Some Bootleg June Stats

Interesting how so far, this summer (yes I know I'm calling it summer, as it is in the meteorological sense beginning June 1) has started off on the cooler side in most areas, other than for me down here in Texas... Yuck! I stole an idea from the easteruswx.com weather board, and went back and looked at some stats on 90 degree days in June for a few of the big cities in the East to see when the last time there was a June without a 90 degree day. There was a thread on this board about the last time New York has had a June without hitting 90, and I went back and looked at Philly and Boston as well. The reason I chose these sites is that they have not had a 90 so far this month, and do not seem likely to for the next week or perhaps two, taking us into late June. So if this idea is right, the window of opportunity would be getting pretty small. In any case, the last time Boston failed to get 90 in June was back in 1998. For New York, it was 1996, and for Philly you have to go back to 1982! It has been awhile indeed. This, it is possible we could get all the way into July, having had the hottest weather of the last few months in the East occur in late April rather than May or June!

In some ways, the lack of heat isn't a big shock considering the developing el nino and the impacts that such an occurrence tends to have on the global pattern, but even in similar years, you usually get a brief spike or two somewhere, so we'll see if we get on before the month is done.