Brief June weather Report for Mallacoota

 At present I am devoting most of my keyboard time to analysis of the first release of 2021 Census data for Mallacoota and District  So this will be a very brief summary of what has happened, weatherwise.  Overall a cool and dry month.

Rain

For my weather station (WS) overall 61.2 mm of rain fell, amounting to 88% of the median fall for June.  The BoM Mallacoota site recorded 64.2 mm while Gabo Island was relatively arid at 54.8 mm. Of the 42 Junes for which I have records (BoM Mallacoota prior to 2019) only 15 had lower June rainfall.  

We have now had 2 months in a row of below median rainfall.  Hanrahan will be clearing his throat.

Temperatures

The anomaly (difference between current average temperature and long term mean) was -0.5C.  This was the net effect of a cold start to the month followed by a warm patch from 16 -27 June.

The mean daily minimum temperature at the BoM was 7.08C compared to a long term average minimum for June of 7.38C.  The lowest temperature recorded there  was 2.7C on the 29th.  For my WS the daily average minimum was a tad lower, at 6.96C with a monthly low of 2.3C on the 29th.

The mean daily maximum temperature at the BoM was 14.73C compared to a long term average maximum for June of 15.51C.  The highest temperature recorded there  was 19.8C on the 5th.  For my WS the daily average maximum was a tad higher, at 14.89C with a monthly high of 20.3C on the 5th.

Humidity

My WS has recorded average humidities for the month at 0900 hrs of 80.3% and at 1500 hrs of 72.9%.  For both times these values are below June 2019 and the morning value is also below the average for the 3 earlier years for which I have records (BoM doesn't have free access to historic humidity data).  The afternoon value is well above the 3 year average (La Nina didn't kick in until later in 2020).