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     TRI  2.26  -1.63 0.84 14 0.84 13-14  8 0 17.52   0.0            0.0   4.0 30.27 25 29.78   3        2400
     DAV 11.33        2.56  1            15 4 44.20   0.0            0.0 155.2                           0700    

Virginia:

Arlington - From NWS WBC come these notes: " TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE TURNED OUT TO BE 3.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF 74.5 DEGREES. THIS IS THE FOURTH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD DATING BACK TO 1872. A HIGH OF 98 JUNE 7TH TIED THE OLD RECORD SET BACK IN 1999. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE WAS ALSO ABOVE NORMAL. ON JUNE 4TH...A DAILY RECORD 1.49 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED SURPASSING THE OLD RECORD OF 0.81 INCHES IN 1909. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 59 MPH WAS RECORDED THAT AFTERNOON FROM THUNDERSTORMS. " [ + + ] 

Bridgewater - " The precipitation was .55 inches above normal while the temperature was 3.12 degrees above normal. For the year, the precipitation is .74 inches above normal. The weather in June was quite active with 7 thunderstorms. Farmers' crops and local gardens look great! " - [ + + ] - notes from Clayton

Centreville - Paul sends these notes: " Welcome from the sandy shores of sunny Centreville where almost nothing out of the ordinary happened in June. Oh sure, we had a 40 mph gust on the 16th, and we had a four day stretch of 90°+ temperatures right during the county fair, but all-in-all it had been a rather uneventful month. The heat streak ended on the 10th with 96° for a monthly high temperature being recorded. That was four degrees short of the 100° record set back in 1964, 44 years ago. For coolness there were no records even coming close to being shattered. We had 54° for a monthly low on June 18th, a distant 18° from the record in 1977 of 36° The average temperature for the month worked out to be 75°, 4.7° higher than the 70.3° we were told to keep our eye on. Our average high temperature of 85.4° was an even three degrees greater than the 82.4° as published on our little cheat-sheet. Average nighttime temperatures though came in with a greater deviation than expected; +6.4° over the 58.1° at 64.5°, the second highest departure this year so far. Except for the time of our county fair when heat was in the news, rain was essentially sparse during the second quarter of the month. In fact, 0.08" on the 10th is all it took around here to break the hot spell dropping the daily high temperature from 96° to 85° by the next day. For the rest of the month- especially the last half- we had a fairly even distribution of precipitation. Of the 4.37" total for June, 2.07" fell on June 4th and represented 47% of our monthly rainfall. " - [ + + ] - notes from Paul

Chantilly - Russ Topping reports: " We heard the rumble of thunder quite frequently in June. Storms passed through or nearby on 14 days. A daily precipitation record was broken on the 4th (1.88"). Total precipitation for the month was 4.29". The average temperature was 3.3° above normal, with a record high minimum of 71° on the 8th. Thunderstorms rumbled through on the 4th (with hail), 7th, 14th, 18th, 21st, 23rd and 30th. Dense fog was observed on the 4th, 7th and 20th. *Please note, anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the southeast " - [ + +]

Dulles - from NWS Sterling (KLWX) come these notes: " TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE TURNED OUT TO BE 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 70.9 DEGREES. THIS IS TIED FOR THE SECOND WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD DATING BACK TO 1963. PRECIPITATION AVERAGED SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR JUNE. A DAILY RECORD 1.63 INCHES OF RAIN FELL JUNE 4TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 0.72 INCHES IN 1971. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 59 MPH WAS REPORTED THAT AFTERNOON FROM THUNDERSTORMS. " - [ + + ]

Falls Church - from Windie in Falls Church: A very wild month! On the 4th a tornado came through Falls Church and my yard! 2 trees and a huge limb came down and one of the big hemlock evergreen trees near the road came down, taking with it the power lines. the street was closed for 2 days and no power for the same amount of time. A heat wave soon followed this event as temps soared well into the 90s with heat indexes over 100! A violent storm on the 16th brought a peak wind gust of 72 mph and this one brought another huge limb down taking with it the power, cable and phone lines. Temps climbed back into the lower 90s by month's end. " - [ M M ]

Herndon - Randy sends these additional notes: " June was above normal in temperature, and below normal in precipitation. June was a very turbulent month precipitation wise with thunderstorms occurring on 13 days and severe thunderstorms occurring on several of those. The worst day occurred on the 4th when a line of very severe thunderstorms moved through the area dropping heavy rain and causing wide scale wind damage and power outages. We lost power for over 12 hours; some lost it for days. The thunderstorms were spotty over the area on many of the days with some locations receiving heavy rain, while others close by receiving little or none. My site was one that was missed on many days especially towards the end of the month. I measured 4.39 inches of rain, with almost half of that occurring on the 4th. The rest of the rain occurred at various times through the month. The precip ended up being 0.77 inches below normal for my location. For the year, we have had 27.81 inches which is now 5 inches above normal. As for the temperatures, we had a week of very warm temperatures early in the month, then a real nice cool down, with the hot weather returning near the end of June again. This resulted in the average high 3.5 degrees above normal and low was about normal. " - [ + - ]

Ladysmith - Danny reports: " June was a very volatile month, featuring 10 days with thunder and about 10 other days with thunderstorms in the local area. Storms featuring severe hail hit the area on the 16th and 19th. Temperatures finished well above normal with 9 days at or above 90 degrees. Precipitation finished above normal for the third consecutive month, and 2008 year-to-date precipitation is now slightly above normal. " - [ + + ]

Portsmouth - " JUNE 2008 WAS THE WARMEST JUNE & WAS THIRD DRIEST JUNE IN THE DATABASE TO 1977. Another reversal (2nd month in a row) where the departures flipped flopped. June was much warmer and drier than normal. June's average temp was 4.3° ABOVE normal while rainfall was only 34% of the normal or -2.57". Rainfall for the year-to-date is 18.25" which is 4.05" BELOW normal (82% of normal and down 10% from he end of May.) FROPA's occurred on 5th, 11th, 15th, 17th, 24th. JUNE STATION RECORDS: 4TH - TEMP Max 93° [previous 92° 1981]; 7TH - TEMP Max 100° [prev 96° 1988]; 7TH - TEMP Max min 75° [prev 72° 2005]; 8TH - TEMP Max 99° [prev 96° 2007] 8TH - TEMP Max Min 76° [prev 72° 1981] 9TH - TEMP Max 98° [prev 95° 1993]; 9TH - TEMP Max Min 77° [prev 75° 1993]; 10TH - TEMP Max 101° [prev 97° 1993]; 17TH - WIND GUST 37mph [prev 33 1988]; 27TH - TEMP Maximum TIED 98° [prev 1989]; 28TH - TEMP Max TIED 97° [prev 1986]. " - [ + - ] 

North Carolina:

Greensboro - NWS Raleigh (RAH) reports: " JUNE 2008 WAS THE SECOND WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 78.8 DEGREES. THIS IS SECOND ONLY TO 1952...WHICH HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 79.0 DEGREES. Records: 5TH...LOW OF 73 BROKE THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 71 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2002; 6TH...HIGH OF 96 TIED THE RECORD HIGH OF 96 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1943; 6TH...LOW OF 73 TIED THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 73 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1981; 7TH...HIGH OF 97 BROKE THE RECORD HIGH OF 94 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1952/47/43/33; 7TH...LOW OF 73 BROKE THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 71 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1984; 8TH...LOW OF 73 BROKE THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 72 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1953/52; 9TH...LOW OF 72 TIED THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 72 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1947/2007/08; 10TH...HIGH OF 97 TIED THE RECORD HIGH OF 97 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1947; 11TH...LOW OF 74 TIED THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 73 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1981. See the report from RAH under Raleigh (RDU) below. The June 2008 North Carolina Weather Review is located here: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/ncsummaries/MonthlySummary.Jun.2008.doc [when available]. " - [ + - ]

Raleigh - Bob reports: " June was quite warm with 20 days of 90 or higher readings. The average daily temperature was 4.4 degrees above normal. Precipitation was above normal with 3.99" measured. There was no severe weather observed at this station, but numerous warnings were issued for many counties in central North Carolina. " - [ + + ]

Raleigh - NWS Raleigh (RAH) reports: " JUNE 2008 WAS THE WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD AT THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 80.7 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 80.0 DEGREES SET IN 1952. Records: 4TH...LOW OF 72 BROKE THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 71 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1981.; 5TH...LOW OF 76 BROKE THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 71 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1945/2000 ; 6TH...HIGH OF 99 BROKE THE RECORD HIGH OF 98 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2002; 6TH...LOW OF 76 BROKE THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 73 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1981; 7TH...HIGH OF 100 BROKE THE RECORD HIGH OF 97 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1947; 7TH...LOW OF 74 BROKE THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 71 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1994; 8TH...HIGH OF 101 BROKE THE RECORD HIGH OF 100 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1999; 8TH...LOW OF 73 TIED THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 73 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2007; 9TH...HIGH OF 100 BROKE THE RECORD HIGH OF 98 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1952/99; 10TH...HIGH OF 101 BROKE THE RECORD HIGH OF 97 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1947; 10TH...LOW OF 74 BROKE THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 73 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1981; 11TH...LOW OF 74 TIED THE RECORD WARMEST LOW OF 74 PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1947. .Most of North Carolina experienced a very dry and hot June. .Extreme to exceptional drought conditions worsen over the western sections of the state. while drought conditions worsen again in the east. ...The Raleigh-Durham Airport location recorded their hottest June on record.. June turned out to be generally dry throughout the state. There were few exceptions. The month began very hot and dry. Most locations generally did not record a significant rain (more than a quarter of an inch) through the first two weeks of the month. The most significant rain events fell toward the end of the month, with the heaviest rainfall totals coming on or around June 21-23 and June 29-30. The June rainfall totals generally ranged between 1 and 4 inches across the state. These amounts ranged only between 25 and 75 percent of normal. The driest areas were again found over the southwest Mountains, where Asheville tallied only 0.85 inches, (3.53 inches below normal). Those areas that received near normal rainfall included: Raleigh-Durham, which totaled 4.08 inches (0.66 above normal), and Charlotte, which totaled 2.69 inches (0.73 inches below normal). The stream flows into main stem rivers and local reservoirs showed marked declines this month. Many of the area lakes and reservoirs over central North Carolina were still running at full pool, courtesy of the significant rains in March and April. It was a different story over the western third of the state where the water levels remained at near record low levels. The June 2008 statewide average monthly temperatures soared to well above normal levels. The monthly averages generally ranged from the upper 70s to lower 80s east of the Mountains, with 60s and lower 70s common over the Mountains. These readings were generally 3 to 6 degrees above the 30-year normal for June. Raleigh-Durham (RDU) recorded an average monthly temperature of 80.7 degrees. This temperature made June 2008 the all time hottest June on record. Records have been kept at the Raleigh-Durham Airport location since 1944. In addition, there were 3 new daily record high maximum temperatures established and there were a total of 26 days in which above normal temperatures occurred. To the south, Fayetteville (FAY) was the hottest station this month, with an average temperature of 81.4 degrees. Greensboro was not left out as they recorded their second hottest June on record and they tallied 3 new daily record highs this month. The total 90 degree days recorded were also well above normal. RDU recorded 21 such days, and Greensboro totaled 14. More impressively, RDU had a string of 4 straight 100-degree readings (June 7-10). This was the longest string of 100 degree days for so early in the year at RDU. The June 2008 North Carolina Weather Review is located here: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/ncsummaries/MonthlySummary.Jun.2008.doc [when available]. " - [ + - ]

Nearby Cities:

Tri-Cities - NWS Morristown, TN (MRX) reports: " Tri-Cities received 2.26 inches of rain in June, which was 1.63 inches below normal. It ranked as the 17th driest June on record at Tri-Cities. Measurable rain fell on only eight days, and only three of those days received more than one-quarter of an inch. The heaviest rainfall fell on the 14th, when 0.84 inches of rain was reported. The driest June, of the 71 years of observations taken at Tri-Cities, was back in 1986, when only 0.75 inches was recorded. The monthly-averaged temperature at Tri-Cities was 73.2 degrees, which was 2.5 degrees above normal. It tied with 1941 as the 16th warmest June on record at Tri-Cities. A daily record high temperature was tied on the 5th when the afternoon high temperature peaked at 93 degrees, tying the previous record set back in 1943. In addition, a daily record high temperature was broken the next day when the high temperature reached 95 degrees, breaking the old record of 94 degrees set back in 1943. Another high temperature record was tied the following day when the temperature peaked at 93 degrees, tying the previous record set last year. In addition, a record high temperature was tied the following day when the temperature rose to 94 degrees, tying the previous record set in 1969. Lastly, a new record high temperature was set the next day when the temperature reached 94 degrees, breaking the previous record of 93 degrees set in 1999. On the other end of the record scale, a record low temperature was broken on the 20th when the overnight low dipped to 48 degrees, breaking the previous record of 51 degrees set in 1985. The warmest June at Tri-Cities was back in 1952, when the average temperature was 77.9 degrees. " - [ + - ]