Wednesday June 23 tied for the hottest day of the year at 26°C. On April 19 we also hit 26°C. Today started out with high clouds which mostly cleared out by early afternoon. Clouds increased by early evening once again and even brought a very brief shower just past midnight. So far in June we've had 74.4 mm of rain with 11 of the 23 days having at least a trace amount of rainfall.

A dry day

Tuesday was a great day with lots of high clouds but plenty of sunshine also as we topped out at 23°C after a morning low of 8°C. This was just the second day without any rain this month. We've had 39.2 mm of rain so far through eight days compared to 21.4 mm in the entire month of June last year! June 2009 also started out started with 4 consecutive days of 30°C or hotter temperatures with 33°C being the hottest on the 4th.

Weather For the Month of May 2010

Although it may have seemed like a lousy month, the averages for May were only slightly below normal. We managed an average high of 17.5°C below the normal of 18°C and an average low of 7.0°C a full degree below the normal of 8°C. As for rainfall, we were soaked with 109.3 mm, normally we receive just under 100 mm for the month. Our warmest days were the 14th, 15th and 16th when we hit 24°C each of those days. As for our coldest day, that happened the morning of the 5th when we dipped to a chilly +1°C.

Although we received more precipitation in May 2009, 124 mm to be exact, we were more than 2 degrees warmer for an average high.