June 2024: A look back at last month’s weather

Your StormTracker 59 team goes back into the weather files to highlight some of the most impactful weather of the month:

Temperatures in June

June 2024 was another historically warm month, as we ended up tied for the ninth warmest June on record, with us being 2.0 degrees above normal for the month at 70.3 degrees. That’s a good bit off of the record of 72.7 degrees set back in 1943, but also a good bit above the normal of 68.3 degrees.

June featured twenty-one days that were above normal! The warmest stretch of weather in comparison to average took place from June 13th to June 23rd, which featured above average temperatures every day, including two days above 90 degrees – Beckley had not reached 90 degrees since June 15th, 2022 – we went just over two years without a 90 degree day until June 21st when we reached 90 degrees on the first full day of summer and then cranked up another degree to 91 degrees on June 22nd. In fact, only one day featured below average temperatures for the second half of the month.

• Warmest High Temperature: 91 degrees (June 22nd)
• Coolest High Temperature: 67 degrees (June 11th)
• Coolest Low Temperature: 49 degrees (June 1st)
• Warmest Low Temperature: 70 degrees (June 23rd)

Rainfall in June

Rainfall in June was far below normal for the first 2/3 of the month of June – in fact, at one point, we were on pace for the driest June on record!

Over an inch and a half of rain during the last week of the month, including almost an inch alone on June 26th bumped Beckley up to 2.9 inches of rain for the month – far below the average of 4.3 inches but well above the record low to where we didn’t even crack the top ten driest Junes on record. Nevertheless though, consecutive below average months have put many areas near or at moderate drought as of the end of June.

• Wettest Day : 0.88″ (June 26th)

Full Moon – The Strawberry Moon

The full moon for June was the Strawberry Moon, which took place on the first full day of summer on June 21st. Viewing was great a couple of days before the moon was full, and cirrocumulus was common around the full moon, making for a cool display!

June 2024 Weather in Photos with #WeatherTogether

What is #WeatherTogether?

Launched in 2022, #WeatherTogether is a dedicated community photo album hosted by 59News and StormTracker 59 to allow viewers to submit weather photos directly to us that we can share on all our platforms on-air or online. These photos are also showcased in our web-based photo album on our site for all to see and enjoy! Any photo of interesting weather, storm damage, snowfall, pets playing in puddles or snow and the likes are all welcomed! We hope to use this to showcase the beauty of the two Virginias through the eyes of our viewers and the vastly dynamic weather we see because we think there is no place more beautiful than here.

See for yourself the collection of photos already submitted or submit a few of your own, here .

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