Weather in June: A Look Back

We are closing out the month of June on a quiet, cool note.  But, as you know it's been an overall active month, with high winds, tornadoes, heat and flooding.

A few temperature stats:  Highest maximum temperature: 92° on 6/12
                                              Lowest maximum temperature: 63° on 6/02
                                              Lowest minimum temperature: 46° on 6/02
                                              Highest minimum temperature:  71° on 6/22

As far as rain goes, we began the month on a rather dry note, but Mother Nature saved it all for the end.  For the month of June we saw 6.14 inches of rain, which is 1.80 inches above normal.  Get this, 4.34 inches of the total months rainfall feel in just the last 7 days!  Speaking of the rain, flash flooding took place in many areas, and the rain caused area rivers such as the Wapsipinicon, Mississippi and Rock to once again flow out of their banks.

It was also an active severe weather month.  On June 12th, an EF-2 (135mph winds) tornado touched down around Savanna, IL causing several tree and structural damage and even took a house off its foundation, injuring one person.  I saw the damage first hand, and it was like something you'd see out of a movie.  Also that day, an EF-0 tornado touched down just south of Hanover, IL.
June 24th was quite active, with severe weather affecting virtually the entire CBS4 viewing area.  We had 4 confirmed tornadoes.  An EF-1 tornado with winds of 110mph touched down in Muscatine, killing one man working inside Krieger Collision Center in Muscatine.  It also did damage to a local church as well as several trees.  A pair of EF-1's touched down in the Atkinson, IL area (Henry Co., IL) with winds of 100mph.  And finally, a tornado (details pending) touched down about 6 miles north of Van Orin, IL in Bureau County.  We also had several reports of 60-80mph wind gusts from the bowing line of storms that moved through on the 24th.

Fortunately July looks to start of quiet, and temperatures are going to remain below average for much of the first week.

Have a great week!
-Meteorologist Kyle Kiel