Weather summary for June

 June was a dry month but with temperatures very close to average.  The total rainfall was only 16.2mm and 8.2mm of that fell in one day (actually about 10 minutes!) on the 5th.  There are only three drier Junes in our records, the driest of which was 1996 with 6.8mm. Our long term average for June rainfall is 44.5mm.  The average temperature was 15.1° which is close to normal, and the high and low temperatures were also very close to the long term average.  The highest temperature recorded was 25.2° on the 17th and the lowest 6.8° on the 1st.

Although there have been forecasts of very high temperatures in the south east of England we rarely see these extremes here on the coast.  Since we first got a weather station in 2000 we've never recorded a temperature over 30°.  We've got close, with highest being 29.8° in July 2006, the highest June temperature we've had is 27.3°

Just as the temperatures have picked up enough for strong grass growth we're into a drought, so the irrigation system is running at full capacity.   The system runs from 10pm through to around 7am at full tilt but hand watering is still essential to reach areas not covered by the automatic system and to top up high and dry spots

Andrew Scott hand watering high spots in the green surrounds

Pop up sprinklers in action on the 10th green