June Weather Review

Here are the Jason's Weather Station totals and averages for the month of June 2007.

June Temperature Discussion: Temperatures during the month of June where very near the 30-year average with the average temperature for June 2007 at 80. Also, heating degree days were at the 30-year average (0) while cooling degree days were at 96% of normal.

June Rainfall Discussion: Rainfall during the month of June was very near normal with the monthly rainfall total at 93% of normal. The wettest day during June 2007 was June 19 where 1.00 inch of rain fell during the evening hours as a squall line moved west out of the Atchafalaya Basin. This line also produced a wind gust to 22 MPH. This rainfall total is a far cry from June 16, 1934 when a category one hurricane made landfall at Morgan City and dumped 9.60 inches of rain in Lafayette.

• Average Temperature: 80 (at average)
  
• Highest Temperature: 100 at 3:10 PM on June 11 (record = 106 on June 27, 1930)
  
• Lowest Temperature: 65 at 6:20 AM on June 5 (record = 53 on June 15, 1933)
  
• Heating Degree Days: 0 (Explanation) (at average)
  
• Cooling Degree Days: 441 (Explanation) (96% of normal)
  
• Rainfall: 5.65 inches (93% of normal)
  
• Rainiest Day: 1.00 inch on June 19 (record: 9.60 inches on June 16, 1934)
  
• Strongest Wind Gust: 25 MPH at 9:20 PM on June 9
  
• Days where temperature exceeded 90: 24
• Days where rainfall was measured: 14
• Days where rainfall exceeded 0.10 inch: 11
• Days where rainfall exceeded 1.00 inch: 0

Year-to-date totals

• Average High: 77 (normal = 78)
• Average Low: 56 (normal = 58)
• Average Temperature: 66 (normal = 68)
• Heating Degree Days: 987 (108% of normal)
• Cooling Degree Days: 1,071 (110% of normal)
• Highest Temperature: 100 on June 11
• Lowest Temperature: 29 on January 29
• Days where temperature exceeded 90: 32
• Days where temperature fell below 32: 4
• Rainfall: 28.56 inches (92% of normal)
• Wettest Day: 2.92 inches on May 22
• Days with measurable rainfall: 57
• Days where rainfall exceeded 0.10 inch: 44
• Days where rainfall exceeded 1.00 inch: 7
• Highest Wind Gust: 28 MPH on February 24