NOUS42 KMLB 012238 PNSMLB FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147-021200- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 637 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...JUNE 2013 WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL... DESPITE A WEAK FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH...MOST FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WERE BLOCKED BY THE DOMINANT SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. THE PLACEMENT OF THE RIDGE AXIS WAS THE MAIN SYNOPTIC FEATURE THAT DETERMINED DAILY SEABREEZE AND CONVECTIVE PATTERNS ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. TEMPERATURES ENDED UP ABOVE NORMAL FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN JUNE WITH A HEALTHY START TO THE WET SEASON BRINGING NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. .TEMPERATURES... DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF JUNE WERE NEAR TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. HIGHS GENERALLY RANGED FROM THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S AND LOWS WERE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES FOR JUNE WERE ROUGHLY BETWEEN 0.5 TO 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH MOST OF THE PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES RANKING IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TOP 10 WARMEST ON RECORD. DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH: DAYTONA BEACH: -JUNE 16: RECORD WARM LOW OF 78 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 76 SET IN 2004, 1972 AND 1958. ORLANDO: -JUNE 16: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 77 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1914 AND 1903. MELBOURNE: -JUNE 1: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 76 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1980. -JUNE 16: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 79 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2007, 2004 AND 1972. -JUNE 17: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 78 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2006 AND 2004. VERO BEACH: -JUNE 1: RECORD WARM LOW OF 77 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 76 SET IN 2004 AND 1987. -JUNE 10: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 78 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2005. -JUNE 16: TIED RECORD WARM LOW OF 78 DEGREES LAST SET IN 2004, 2000 AND 1945. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE VALUES FOR JUNE 2013 AT THE FOUR PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE AS FOLLOWS (RANKINGS PROVIDED IF IN THE TOP 10): -DAYTONA BEACH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 81.0 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 1.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 9TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE. -ORLANDO HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 81.7 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 0.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. -MELBOURNE HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 81.3 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TIES 2011 AS THE 4TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE. -VERO BEACH HAD AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 81.6 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, WHICH WAS 1.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 4TH WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD FOR THIS SITE. .RAINFALL... TROPICAL STORM ANDREA WHICH FORMED IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO MOVED ONSHORE ALONG THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA AND BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO THE AREA EARLY IN JUNE. RAINFALL TOTALS FROM ANDREA RANGED FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES FOR MANY OBSERVING SITES DURING THE JUNE 4TH TO JUNE 7TH TIME PERIOD. FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE MONTH SEA BREEZE GENERATED SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPED ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS AND PRODUCED NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL OVER THE REGION. RAINFALL TOTALS FOR JUNE VARIED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM AROUND 5 TO 7 INCHES ALONG MUCH OF THE COAST UP TO 10 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR. THIS PRECIPITATION ENDED ANY LINGERING RAINFALL DEFICITS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. DAILY RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE MONTH: MELBOURNE: -JUNE 6: RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.02 INCHES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.94 INCHES SET IN 2009. VERO BEACH: -JUNE 6: RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.74 INCHES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.43 INCHES SET IN 1983. JUNE 2013 RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE FOUR PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE AS FOLLOWS (RANKINGS PROVIDED IF IN THE TOP 10): -DAYTONA BEACH RECEIVED 7.40 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 1.57 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. -ORLANDO RECEIVED 10.10 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 2.52 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. -MELBOURNE RECEIVED 6.74 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 0.03 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. -VERO BEACH RECEIVED 5.49 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH WAS 1.18 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. CO-OPERATIVE OBSERVER STATION RAINFALL RANKINGS: -SANFORD HAD THEIR 6TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD WITH 12.68 INCHES OF RAINFALL. BELOW IS A LIST OF OBSERVED PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND RAINFALL STATISTICS FOR SELECT SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR JUNE 2013: STATION JUNE 2013 30 YEAR DEPARTURE PERCENT OF RAINFALL NORMAL FROM NORMAL NORMAL DAYTONA BEACH 7.40" 5.83" +1.57" 127% (DAB) ORLANDO 10.10" 7.58" +2.52" 133% (MCO) MELBOURNE 6.74" 6.71" +0.03" 100% (MLB) VERO BEACH 5.49" 6.67" -1.18" 82% (VRB) CLERMONT 10.55" 8.32" +2.23" 127% (CLRF1) DELAND 11.76" 8.14" +3.62" 144% (DELF1) SANFORD 12.68" 7.28" +5.40" 174% (SFNF1) TITUSVILLE 11.34" 6.60" +4.74" 172% (TITF1) FORT PIERCE 4.66" 5.72" -1.06" 81% (FPCF1) STUART 6.60" 7.14" -0.54" 92% (STRF1) FOR MORE LOCAL INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MELBOURNE AND CLICK ON THE "LOCAL" LINK UNDER THE CLIMATE SUBSECTION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE. $$ WEITLICH PALMBAYWEATHER.info
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