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Posted by: Merovingian, 2:31 AM GMT on July 03, 2006

Here is a June summary for Juneau, AK, provided by the local National Weather Service office. (Link)

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUNEAU, AK
330 AM ADT SAT JUL 1 2006

...THIRD WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD BUT TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL...

A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS IN THE GULF OF ALASKA KEPT THE
PANHANDLE IN AN UNUSUALLY MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW MOST OF THE
MONTH. 5.93 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN JUNE WHICH WAS 2.57 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE THIRD MONTH IN A ROW OF ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION AND THE THIRD WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD. THE WETTEST
BEING 6.22 INCHES IN 1996. TWO DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE
BROKEN DURING THE MONTH WITH 1.01 INCHES FALLING ON THE 3RD AND
1.17 INCHES ON THE 25TH. ONLY SEVEN DRY DAYS OCCURRED DURING
THE MONTH.

DESPITE ALL THE CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION...TEMPERATURES WERE
NEAR NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 54.5
DEGREES WHICH WAS ONLY 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. A STREAK OF
SIX DAYS WHERE HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED THE 70S OCCURRED FROM
THE 9TH THROUGH THE 14TH...PEAKING AT 77 DEGREES ON THE 10TH.
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 38 DEGREES ON THE
8TH.

THE STRONGEST WIND SPEED RECORDED AT THE JUNEAU AIRPORT
OCCURRED ON THE 21ST WITH A GUST OF 33 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST.

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After Alberto, the Atlantic has had some close calls. A near-Beryl soaked the eastern United States for a while. Looking ahead to this month, I think we can expect to see at least Beryl and possibly Chris (which just happens to be my brother's name). Currently, there are no Atlantic invests (according to the NRL website), and the NHC is also seeing a quiet basin.

There are two invests in the East Pacifc, but neither poses a threat to land.

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