June 2025 was another very dry month and also a very warm month. The month was in the top twenty driest Junes on record coming at 14th and joint warmest on record tied with 1957, 2023. It was also one of the breeziest June months on record.
The month didn't start off looking like it would try to become a record breaking with temperatures average to above with a couple of cool days thrown in. This pattern lasted for the first eight days and continued the general thread of above average temperatures without any real stand out heat. This didn't last though. The first nine days included a couple of cool days 15.3C on the 7th and 15.5C on the 8th. The coolest nights were in this period with a run of six days with temperatures in single digits. The coldest night being the 4th with 7.2C being the low and the 11th came in with 7.4C. The 11th saw the start of some very warm to hot weather which only came to end by the 22nd for a couple of days. The 11th and 12th saw the last of the single digit nights. Despite that night time temperatures stayed mostly around 12 to 14C and the only really warm night was the 14th with 16.1C. We had to wait for the last five days of June to get some sticky nights. The warmest day was on the 30th when 31.0C was reached. This was the joint warmest June day on record. The period between the 19th and 21st threatened to create new records but cloudy weather on the 21st scuppered that chance. Despite the cloud the high of 29.1C on the 21st showed how we missed the bullet. 28C at eight in the evening also showed that when the sun came out. Temperatures dropped away for a while with some pleasant summer weather before the heat built back for the last four days but no records would be broken but recorded the warmest night of the month with 16.9C being the low.
June continued the dry theme set by the previous four months and this led to one of the driest first halves of the year on record. Most of the rain fell in the first five days with the highest rainfall of 7.3mm which wasn't exactly a lot. After the 6th only 6.2mm fell with a run of 11 days from the 10th to the 20th when no measurable rain fell. No measurable rain fell from the 26th to the end of the month. A dry July would single a hosepipe ban more than likely.
June actually had a nagging breeze most of the time so actually was one the windiest Junes on record. No stand out wind speeds but six days reached 30 or more MPH. The highest gust being 34mph on the 26th.
There weren't any Thunderstorms of course during June. We did see the normal Met Office silly forecast when the days forecast was for light showers which was correct but had a warning for severe storms. The storm warning was wrong with the main area to the W and N of us. If we didn't have cloud and light showers on the 21st we may have got some storms although I would suspect they would die out as they reach here then rebuild when they leave Sheffield. This is what normally happens in the modern climate these days.
July looks to lose the heat from the last few days of June with the weather turning more pleasant with temperatures mid twenties or just below. For the first part of the month temperatures look to be on the rather warm to warm side without any prolonged heat. Towards mid month there are few very warm possibly hot days but these short lived with the weather quickly switching back to more average weather. The first half of the month looks too see more in the way of rain than in previous weeks. After mid month high pressure becomes more dominant so the chances of hot weather returning and the weather mostly dry. Windy at times for JUly in the first couple of weeks. Another warm month and with below average rainfall.
| June's Averages, Highs and Lows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Average Temp 14.7C | Last Months Average 17.2 | Difference from average 2.5C |
| Average Max Temp 19.3C | Last Months Average 22.6C | Difference from average 3.3C |
| Average Min Temp 10.1C | Last Months Average 11.9C | Difference From Average 1.8C |
| High Max 31.0C on the 30th | Low Max 15.3C on the 7th | Highest Daily Range 17.9C on the 19th |
| High Min 16.9C on the 29th | Low Min 7.2C on the 4th | Lowest Daily Range 6.2C on the 7th |
| Number of Air Frosts 0 | Days of Thunder 0 | Days of Snow 0 |
| Days of Measurable Rain 13 Days | Days of Rain with trace 7 Days | Days with Gusts ≥ 50 mph 0 days |
| Average Rainfall 76.9mm | This Months Average 26.1mm | Percentage of Average Rainfall 33.9% |