Ithaca Climate Summary for June 1999

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 67.4 degrees, the month of June 1999 averaged 3.5 degrees warmer than normal.
• This was the warmest June since 1967 and the 6th warmest in 127 years of record.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 92 degrees on the 27th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 38 degrees on the 16th.
• The maximum temperataure of 91 degrees on the 7th tied the record for that day.

Precipitation

• June precipitation totalled 2.04 inches, which was 54% of normal.
• About three-quarters of the June rainfall (1.44 inches) came on the last five days of the month.
• This was the driest June since 1991.
• Precipitation for the last 12 months totalled 25.35 inches - a 10.06 inch deficit and the 4th driest July-June period since records began in 1880.