U.S. Climate Monitoring
National Overview

June 2005

• June temperatures were above average for the nation with warmer-than-average conditions in the Northeast and Great Lakes contrasting with cooler-than-average temperatures in the West. For information on temperature records during the month, please go to NCDC's Extremes page.
• Precipitation was near average for the nation with conditions wetter than average in the Southeast and Upper Plains, and remaining generally drier than average from Texas to the Ohio Valley and parts of the mid-Atlantic. For more information on drought during June, please visit the U.S. Drought page.

• Indices used to determine the state of ENSO suggest that the Equatorial Pacific was in ENSO neutral conditions during June, having transitioned from a weak warm phase (El Niņo) earlier in the year. Sea Surface Temperatures were slightly above normal across the central and western equatorial Pacific during June. To see the latest NOAA advisory and typical impacts of a La Niņa or El Niņo episode for the U.S., go to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center.

• June 2005 ranked as the 27th warmest June in the 1895 to present record. The preliminary nationally averaged temperature was 70.2°F (21.2°C), which was 1.2°F (0.7°C) above the long-term mean.
• June 2005 had near average precipitation, nationally, ranking 42nd wettest.
• April-June temperature was above average and ranked as the 27th warmest such period in the 1895 to present record. The preliminary nationally averaged temperature for April-June was 61.4°F (16.3°C) which was 0.9°F (0.5°C) above the long-term mean.
• April-June had near average precipitation, ranking 64th driest in the last 111 years.
• The July 2004-June 2005 temperature was above average and ranked as the 14th warmest such period in the 1895 to present record. The preliminary nationally averaged temperature was 53.6°F (12.0°C) which was 1.0°F (0.6°C) above the long-term mean.
• Precipitation was much above average for July-June, ranking 6th wettest for the last 12 months based on a record of 110 such periods.

• June 2005 temperatures ranked much above average for 13 states including New York, which had a record warm June. A further 18 states in the contiguous U.S. had above average temperature while 3 states were cooler than average for the month.
• Alaska temperatures were warmer than average for June ranking 3rd warmest on record with an anomaly of °F (1.7°C)
• June was wetter than average for many states in the Upper Plains and Southeast, while states from Texas to the Ohio Valley were drier than average. Eight states had much above average precipitation statewide, including North Dakota, which had its wettest June on record, and 3 states had much less precipitation than the long-term mean.
  
• The 3 month period, April-June, was warmer than average for much of the northern Plains and Midwest, including 6 states that were much warmer than average, while the Southeast was colder than average.
• April-June 2005 was much wetter than average for 9 states. Four central states were much drier than average.
• July-June 2005 was warmer than average for much of the nation. No state was significantly cooler than average over the last 12 months.
• The last 12 months were much wetter than average for much of the nation, with Nevada and Florida having their wettest July-June on record.

  See NCDC's Monthly Extremes web-page for weather and climate records for the month of June.