Good news for a change. It's been an excellent start to summer with the first third of June beating last year as the sunniest I have recorded 
Sunshine hours for the first 10 days of June:
2022 |
93.4 |
2021 |
91.6 |
2018 |
90.6 |
2013 |
82.1 |
2015 |
81.2 |
2011 |
76.4 |
2014 |
67.8 |
2016 |
67.2 |
2008 |
61.4 |
2019 |
60.0 |
2009 |
56.5 |
2010 |
46.6 |
2017 |
40.2 |
2020 |
39.2 |
2012 |
35.2 |
2007 |
16.8 |
2007 woeful beyond comprehension and I still have nightmares about that super-revolting month. The full monthly total for that pile of garbage has already been surpassed by this month and closing in on 2012 as well.
Surprising to see 2015 so high on the list as all I recall about that month is the wretched spell of permacast hell in the second half. Flew out to Ibiza on the 24th having barely seen the sun for a week and that day was the coldest so late in the summer since 1978.It was just ridiculously awful and 2015 was the third year in less than a decade (along with 2007 and 2012) where the dullest week of the year occurred in summer 
Hopefully we've moved past that nonsense now but mid-June does seem to be the worst time for the permacast. Very disappointing today with high cloud cover although the sun has been shining more frequently than expected given the cloud amounts. The worst aspect is the appalling wind. Sick to death of it. It's been a year of relentless Force 4/5 winds even with 1040mb highs 
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