June 3rd: Becoming increasingly warm now under high pressure; almost continuous strong sunshine allowed temperatures to rise well after a chilly start (Santon Downham in Norfolk  fell to 1.9C) and Preston Moor Park (Lancs) recorded 24.3C today with 16 hours of sun recorded at Norwich (Norfolk). This should be easily exceeded in the next few days by 2-3C, before a thundery breakdown on Sunday gives some quite wet weather in places.

June 7th: After some very warm weather which saw London Heathrow reach 27.9C on the 4th and 28.0C on the 5th it has cooled down notably. As low pressure moved across the south, showers and thunderstorms developed in places late on the 5th and through Sunday 6th giving some heavy downpours. In Scotland Threave (Kircudbright) reported 36mm in a 24 hour period and Marham (Norfolk) 29.0mm. Flash flooding was reported in places  in Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire but nothing too serious.

June 8th: More thundery downpours in places today; Cardinham nr Bodmin (Cornwall) reported 52mm in a 36 hour period to 18Z today; an unofficial report also from an observer in the Brecon Beacons of 55mm in the 24 hours to 18Z

June 11th: As a slow moving thundery front moved north across southern parts overnight it brought some heavy rain into the far south coastal counties of West & East Sussex. Generally 25-30mm fell in a 2 hour period from 0500-0700 but it seems locally that up to twice that may have fallen; unofficial readings suggests Saltdean had 49mm and Polegate & Portslade about 42mm. Seaford Road in Newhaven was blocked after a mini bus got stuck in 3ft of water and flooding also caused problems on parts of the A259 in Worthing, Bexhill, Storrington and Chichester. There was minor flash flooding across much of the Brighton & Hove area.

June 16th Whilst most of the UK remains dry & fairly sunny, if not especially warm, the weather action moved to France and specifically the south east of France on Tuesday 15th. Heavy thunderstorms, due to an area of thundery low pressure in the region, brought severe flash flooding. As of late today some twenty nine people were known to have died with some still missing, in the department region of Var, north of the Cote D'Azur. Many were trapped in their cars in the worst hit area, around the town of Draguignan as water levels reached up to 2 metres. At one stage about 200,000 people were without power as lines fell. Up to 40cm of rain had fallen since Tuesday in places and the floods were thought to be the worst in the region since 1827 with Le Luc reporting 286mm in a 24 hour period, rather putting the amounts in the southern UK on the 11th into perspective.

June 17th: Daytime temperatures may be reaching 20-22C in places but some chilly nights are being reported currently. Benson (Oxon), Pershore (Gloucs), Marham (Norfolk) and Church Lawford (Salops) all fell to -1C down on the grass last night, with further ground frosts likely over the next week in prone areas inland just about anywhere well away from coasts across the UK. 

June 21st We reach the summer solstice. This astronomical event happens twice each year, and today the tilt of the Earth's axis is most inclined toward the Sun, causing the Sun's apparent position in the sky to reach its northernmost extreme. The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still), because at the solstices, the Sun 'stands still' in declination; that is, the apparent movement of the Sun's path north comes to a stop before reversing direction as we head back towards the winter.

I keep reading people complaining about the supposedly poor June weather we have been having, in the papers. However the statistics do not bear this out. Two thirds of the way through the month now and it has actually been quite dry, fairly warm and sunny overall. Temperatures have been about a degree up on average with the rainfall around 75% and sunshine 115% so far. Given some very warm weather likely for many during the next ten days I'd expect these figures to err towards June being even warmer, drier and sunnier than this eventually.

June 23rd A warm day yesterday with 27.8C at Gravesend. However, it does look very much as though zonality is likely to re-assert across the Atlantic by early July now, with a strong jet developing and some very deep depressions coming across the Atlantic for the time of year. As you might expect the devils in the detail in terms of just how soon and how much the UK will be affected by this. Whilst the American model charts are generally keen to keep an upper high pressure over or to the south of the UK keeping the worst of the weather in the north and NW, other models this morning, (especially the European 'ECMWF') bring very unsettled weather in across the UK by the end of June now. Overall, the message does seem to be make the very most of this coming week as the decent weather may be over afterwards for a while.

June 25th: Still warm with 26C at Charlwood nr Gatwick yesterday and staying warm for most away from the NW with around 30C to come in the London area by Sunday. It now looks as if all next week will remain very warm for many, away from the far west & NW and that this heat may continue into July also in the south & east, though the risk of thundery outbreaks increases. The dry weather is becoming an issue in parts of the NW in particular, where reservoir levels are dwindling with a threat of hosepipe bans shortly, though as mentioned some rain does look likely here in the next week. 

June 27th: ..and the heat goes on, Gravesend (Kent) reached 30.9C today .. we look like ending up with a warm, very sunny & dry June. More unsettled though now for many in the west during the next week at times.

June 29th: Though the heat remained in the south and east as fronts moved across the west thunderstorms developed across parts of Wales overnight.  3,000 homes remained without power in north Wales by morning in the Anglesey and Gwynedd areas. Lightning also caused gorse fires too; firefighters tackled a gorse fire covering 2,000 sq metres near Llandudno. Further east the hottest spot was Heathrow Airport with 28.6C reached later in the day.

June 30th: It was a dry month overall (just 60% across England and Walesl) and very sunny as well with the average temperatures across the CET area up by around 1.5C; there have only been five warmer June's in the last half century. .