+2.8)
Av. Min: 11.8 (+0.9)
Overall: 16.4 (+1.8)

Rainfall
Total Rainfall: 92.8mm - 137%
Wettest Day - 26th 78.9mm
Rain Days (=0.2mm): 6

Days with:-
Hail - 0
Gales - 0
Thunder - 0
Air Frost - 0

Strongest Gust 31mph on 21st
Average Pressure at 09:00 - 1021mb

Variations are from the 1971-2000 norm

Graham