A Warm Welcome to Summer

June 1-15 average temperatures ranged from near normal to over 6°F above normal.

The first half of June was warmer than normal across the Northeast, with average temperatures in multiple areas over 4°F above normal. At the region’s 35 major sites, June 1-15 average temperatures ranged from 1.8°F above normal in Scranton, PA, to 7.1°F above normal in Boston, MA. This first half of June ranked among the 20 warmest such periods for 29 of the sites.

This June 1-15 period ranked among the 20 warmest such periods for 29 of the Northeast’s 35 major sites.

June 1-15 precipitation ranged from less than 25% of normal to over 150% of normal.

Precipitation during the first half of June ranged from less than 25% of normal in several areas closer to the coast to over 150% of normal in some interior and northern locations. June 1-15 precipitation at the Northeast’s 35 major sites ranged from 8% of normal in Hartford, CT, to 171% of normal in Syracuse, NY, with 23 of the sites being on the dry side of normal. This June 1-15 period ranked among the 20 driest such periods for eight major sites but was Syracuse’s 13th wettest.

This June 1-15 period ranked among the 20 driest such periods for eight major sites but was Syracuse’s 13th wettest.