(6 of 6) SEE: This U.S. map of June 2021 Significant Climate Events from NOAANCEIclimate. Download at: StateOfClimate
This large hailstone, being held with two hands, fell from a severe thunderstorm at approximately 7:35 pm CDT on April 28, 2021, near Hondo, Texas. NOAA’s NCEI verified that it's the largest hailstone on record to fall in Texas; it had a diameter of 6.416 inches and weighed 1.26 pounds. This severe weather outbreak across Oklahoma and Texas was one of eight billion-dollar disasters that struck the U.S during the first six months of 2021.
The average June temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 72.6 degrees F , making it the hottest June in 127 years of record keeping and surpassing the record set in June 2016 by 0.9 of a degree. The average June precipitation across the U.S. was 2.93 inches, matching exactly the historical average for the month, though some states had extremes in rainfall — either too much or too little. For example, South Dakota saw its driest June on record while Mississippi had its second wettest.The year-to-date average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 49.3 degrees F, and placed in the warmest third of the record.
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