June 2023 Observations & Discussions

[Grizzcoat]

Rather rare event just occurred for the month of June that really imo hammers home the point of UHI on climate. I will post this in both the June and July thread.

Minneapolis just recorded a warmer month (avg temp) than Des Moines,IA. It's only the 2nd time in history I can find this. ( July 2006). 

June 2023-   KMSP avg temp 74.9F (+5.3)  .93"    NINE 90F or above max temps - SEVEN lows 70F or warmer

June 2023     KDSM avg temp 73.7F (+1.5)  3.20"   THREE 90F or above max temps - ONE low 70F or warmer.

On avg- KDSM is much warmer than KMSP in the summer. AVG # of  days max temp 90F or warmer is 21 on last on current 30 year running mean. Only 3 this year so far.

KMSP is 13 -- that's a significant difference on a 30 yr running mean-- all ready 11 this year-- BLOWING AWAY KDSM

Avg # of days min temp is equal to or greater than 70F at MSP is 13F (all ready at seven)

Avg # of days min temp is equal to or greater than 70F at DSM is 21F ( only ONE so far)

Just though I would share

 

[Tom]

7 hours ago, OttumwaSnomow said:

Im getting much better. But still probably  a horrible 8 or 9 inches behind in the April to  June timeframe.  Lawns responding nice to past 10 days of rain. But absolutely zero runoff so my pond keeps dropping.  With exception  of a couple weeks almost no runoff going back to December  2021. But in the 2017 drought i went 18 months with  JUST ONE 1 INCH PLUS RAIN, that was west of Ottumwa!

Do you use the pond water for irrigation?   

[Tom]

It's another muggy morning, while not to the level @OKwx2k4 is experiencing, it's the type of air you can "wear".  The next couple days will feature the kind of storms that bubble up and can drop a lot of rain in a localized area.  Tomorrow looks cool, cloudy and showery.  Not fun for those outdoorsman and boaters/anglers.  My brother is heading out to the Fox Chain and going to the Sandbar on Lake Petite.  I've been telling him the front appears to be hanging around till Sun Pm so I'm not really interested in going on the boat today.  On the flip side, it warms up Mon & Tue and looks ideal for the Fireworks displays.  I'll take the precip the next couple days!

 

[Tom]

I'm really happy for the farmers that keep getting hit in N MO/S IA/C IL as a sweet ribbon of rain developed last night into this morning...

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/current/mcview.phtml?prod=comprad&java=script&mode=realtime&frames=40&interval=10&year=2023&month=7&day=1&hour=2&minute=15

[OttumwaSnomow]

2 hours ago, Tom said:

Do you use the pond water for irrigation?   

Not yet. Its been so low i haven't  wanted to take any water from it. But we have a sweet corn area right beside  the pond so in coming  years  we might.

Another .43 overnight!

[chescowxman]

We ended June 2023 as the 9th coldest and 12th wettest month of June across over 130 years of Chester County PA records. The coldest June was the 65.2 back in 1907 - we ended this month at 66.1. Our wettest June was the 12.18" that fell in 1938 - we ended this month at 7.49" of rain. Clouds will be on the increase late today with showers chances ramping up by Sunday morning/ Showers some possibly heavy look likely tomorrow into Monday with Sun returning by Independence day.

Records for today High 103 (1901) / Low 43 (1952) / Rain 2.39" (1984)