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Northeast Regional Climate Center |
The Northeast was slightly warmer than normal this June. The average temperature for the region was 66.2 degrees, a positive departure of 1.1 degrees. For the most part, the states did not vary a lot individually from the region wide temperature departure. There were a couple exceptions. West Virginia was the only state that ended up with a monthly average on the cool side of the normal. But its temperature of 67.7 degrees was a meager 0.2 degrees below normal. Further north it was a different story. New England had the highest temperature departures this month. Rhode Island was head and shoulders above the rest setting a new record for warmest June. The new record is 69.4 degrees which surpasses the old mark of 68.8 set in 1999. Rhode Island was 4.1 degrees above normal on the month. This is the third June in a row that's been warmer than normal in the Northeast.
June rainfall averaged out to 4.41 inches across the region, 0.36 inches more than normal. Only Pennsylvania and Vermont fell short of their monthly averages. Neither were more than a half inch from their individual normals. Five states were more than an inch above normal. Of those, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island received in excess of two inches more than their state averages. Connecticut and Rhode Island recorded 6.79 and 6.40 inches respectively. This was only the fourth month above normal in precipitation in the Northeast since last June.
Monthly Summary of State Temperature and Precipitation Averages.