Overall June finished as a very average month, both for temperature and rainfall.

  Due to day-time temperatures being suppressed, the mean temperature was running below average for the vast majority of the month and it was only a run of double-digit, mild, nights from the 22nd that brought the final mean temperature for the month above average, but only just.

  It did become that little bit warmer during the second half of the month, but any warm days were confined to the 15-17th and 20-24th and even during that final week with those mild nights, it remained coolish by day in what was an unsettled end to the month.

  In the first week of the month there were two wet 'days' but on each occasion that rain fell overnight. A few showers fell over the next few days, but it was then dry up to the 22nd before that unsettled end which saw some rain fall on every day

  However, apart from the isolated rumble of thunder it was an uneventful month.

  The month began with the UK sat in a slack pressure gradient, the 1st being generally cloudy but bright and then the 2nd saw a reasonable amount of sun, but began to cloud over during the afternoon. A small area of low pressue (LP) to the NW of Eire slowly inched SE and with a trough line sat over NW England the rain that fell from late evening and overnight into the 3rd was heavy (23.9 mm).

  Behind this system high pressure (HP) in the Atlantic, moving to north of the UK, quietened the weather for the next few days, albeit another 5.2 mm of rain fell overnight 5/6th. Temperatures sat just above 16°c, but the 5th was chillier at 13.0°c.

  The wet start to the month continued in the early hours of the 8th as a LP system pushed up from the south to bring a wet night (16.7 mm) and an overcast morning. The next few days through to the 12th saw LP over or near to the UK bringing a mix of sunny intervals and the odd spot of rain or shower. The wind was notable on the 10-11th as a deep area of LP out in the Atlantic moved slowly NE, the west of the UK bearing the strongest of the winds that gusted to 48 mph on the 10th. Day-time temperatures struggled 11-13th, but under mainly cloudy skies held up at night.

  Then it fell dry - whilst HP never really took full control, it was at least nearby. It also warmed up by day, the 15-17th all topping 20°c and which all saw plenty of sunshine and a sole rumble of thunder at tea-time on the 16th.

  The 17th saw the HP retreat east as LP in the Atlantic moved north to Iceland and which pushed an ever weakening cold front across the UK. Behind the cold front and in between the LP and HP in the Atlantic, a NW'ly flow was introduced. This cooled temperatures on the 18th to a maximum of 15.1°c and then under clear skies overnight into the 20th a cool night ensued and which almost suffered the ignominy of a ground frost, just missing out at 0.0°c.

  A slack pressure gradient was over the UK 21st to 23rd, albeit with both high and low pressure not too far away. However, this was the warmest few days of the month, albeit not especially sunny as weak fronts sat just to our NW and brought variable amounts of cloud. But with little wind and just a little sunshine the temperature was just above 20°c, but rose to a month's high of 24.7°c on the 23rd.

  And then the weather broke down - there was some rain on most days and it became cooler by day, but under cloudy skies the night were mild; there being a very narrow diurnal range in temperatures. LP would park itself just to the west of Eire on the 24th and remained a constant feature for the next few days, before being replaced by another area of LP on the 28th.

  The weather actually broke during the evening of the 23rd with 8.6 mm of rain, 12.3 mm followed on the 26th and both the 28-29th saw reasonable totals to take the months total just above average.

  Day-time temperatures sat in the range of 15-17°c 26-29th, but remained in double figures overnight with cloudy skies that included some rain on both the 29-30th.

  MSLP of 1014.6 Mb was -0.8 MB below the local average for the month and overall a mean minimum of 9.14°c and a mean maximum of 17.80°c saw the temperature 0.1°c above the thirteen year average for this site.

  It was the coldest June since 2019 and since the record began in 2009, seven have been warmer and six have been colder - the highest maximum temperature recorded during the month being 24.7°c (23rd), the lowest minimum 3.5°c (20th).

  Rainfall of 86.1 mm (Maulds Meaburn North 83.3 mm -- Castlehowe Scar 117.8 mm) was 102.3% of average for 2007-21, making it the wettest June since 2020. In a record that commenced in 2007, nine have been drier and six have been wetter.

  During the month the following was recorded: thunder was heard on three days - the wind speed averaged 6.30 mph, with a maximum gust of 48 mph (10th).

  We had 0 Air Frosts in the month (year 32)          --          Grass Frosts totalled 0 (year 80).

  The 1 foot soil temp ranged from a low of 13.3°c on the 1st        to      a high of 17.1°c on the 25th     --      with a monthly mean of 15.0°c

  The 1 meter soil temp ranged from a low of 11.6°c on the 1st - 2nd      to      a high of 13.5°c on the 26-30th     --     with a monthly mean of 12.6°c

   This makes the Jan' to June period of 2022 0.91°c warmer than the average for 2009-21 and with 88.4% of average rainfall for 2008-21

  At the Met' Office site at Shap a mean minimum of 8.1°c and a mean maximum of 16.9°c saw the monthly mean temperature 0.25°c above average and made it the coldest June since 2019. In a record back to 1993, 11 have been warmer and 18 colder.

  Rainfall of 121.8 mm represents 121.4% of its average. It was the wettest June since 2020 and in a record that commenced in 1989, 23 have been drier and 10 have been wetter.

  At Appleby in Westmorland rainfall of 83.2 mm represents 143.0% of its average (1856-2021) and made it the wettest since 2020 - in a record that commenced in 1856, 29 have been drier and 137 have been wetter.

  When viewed as a whole, rainfall totals in June were broadly average across the county – but with variations either side of the 100% mark.

  There was a slight bias in the central eastern portion of the LDNP to being wetter than average, but not exclusively so. Carlisle (73.4 mm) typified the randomness of where finished wetter or drier than average and was an ‘island’ of marginally wetter than average, whilst immediately around it all was below average.

 A total fall below the average was the norm’ in the north of the county and indeed nearby at Thursby (44.0 mm - 67.7%) was the driest part of the county.

  And continuing a recent theme, Mickleden (207.6 mm) was the wettest location this month and the only site to top 200mm – and with 55.4 mm on the 26th it also recorded the greatest 24hr fall as well. And it completed the full house, with 145% of its June average it was also the wettest when expressed as an percentage, just beating Appleby In Westmorland (143%).

  Again that eastern portion of the county displayed a certain randomness ad whilst Shap, Appleby In Westmorland and Warcop all had above average falls, venture slightly further east and at Barras the fall was down to 76.7%.

  Figures from the Environment Agency’s rainfall sites were, (figure in brackets being the monthly average for 1991-2020)   ‘Data kindly provided by the Hydrometry and Telemetry team of the Environment Agency (Penrith)’:

  Kirkby Thore 75.6 mm -- (55.3 mm)

  Haresceugh Castle (Kirkoswald) 74.01 mm -- (77.6 mm)

  Brothers Water 152.25 mm -- (139.6 mm)

  Orton (Shallowford) ??? mm -- (87.8 mm [average for 1967-2021]) - making it the wett/driest since ??? and since 1967 when the record commenced, ?? have been drier and ?? have been wetter.

  Seathwaite Farm (Borrowdale) 183.2 mm -- (184.4 mm [average for 1845-2021]) - making it the wettest since 2020 and since 1845 when the record commenced, 29 have been drier and 137 have been wetter.