In Central England, May 2024 ended up being warmer than it was in June. The mean temperature for May was 14.1°C, whilst the mean for June was just 14.0°C. This is only the third time this has occurred since the series began in 1659.
In Stornoway, June 2024 was an unprecedented -1.4°C colder than May 2024. The climatological records there go back 151 years. June itself was the second coldest on record, and just 0.3°C warmer than the record cold June of 1952. June was also the dullest on record in a 95 year long series.
In StrathpefferStrathpeffer Strathpeffer (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Pheofhair) is a village and spa town in Easter Ross, Highland, Scotland, with a population of 1,469. the mean temperatures in June was -1.1ºC lower than May, but my record only started in 2022. So much for the UKMOUKMO The Meteorological Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. It is an executive agency and trading fund of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy saying that temperatures in the first part of the month were nothing unusual. 🤨