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PASSINGS - Member Lauck Walton, Woodstock, Virginia (WOO)   Long-time ACON VA/NC/SC member Lauck Walton, who last posted his monthly weather observations here in fall 2014, has died. During the years of his participation in ACON (20+), Lauck kept meticulous records and never missed a monthly posting of his data, earlier by sending reports through the USPS and then by migrating with us all to email! Mr. Walton attended Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal and Randolph-Macon College, Ashland. He served in the US Army for three years. He attended law school at the University of Virginia and worked for 25 years with the law firm of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine. After retiring to Woodstock he agreed to work for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as counsel.

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REMINDER   All National Weather Service station data listed herein is preliminary and may be subject to change.  The data has not been certified and cannot be used in legal actions.  Only reports certified by the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC can be used for these purposes.

ACON VA/NC/SC Station Extremes - JUNE 2015

State	Maximum Temperature	Minimum Temperature	Warmest Average Temperature	Coldest Average Temperature	Maximum Precipitation	Minimum Precipitation
Virginia	101° Norfolk (FHC)	49° Blacksburg	79.4° Norfolk (FHC) Portsmouth	71.5° Blacksburg	11.94" Arlington/Washington, DC	3.48" Blacksburg
North Carolina	104° Lumberton	55° Asheville	82.8° Lumberton	73.5° Asheville	9.14" Fayetteville	2.06" Greensboro
South Carolina	102° Orangeburg	59° Anderson	82.8° Florence	79.4° Anderson	8.79" Columbia	3.02" Greenville-Spartanburg

( For an explanation of column headers in the following tables,
please note the column denotations table below. )

TEMPERATURE / WINDS/ ELEMENTS FOLLOWED BY
PRECIPITATION / BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
VIRGINIA | NORTH CAROLINA | SOUTH CAROLINA [Reminder: All NWS DATA HEREIN IS NOT OFFICIAL]

STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
BCB	82.0	61.0	71.5	3.8	88	23,25	49	29	0	0	0	0	75%	30	320	18	3.5		15	0	0	0	6	LWX	2400
CHT	83.8	65.6	74.8	2.3	95	23	55.8	4	9	0	0	0	80%	20	113	8	0.2	180	6	0	0	0	0	LWX	2400
CHO	83.4	65.6	74.5	2.6	93	23	56	29	10	0	0	0		37	300	12	5.0		11	0	0	0	2	LWX	2400
DAN	87.6	66.8	77.2	2.4	95	16,23	57	29	16	0	0	0	71%	44	350	13	5.1		17	0	0	0	1	RNK	2400
DCA	86.1	70.1	78.1	2.9	96	13,23	59	3,4	12	0	0	0	68%	55	320	23	8.2		11	1	0	0	0	LWX	2400
IAD	82.6	64.2	73.4	1.0	93	23	54	29	7	0	0	0	74%	64	350	18	6.1		9	2	0	0	2	LWX	2400
GAV	85.50	67.51	76.53	0.20	96	16	57	29	12	0	0	0	75%	35	203	30			8	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
HDV	82.2	64.4	73.3	0.1	92	11,23	55	5,29	5	0	0	0	79%	22	225	12		225	11	0	0	0	0	LWX	2400
LYH	83.7	63.4	73.6	2.0	92	16	53	29	6	0	0	0	77%	38	190	1	5.0		13	0	0	0	2	RNK	2400
NPN	87.0	69.2	77.7	1.9	99.4	23	57.3	7	14	0	0	0		39	203	25	2.8	70	12	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
FHC	88.5	70.3	79.4	4.1	101	16	61	7	15	0	0	0	74%	32	203	21	1.0	202	5	0	0	0	2	AKQ	2400
NOR	88.8	71.2	80.0	5.3	97	16,23	58	7	14	0	0	0							4	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
ORF	86.4	71.0	78.7	3.4	99	23	60	8	14	0	0	0	69%	49	260	20	8.7		1	0	0	0	2	AKQ	2400
POR	88.5	70.2	79.4	3.5	100	23	59	8	16	0	0	0	78%	36	270	16	4.8	243	9	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
CTR	85.3	65.9	74.8	1.3	96.1	23	55.3	29	12	0	0	0	82%	21	135	24	0.1	163	5	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
MEC	86.0	67.0	76.3		97	16,23	67	29	13	0	0	0	63%						10	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
RIC	87.8	68.1	77.9	2.6	100	23	59	4,29	15	0	0	0	71%	70	310	25	7.4		11	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
ROA	85.0	65.7	75.3	2.4	93	16,23	54	29	8	0	0	0	72%	66	270	18	6.3		11	1	0	0	1	RNK	2400
SVC	81.4	65.7	73.6	0.4	93	23	55	3,4	6	0	0	0							4	0	0	0	0	LWX	2400
WAL	82.4	67.9	75.1	2.9	95	23	55	7	5	0	0	0		46	210	20	9.8		11	0	0	0	0	AKQ	2400
WSH	80.0	63.5	71.7	0.06	90.2	23	54.3	7	1	0	0	0	86%	12	113	28	0.2	180	8	0	0	0	0	LWX	2400
Averages	84.95	66.87	75.85	2.26	95.27		56.70		10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	75%	39.8			4.6		9.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.9
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AVL	84.1	62.9	73.5	3.0	91	24	55	29	2	0	0	0	70%	39	340,300	18,22	4.8		17	0	0	0	6	GSP	2400
MRH	85.2	73.8	79.5	3.8	94	16	61	8	4	0	0	0		67	330	1	10.4		0	0	0	0	0	MHX	2400
CLT	91.8	68.3	80.1	4.8	100	26,24	59	5,29	20	0	0	0	61%	41	180	26	5.7		10	0	0	0	0	GSP	2400
ECG	86.9	69.9	78.4	3.0	97	16	56	8	12	0	0	0	76%	42	260	12	8.7		13	0	0	0	5	AKQ	2400
FAY	91.4	70.7	81.0	2.8	102	16	63	8	20	0	0	0	70%	54	330	19	7.2		12	0	0	0	0	RAH	2400
GSO	88.7	68.5	78.6	3.5	98	16	59	4	15	0	0	0	67%	60	290	30	6.6		11	0	0	0	0	RAH	2400
HSE	84.9	73.2	79.1	4.0	93	16	59	8	2	0	0	0	77%	40	240	27	8.8		1	0	0	0	0	MHX	2400
HKY	87.7	66.6	77.2	2.8	97	24	59	4,29	14	0	0	0		43	60	24	4.2		13	0	0	0	3	GSP	2400
LBT	94.6	71.1	82.8	4.8	104	15,18	63	8	23	0	0	0	67%	43	210	27	5.7		13	0	0	0	2	ILM	2400
EWN	90.1	71.0	80.6	3.4	100	16	58	8	19	0	0	0	73%	37	230	20	5.9		15	0	0	0	0	MHX	2400
RDU	90.1	68.4	79.3	2.9	100	16	59	6	18	0	0	0	70%	51	220	20	5.7		12	0	0	0	1	RAH	2400
RAL	89.0	68.1	78.6	2.2	99	16	59	29	19	0	0	0		33		27			10	0	0	0	0	RAH	2400
WHI	92.6	70.2	81.4	4.8	102.1	16	60.3	8	19	0	0	0	71%	26	271	30	1.7	179.5	6	0	0	0	0	ILM	2400
ILM	89.9	72.5	81.2	3.4	100	16	63	8	16	0	0	0	71%	62	290	18	7.3		13	0	0	0	2	ILM	2400
Averages	89.07	69.66	79.38	3.5	98.4		59.5		14.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	70%	45.6			6.4		10.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AND	90.4	68.3	79.4	3.0	99	26	59	29	16	0	0	0		54	310	30	5.7		13	0	0	0	1	GSP	2400
CAE	93.6	71.6	82.6	3.5	101	18,26	65	5,9	23	0	0	0	64%	55	260	30	5.9		14	0	0	0	0	CAE	2400
CRE	87.8	73.4	80.6	3.7	97	14	66	5,8	11	0	0	0	73%	38	210	27	9.3		16	0	0	0	0	ILM	2400
CHS	91.6	72.9	82.3	3.3	99	16,17	65	5	19	0	0	0		48	210	24	7.4		12	0	0	0	0	CHS	2400
CXM	87.3	75.9	81.6	2.3	95	17	68	3,5	9	0	0	0		36	190	24	6.9							CHS	2400
FLO	93.8	71.7	82.8	4.6	101	18,26	64	5	24	0	0	0	64%	55	310	18	6.8		12	0	0	0	1	ILM	2400
GSP	89.6	68.2	78.9	2.2	98	26	61	4,29	15	0	0	0	68%	46	260	20	5.3		15	0	0	0	0	GSP	2400
OGB	93.1	70.2	81.6	3.3	102	17	65	6	21	0	0	0		49	290	30	5.8		11	0	0	0	1	CAE	2400
Averages	90.90	71.53	81.23	3.2	99.00		47.5		17.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	67%	47.6			6.6		13.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	A	B	C	C1	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	K1	L	M	N	N1	N2	O	P	Q	R	R1	CWA	TIME RECORDED
TRI	87.3	63.1	75.2	3.7	94	16,17	53	29	13	0	0	0		59	260	8	4.3		15	0	0	0	2	MRX	2400
DAV	71.2	55.6	63.4		82	12	45	29	0	0	0	0												PBX	2400
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
BCB	3.48	-0.52	0.69	5	0.69	5	16	0	17.62					0.0	28.4						RNK	2400
CHT	7.64	3.66	1.57	27	1.95	27-28	17	4	21.51					0.0	27.9	30.190	4	29.646	28	29.948	LWX	2400
CHO	8.23	4.5	2.10	27	2.10	27	14	3	20.89									29.660	28		LWX	2400
DAN	8.12	4.27	1.37	2	1.94	26-27	15	3	18.00					0.0	5.1	30.140	7	29.700	27	29.920	RNK	2400
DCA	11.94	8.16	2.75	27	2.92	1-2	18	3	26.72					0.0	18.1	30.200	4	29.660	28	29.930	LWX	2400
IAD	7.44	3.46	1.47	27	1.47	27	16	3	21.30					0.0	36.9	30.200	4	29.670	28	29.935	LWX	2400
GAV	8.35		1.80	27	1.80	27	16	4	23.92					0.0	14.7	30.170	3,7	29.670	28	29.980	AKQ	2400
HDV	8.03	3.1	1.64	27			17	3	24.83					0.0	28.2	30.180	4	29.640	28	29.910	AKQ	2400
LYH	5.59	1.97	1.12	18	1.44	17-18	15	1	18.97					0.0	22.9	30.170	4	29.710	28	29.940	RNK	2400
NPN	10.07	5.43	1.71	24	1.73	25-26	16	4	27.19					0.0	16.5	30.170	7	29.660	28	29.915	AKQ	2400
FHC	11.90	6.57	2.27	24	2.72	4-5	15	5	29.35					0.0	12.5	30.173	7	29.688	28	29.983	AKQ	2400
NOR	6.91	2.53	1.46	26			13	4	23.11					0.0	12.8						AKQ	2400
ORF	8.34	4.08	3.01	2	3.01	2	12	3	23.34					0.0	12.7	30.170	7	29.680	28	29.925	AKQ	2400
POR	8.71	4.35	2.05	24	2.58	25-26	16	3	27.39					0.0	13.5	30.140	7	29.670	28	29.955	AKQ	2400
CTR	10.29	7.17	2.97	25	3.66	25-26	19	4	26.99					0.0	14.5	30.110	7	29.630	28	29.930	AKQ	2400
MEC	6.32		1.25	4	2.03	26-27	14	2	23.84					0.0	11.4						AKQ	2400
RIC	5.91	1.98	1.48	27	1.48	27	17	1	23.89					0.0	12.8	30.180	7	29.680	28	29.930	AKQ	2400
ROA	9.07	5.24	3.11	2	3.45	2-3	16	4	24.05					0.0	21.5	30.170	4	29.720	27	29.945	RNK	2400
SVC	10.82	7.13	2.45	20	2.45	20	17	3	29.63					0.0	26.0						LWX	2400
WAL	4.31	1.02	1.60	26	1.68	25-16	16	1	22.02					0.0	11.3	30.200	7	29.640	28	29.920	AKQ	2400
WSH	6.01	0.95	2.34	27	2.34	27	18	1	21.97					0.0	26.2	30.260	4	29.720	28	29.990	LWX	2400
Averages	7.98	3.95	1.91		2.18		15.9	2.8	23.64					0.0	18.7	30.176		29.673		29.941
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AVL	6.42	1.77	1.82	22	3.13	21-22	19	2	20.67					0.0	13.3	30.220	22	29.770	27	29.995	GSP	2400
MRH	3.19	-1.45	1.90	3	2.06	3-4	10	1	21.86					0.0	T			29.740	28		MHX	2400
CLT	2.90	-0.84	1.21	26	1.76	26-27	7	1	17.37					0.0	3.1	30.130	14	29.750	27	29.940	GSP	2400
ECG	4.87	0.38	1.18	26	1.52	25-26	11	2	22.17					0.0	T	30.160	7	29.710	28	29.935	AKQ	2400
FAY	9.14	4.79	4.06	9	4.06	9	10	4	24.41									29.710	27		RAH	2400
GSO	2.06	-1.67	0.74	2	0.75	2-3	12	0	15.02					0.0	9.6			29.710	27		RAH	2400
HSE	5.73	1.70	3.81	26	3.81	26	8	1	25.36					0.0	2.0			29.740	28		MHX	2400
HKY	3.95	-0.17	1.90	2	2.12	1-2	14	1	17.50							30.110	14	29.710	27	29.910	GSP	2400
LBT	6.24	1.90	2.24	27	3.18	26-27	10	1	23.70							30.120	7	29.740	27	29.930	ILM	2400
EWN	7.78	3.19	2.75	3	3.08	3-4	14	1	24.60					0.0	3.0			29.770	28		MHX	2400
RDU	6.35	2.83	2.10	18	2.25	17-18	16	2	24.19					0.0	7.9			29.710	27		RAH	2400
RAL	6.62	3.10			2.08	26-27	13	0	21.55					0.0	8.9	30.070	4	29.760	27	29.915	RAH	2400
WHI	3.16	-1.53	1.00	9	1.02	9-10	12	1	19.65					0.0	0.5	30.112	7	29.744	27	29.980	ILM	2400
ILM	7.11	1.93	2.10	9	2.10	9	11	3	27.68					0.0	0.3	30.130	7	29.790	28	29.960	ILM	2400
Averages	5.39	1.14	2.06		2.35		11.9	1.4	21.84					0.0	4.4	30.132		29.740		29.946
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
AND	3.43	-0.29	1.56	3	1.56	3	11	1	18.62					0.0		30.140	14	29.780	27	29.960	GSP	2400
CAE	8.79	4.10	2.42	2	2.42	2	10	4	24.67					0.0	T	30.120	14	29.760	27	29.940	CAE	2400
CRE	3.16	-1.48	1.20	3	1.28	2-3	10	2	23.22							30.160	24	29.790	27	29.975	ILM	2400
CHS	7.69	2.04	2.40	9	3.00	2-3	9	3	22.91					0.0	T	30.140	13	29.830	9	29.985	CHS	2400
CXM	5.42	0.77	1.47	3	1.47	3	8	4	21.94									29.820			CHS	2400
FLO	3.50	-1.12	0.68	1	0.68	1	12	0	18.52					0.0	T	30.110	25	29.760	27	29.935	ILM	2400
GSP	3.02	-0.78	0.58	1	0.71	3-4	14	0	21.61					0.0	3.7	30.120	14	29.760	27	29.940	GSP	2400
OGB	4.31	-0.81	2.60	2	2.60	2	9	1	19.57							30.140	13	29.790	27	29.965	CAE	2400
Averages	4.92	0.30	1.61		1.72		10.4	1.88	21.38					0.00	0.9	30.133		29.786		29.957
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED
TRI	2.45	-1.45	0.51	1	0.53	1-2	11	0	17.37					0.0	15.5	30.140	22	29.740	27	29.940	MRX	2400
DAV	8.91		2.39	24			22	2	34.83					0.0	152.1						PBX	2400
STATION	T	T1	U	U1	V	V1	W	X	Y	Z	1	2	3	4	5	6	6A	7	7A	8	CWA	TIME RECORDED

Virginia:

Arlington/Washington, D.C. - "THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL...AND RANKED AS THE SIXTH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION WAS ALSO WELL ABOVE NORMAL...AND RANKED AS THE SECOND WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD. JUNE HAD 12 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING OR EXCEEDING 90 DEGREES...THE MOST SINCE 2010. THERE WERE ALSO 8 DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 75 DEGREES...THE MOST EVER OBSERVED IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. PREVIOUSLY...THE MOST DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 75 IN THE MONTH OF JUNE WAS 7...IN 2010 AND 1943. FIVE DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN LAST IN JUNE. A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES ON THE 12TH BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 76 SET IN 1947. A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 75 DEGREES ON THE 13TH TIED THE OLD RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2005...1984 AND 1981. A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES ON THE 14TH BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 76 SET IN 1984. A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES ON THE 15TH BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 76 SET IN 1994. A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES ON THE 22ND BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 76 SET IN 1988. THREE DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN IN JUNE. A DAILY RAINFALL OF 2.49 INCHES ON THE 1ST BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 2.20 INCHES SET IN 1907. A DAILY RAINFALL OF 2.37 INCHES ON THE 20TH BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 1.35 INCHES SET IN 1983. A DAILY RAINFALL OF 2.75 INCHES ON THE 27TH BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 2.59 INCHES SET IN 1881. " - [ + + ] - from NWS Sterling, VA

Chantilly - " June temperatures and precipitation were above normal. Several records fell. The mean monthly temperature was 74.7° (+2.3°). The mean high temperature was 83.8° (+0.0°) and the mean low temperature was 65.6° (+4.6°). A record high maximum temperature was recorded on the 11th (94.4°). A record low maximum temperature was set on the 3rd (60.1°). A record high minimum temperature was set on the 21st (72.0°), and tied on the 15th (73.7°) and 22nd (70.8°). June precipitation of 7.64” was much above average (+3.66”). Record rainfall fell on the 20th (1.32”), 23rd (1.22”), and 27th (1.57”). Thunderstorms were observed on the 8th, 14th, 20th (post-tropical depression Bill), 23rd, 25th, and 28th and passed nearby on the 13th and 15th. *Please note, anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the North and East " - [ + + ] - Member Russ Topping

Dulles - from NWS Sterling (KLWX): "THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION WERE ABOVE NORMAL. LAST MONTH RANKED AS THE FIFTH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD. A RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 21ST...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 70 SET IN 1997. TWO MAXIMUM DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN IN JUNE. A DAILY RAINFALL OF 0.55 INCHES ON THE 23RD BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 0.48 INCHES SET IN 1974. A DAILY RAINFALL OF 1.47 INCHES ON THE 27TH TIED THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2006. " - [ + + ]

Herndon - from member Randy Ashby: " June was about normal for temperature and well above normal for precipitation. The temperatures ranged between a high of 92 and a low of 55 and was 0.1 degrees above normal. On the precipitation side, the month was 3.10” above normal, with 8.03” measured. We had rain on 17 days with eleven thunderstorm days. As high as this rainfall total was, there was much greater precipitation just to the east of us in central and eastern Fairfax County. " - [ + + ]

Norfolk - from NWS Wakefield (AKQ): "7th warmest June & 5th wettest June on record - View the NWS AKQ Wakefield June 2015 Climate Summary with a click here " - [ + + ]

Portsmouth - from Bill Trotter: " The month's average temperature of 79.4° was 3.5° ABOVE NORMAL. Precipitation (8.71") was ABOVE NORMAL by 4.35" or 200% of the June average during the period from 1977 to 2014. THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 8.71" PRODUCED THE 2ND WETTEST JUNE IN THE DATABASE TO 1977. THE TOP 5 WETTEST JUNEs INCLUDE: 1) 10.14" 2006 2) 8.71" 2015 3) 8.25" 2009 4) 8.13" 2012 and 5) 7.56" 1978. Rainfall for the year through June 30th was 27.39" (+4.44" or 119% of normal). To view the station monthly and year-to-date climatological summary (LCD) for this Portsmouth station, please click here. Frontal passages were recorded on the 2, 6, 10, 14, 17, 18 (WARMFROPA), 24, 26, and 28. STATION RECORDS: 12th - TEMP Max 94° [ 93° 1984], 13th - TEMP Max 97° [96° 2013], 15th - TEMP TIED Max 98° [1981], 16th - TEMP TIED Max 98° [1921], 20th - TEMP Max 95° [94 1993], 20th - WIND GUST 32mph [31mph 2009], 20th - TEMP Max Low 75° [74° 1991], 23rd - TEMP Max 100° [98° 1988], 23rd - TEMP TIED Max low 77° [1988], 24th - RAINFALL 2.05" [1.80" 1998], 26th - RAINFALL 1.74" [1.47" 2006], 26th - WIND GUST 32mph [30mph 1988]. " - [ + + ]

Chesterfield - from member Albert Arnold: " The most rainfall for the month of June since I have been collecting data at this location (2004). " - [ + + ]

Glen Allen - from Lowell Koontz: " June was the wettest June on record at the Glen Allen station. The 8.35 inches monthly precipitation was a departure of +4.96 inches. The mean temperature of 76.5°F was a +0.2°F departure. Glen Allen had 16 days in June with measurable precipitation which tied for the record and no other months have had more. The Glen Allen station has had 2.30 inches more rain this month than the Richmond International Airport. Glen Allen had 4 days that had at least one inch of rain which is a record for June and none of the months have any more. Thunderstorms have caused varying rainfall amounts over the region. Thunder was heard on eight days during June. The thunderstorm of June 25th was a severe electrical storm that gave 2 close strikes near our house that threw one circuit breaker and it could be a coincidence but one computer’s hard drive failed the same night. June was the third cloudiest since 2009. This fact helped that June had the highest relative humidity average for June caused the month to have the lowest temperature range on record at Glen Allen. The highest temperature for the month was 96°F on the 16th and the lowest temperature was 57 on the 29th. The highest dew point temperature for June was 79.7°F on the 16th which occurred after an afternoon shower following the hottest day of the month. The maximum wind for the month was 35 mph on the 30th from the SSW as a thunderstorm approached the station. This was the second highest high wind gust recorded for June. " - [ + + ]

Richmond - from contributor Lowell Koontz (GAV): " The Richmond International Airport had 6.05 inches of precipitation for June which was +2.12 inch departure. The 6.05 inches of precipitation for June was the tenth wettest June in the past 128 years. The Richmond International Airport reported the mean temperature for June of 77.9°F which was a +2.6°F temperature departure and the eighth hottest since 1897. The Richmond International Airport has had four (2008, 2010, 2011, 2015) of our 7 hottest Junes since 1897. It is also interesting that of the seven hottest Junes four have occurred since 2008. The Airport had eight daily records for the highest or equaled the high minimum temperature and high daily mean temperature.

Highest or equaled the high minimum temperature -
Jun 16th 76°F new record the old record was 75°F in 1981
Jun 19th 74°F tied the old record set in 1984
Jun 21st 75°F tied the old record set in 1913
Jun 22nd 76°F tied the old record set in 2011, 2000, 1905

Daily mean temperature - Jun 13th 85.0°F tied the old record set in 2010
Jun 6th 87.5°F new record the old record was 86.5°F in 1981.
Jun 22nd 86.0°F tied the old record set in 1988
Jun 23rd 87.5°F tied the old record set in 1999, 1941, and 1901


The highest daily maximum temperature of 100°F on the 23rd. Only 11 years had a higher maximum temperature in June. The average minimum for June was 68.1°F and only two years 1997 and 1900 had a higher minimum average. The lowest daily temperature range for June was 4°F which occurred on June 3rd and the only years in June with less were 1999, 1941 and 1901. June had 18 precipitation days and only two Junes in the past 118 years have had a greater number of measureable precipitation days. From 1880 to the present the 77.92 °F average mean temperature for June makes this June the 8th warmest June in 134 years. " - [ + + ]

Richmond - from NWS Wakefield (AKQ): "8th warmest June on Record View the NWS AKQ Wakefield June 2015 Climate Summary for Richmond with a click here " - [ + + ]

North Carolina:

Fayetteville - from NWS Raleigh (RAH): " A RECORD RAINFALL OF 4.06 INCHES WAS SET AT FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 9TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 2.02 SET IN 1957. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 14TH WAS 75 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES SET IN 2005. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 101 DEGREES WAS SET AT FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 15TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 98 DEGREES SET IN 1981. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 16TH WAS 77 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET IN 1998. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 16TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 100 DEGREES SET IN 1981. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 17TH WAS 78 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES SET IN 1945. A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.13 INCHES WAS SET AT FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 19TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.08 SET IN 1911. " - [ + + ]

Raleigh - from contributor Bob Woodson (RAL): " JUNE WAS A STORMY MONTH WITH THUNDERSTORMS OBSERVED ON AT LEAST 10 DAYS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ON 6 DAYS WITH REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL IN THE RALEIGH/WAKE CO. AREA. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE WAS 2.2 DEGEES ABOVE NORMAL AND RAINFALL WAS 3.10” ABOVE NORMAL. AND PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR IS 1.0” ABOVE NORMAL. " - [ + + ]

Greensboro - from NWS Raleigh (RAH): " THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR JUNE 2015 WAS 78.6 DEGREES. THIS MAKES JUNE 2015 THE 6TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD FOR THE GREENSBORO AREA. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 13TH WAS 73 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET IN 2005. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 14TH WAS 71 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET IN 1945. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 15TH WAS 73 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET IN 1981. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 16TH WAS 73 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET IN 2004. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES WAS SET AT PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 16TH. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH OF 96 DEGREES SET IN 1914. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 18TH WAS 73 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET IN 1970. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 23RD WAS 74 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET IN 1914. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 24TH WAS 76 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES SET IN 2010. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 25TH WAS 75 DEGREES. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES SET IN 2010. " - [ + - ]

Raleigh - from NWS Raleigh (RAH): " THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR JUNE 2015 WAS 79.3 DEGREES. THIS MAKES JUNE 2015 THE 6TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD FOR THE RALEIGH AREA. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 13TH WAS 74 DEGREES. THIS TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE...SET IN 2005. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 15TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 97 SET IN 1981. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 16TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 98 SET IN 1981. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES WAS SET AT RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 18TH. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD... PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1944. A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 0.99 INCH WAS SET AT RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NC FOR JUNE 27TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.88 SET IN 2014. " - [ + + ]

South Carolina:

North Charleston - from NWS Charleston (CHS): " RECORDS ESTABLISHED DURING THE MONTH: *5TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD *JUN 9 - RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.40 INCHES, *JUN 15 - RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES, *JUN 17 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES, *JUN 18 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES, *JUN 19 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES, *JUN 21 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES, *JUN 22 - RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 98 DEGREES, and *JUN 27 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 77 DEGREES " - [ + + ]

Downtown Charleston - from NWS Charleston (CHS): " RECORDS ESTABLISHED DURING THE MONTH: *JUN 3 - RECORD RAINFAILL OF 1.47 INCHES, *JUN 19 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES, *JUN 20 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES, *JUN 21 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES, and *JUN 22 - RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 82 DEGREES " - [ + + ]

COLUMN DENOTATIONS:

A  maximum mean temperature	T total precipitation (inches) T1 departure from normal
B  minimum mean temperature	U maximum calendar day precipitation (inches)
C  monthly mean temperature C1 departure from normal	U1 date of maximum calendar day precipitation
D  maximum temperature	V date(s) of maximum daily precipitation
E  date(s) of maximum temperature	V1 maximum 24-hour precip. & date(s)
F  minimum temperature	W number of days with precip. >= .01"
G  date(s) of minimum temperature	X number of days with precip. >= 1.0"
H  days with maximum temperature >=90	Y year-to-date precipitation (inches)
I  days with maximum temperature <=32	Z maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
J  days with minimum temperature <=32	VRB Variable
K  days with minimum temperature <= 0	1 date of maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
K1 average relative humidity	2 number of days with snowfall
L  peak wind gust (miles per hour)	3 number of days with snowfall >= 1.0"
M  direction of peak wind gust	4  total snowfall for month (inches)
N  date(s) of peak wind gust	5 total snowfall for 2014-2015 season (inches)
N1   average wind speed (miles per hour)	6 maximum barometric pressure (inches)
N2 dominant wind direction	6A date of maximum barometric pressure
O  number of days with thunder	7 minimum barometric pressure (inches)
P  number of days with hail	7A date of minimum barometric pressure
Q  number of days with glaze	8   average sea-level pressure
R  number of days with ice pellets	STN  Station
	NR not recorded
R1 number of days with dense fog [1/4 mile and less visibility]	(i) incomplete data
S  local observation time for temps/precipitation	(M) missing, if listed in data table
~ "about"	E estimated
+  additional indeterminate number of days	CWA - NWS Office County Warning Area

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     NWS Washington/Baltimore, VA/MD
     NWS Wakefield, VA
     NWS Blacksburg, VA
     NWS Raleigh, NC
     NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
     NWS Wilmington, NC
     NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
     NWS Columbia, SC
     NWS Charleston, SC
     NWS Morristown, TN

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     National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC

STATION / LOCATION (MILES & DIRECTION FROM MAIN POST OFFICE)/OBSERVER / YEAR RECORDS BEGAN / EMAIL ADDRESS:
[ includes current stations, inactive stations, and closed stations since database inception ]

    

AKQ    Wakefield, VA NWS Wakefield Municipal Airport 36-58-53N 077-00-04W 33M	SVC    Seven Corner, Fairfax County, VA John Iekel Latitude 38.857404 Longitude -77.151696
DCA    Arlington, VA Washington, DC, Reagan Washington National Airport 38-50-54N 077-02-03W 18M	WSH   Washington, VA  David Yowell runamok@runamok.com
BCB    Blacksburg, VA NWS Virginia Tech Airport 37-13N 080-25W
	WOO  Woodstock, VA 5NW Lauck Walton 12/1/85 STATION CLOSED 08/2014
	LDY Ladysmith, VA Danny Jessee 2003 STATION CLOSED 8/31/2010 danny@dannyjessee.com
BRI     Bridgewater, VA Clayton Towers Ctowers19@aol.com	WAL   Wallops Island, VA 37° 56'26" N 75° 27'47" W Wallops Flight Facility Airport
CEN  Centreville, VA Paul Bassett 1985, 38° 50.9788' N LAT. 77° 25.6374' W LON. | Elevation 324' | STATION CLOSED	AVL    Asheville, NC  Asheville Regional Airport 35-25-55N 082-32-15W 670M
CHO   Charlottesville, VA  Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport ASOS  (Rappahannock County) 38-08-18N 078-27-21W 192M	MRH    Beaufort, NC  Michael J. Field Airport 34-44-01N 076-39-38W 3M
DAN  Danville, VA, Danville Regional Airport, 36-34-22N 079-20 10W 175M	CLT    Charlotte, NC NWS Charlotte/Douglas International Airport 35-12-48N 080-56-55W 220M
IAD   Dulles - Washington-Dulles International Airport  38-56-05N 077-26-51W 93M
FCH    Falls Church, VA Erica Page 3/7/94 Windie1970@aol.com	HKY  Hickory, NC
HAM    Hampton, VA 5NE Dave Kessel 1989 kesseld1@cox.net	ECG  Elizabeth City, NC,  Coast Guard Air Station 36-15-47N 076 10-58W 11M
LYH     Lynchburg, VA NWS Lynchburg Regional Airport 37-19-15N 079-12-24W 295M	ILM     Wilmington, NC NWS New Hanover International Airport 34-16-06N 077-54-22W 9M
CTR  Winterpock in Chesterfield County, VA Albert Arnold 06/03	FAY  Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville Regional Airport, 34-59-22N 078-52-48W 55M
	GSO   Greensboro, NC NWS Piedmont Triad International Airport 36-05-51N 079-56-37W 275M
CHT   Chantilly, VA Russ Topping -  12/2006  russ.topping@gmail.com	HSE   Cape Hatteras, NC  Mitchell Field 35-13-56N 075-27-21W 3M
HDV    Herndon, VA  Randoplh W. Ashby, 3.3 SM South, Lat: 38.922127, Lon: -77.38015, Elev: 390'. 1993 randy_ashby@msn.com	LBT    Lumberton, NC  Lumberton Municipal Airport 34-36-26N 079-03-36W 37M
GAV - Glen Allen, Henrico County, VA - Lowell Koontz  8/1/08  wwkoontz@verizon.net	EWN    New Bern, NC  Craven County Regional Airport 36-04-03N 077-02-50W 3M
	MON    Moncure, NC  Chatham County - Mac McIlwain mac.mcilwain@embarqmail.com
	RAL    Raleigh, NC 7NNW  Bob Woodson -  6/1/93 kf4mmm@qsl.net
LKU     Louisa, VA 1N Joseph Bowers 1944 - NWS ID  44-5050-02 STATION CLOSED	RDU   Raleigh-Durham, NC Raleigh-Durham International Airport 35-52-14N 078-47-11W 130M
LOU     Louisa, VA 6S John Bullock (about 1970) STATION CLOSED	ROX    Roxboro, NC 2SE Merriell A. Jay 1/93 ending 12/13
	WHI   North Whiteville, NC Christopher Crawley 12/10 34.413744N / 078.751908W ccawley.kk4csr@gmail.com
LYH     Lynchburg, VA NWS Lynchburg Regional Airport 37-19-15N 079-12-24W 295M	ILM     Wilmington, NC NWS New Hanover International Airport 34-16-06N 077-54-22W 9M
NEW    Newmarket, VA 2W Joyce Winfree STATION CLOSED 5/31/10	CHS   Charleston, SC NWS Charleston Air Force Base 32-53-56N 080-02-26W 13M
	CXM    Downtown Charleston, SC NWS 32.77° N 79.93 W
NPN     Newport News, VA 7N Gary Leonard -  6/91 mikey0781@cox.net	CAE    Columbia, SC NWS Columbia Metropolitan Airport 33-56-31N 081-07-05W 73M
NOR     Norfolk, VA 3NE Jim Fentress 6/1/77	FLO    Florence, SC Florence Regional Airport 34-11-16N 079-43-51W 44M
ORF     Norfolk, VA 5NE 36-54-13N 076-11-31W 14M  1871	GSP   Greenville-Spartanburg, SC NWS Greenville-Spartanburg Airport 34-53-02N 082-13-15W 286M
POR     Portsmouth, VA 36.81° North 76.33° West 3S Bill Trotter -  7/1/76 wxr@cox.net	CRE    North Myrtle Beach, SC Grand Strand Airport 33-48-42N 078-43-26W 10M
MEC     Mechanicsville, VA Glen Martin 11/19/91	OGB   Orangeburg, SC  Orangeburg Municipal Airport 33-27-50N 080-51-13W 59M
FHC    Norfolk, VA  Fred Heutte Center 36° 54'N 76° 16'W 01/01/03 fhcgarden@cox.net	AND   Anderson, SC
RIC     Richmond, VA Richmond International Airport 37-30-40N 077-19-24W 50M	TRI     Tri-cities, TN  (Bristol / Johnson / Kingsport), Tri-City Regional Airport 36-28-47N 082-23-56W 474M
ROA    Roanoke, VA Roanoke Regional Airport 37-19-01N 079-58-27W 362M	DAV  Davis, WV Dave Lesher canaanwx@yahoo.com