Weather Stats for June, A Mess Of A Month

Whether you understand or not, weather plays a major role in how our course plays on a minute by hourly by daily basis. Being in the business for almost 26 years, I have a difficult time understanding all that is happening and this is my life's work.

When you have extremes like we did in June, consistency is the last thing you will have when it comes to a living breathing thing that you walk on and play on that's cut at 1/8".

The ugly weather stats for June. At least average is good but with no rainfall it was a little rough on our course and staff.  The record occurrences at the bottom tell the story.

TEMPERATURE

                 Actual               Normal     Depart from Norm         Last Year

High            91                      85.1                  5.9                              85.6
Low            71.6                   66.8                   4.8                              69.9
Mean          81.3                   75.9                   5.4                              77.6

PRECIPITATION

                    1.29                  4.28                   -2.99                         13.14

18 days over 90 Average is 9.6

3RD WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD (81.3 DEGREES).

TIED 4TH MOST OCCURRENCES OF A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE GREATER THAN OR
EQUAL TO 95 DEGREES(12 DAYS).

TIED 4TH FOR MOST OCCURRENCES OF A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE GREATER THAN OR
EQUAL TO 80(2 DAYS).

TIED MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE GREAT THAN
OR EQUAL TO 70 DEGREES(18 DAYS). ALSO SET IN 1984.

12TH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD.