Fewer June frosts
; June’s wet and cloudy j: weather inhibited frosts and i maintained above-average ground temperature, according to figures recorded at Lincoln College. ’ Only 13 days of frost were : recorded during the month, . compared with 20 in June | last year. The mean minij mum temperature on grass was 0.8 degrees, slightly higher than last June’s —2.4 degrees. The highest maximum temperature recorded in
June was 21.6 degrees, compared with 15.9 degrees last year. The mean temperature for the month was 7.4 degrees, the highest recorded for June for three years. About 80 mm of rain was recorded, slightly higher than last June, but the 231 mm recorded to date this year is about half the figure recorded this time last year. Only 56.7 hours of sunshine were recorded during the month, compared with 108 hours in June last year.
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Press, 14 July 1981, Page 22
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