Remember when Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma was poking fun of Al Gore back in February because Washington DC got a little snow?  We hope that the Senator starts to get the idea that the weather and the climate are two separate things.  Below is the NOAAs summary for the month of June for Dulles Airport in Washington DC.   Note the part that says: "EVERY MONTH SINCE MARCH 2010 HAS RANKED IN THE TOP-THREE WARMEST OF ALL-TIME AT DULLES WITH MARCH AND JUNE BOTH BEING THE WARMEST ON RECORD."

HEAT WAS THE MAIN CLIMATE STORY IN JUNE 2010 AT DULLES.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 76.8F...WHICH WAS THE WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS WARMEST JUNE RECORD OF 76.1 DEGREES SET IN JUNE 1994. THERE WERE 12 DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER. THIS WAS THE FOURTH JUNE ON RECORD OF AT LEAST 12 DAYS OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER AND THE FIRST SINCE 1994 WHEN THERE WERE FOURTEEN SUCH DAYS. THE JUNE 2010 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS CLOSE TO WHAT IS MORE TYPICAL OF JULY.

EVERY MONTH SINCE MARCH 2010 HAS RANKED IN THE TOP-THREE WARMEST OF ALL-TIME AT DULLES WITH MARCH AND JUNE BOTH BEING THE WARMEST ON RECORD.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES ON THE 24TH BROKE THE OLD DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES SET IN 1966 WHILE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES ON THE 3RD TIED THE RECORD SET IN 1980.

A TOTAL OF SIX DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE EITHER
BROKEN OR TIED...THREE NEW RECORDS WERE SET ON THE 3RD...24TH AND
29TH WHILE THREE WERE TIED ON THE 1ST...20TH AND 28TH.

JUNE WAS ALSO DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH DULLES ONLY RECEIVING LESS THAN A THIRD OF THE NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH. THE 1.29 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS FOURTH DRIEST JUNE ON RECORD AND THE DRIEST JUNE SINCE 1988 WHEN ONLY 0.52 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS MEASURED DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH. ABOUT HALF OF THE MONTH`S RAINFALL WAS RECORDED WITH A THUNDERSTORM ON THE 28TH.