June was the warmest recorded in Northern Ireland in records dating back to 1884
That was replaced later in the month by warm and humid conditions.- ie severe thunder storms with heavy rain and sudden temperature changes - in years on 20 June.From a forecasting perspective, the start of June wasn't very exciting.
High pressure gives very settled conditions - dry, warm days and cool, clear nights, with very light winds.With the solstice on 21 June, the days are at their longest at this point in the year and lengthy sunny days really helped the temperatures build, but still kept the nights cool and comfortable for sleeping.
When the weather broke, it did so in dramatic fashion, delivering hundreds of lightning strikes right across Northern Ireland through the middle of the month.Climate scientist Mike Kendon said it was the persistence of the warmth rather than the real extremes that has been notabledescribed summer 2023 so far as "our best storm season in years".
Mike Kendon, a climate scientist with the Met Office, told Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme June had been "quite a remarkable month". "This time of year might typically expect temperatures in the high teens, maybe occasionally in the low 20s, but we've actually had a prolonged spell of temperatures in the low to mid-20s," he said."It's as a result of that that we've had the warmest June on record in Northern Ireland.""You're going to be hearing of more records like this through the coming decades," he said.
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