There was a fitter named Melhuish
Who was quite the Casey sleuth
The puzzle was solved in good time
His prize, to make the weather rhyme
The Month that was:
Cold, cold, cold so says the mercury, with record lows for June
Though no sunshine was to be had, we will surely welcome you back soon
Below average also; were the wind and the snow
But still 5 blizzards; so did we get, our share of blows
The warmest day of the month reaching −2.8°C, was really not so high
On record as equal 4th coolest temperature, −32.8°C, it was freezing cold, I cannot lie
Though one better, the maximum temperature of −27.0°C on the 8th of June
Was the lowest maximum for a June day and 7th overall, in Met, that made us swoon
With average daily maximum temperatures at −14.6°C, 4.2°C below the norm
It was the 3rd lowest June and 5th lowest annual temps on record, making it far from warm
Cold were the average daily minimums at −23.8°C, 5.5°C cooler than the mean
The monthly low a new annual record, the outdoors only for the keen
The daily wind run of 597km, 42km’s below the average, is anything but abnormal
Close to norm, 5 Blizzard, 12 strong and 11 gale force wind days, hardly phenomenal
Exciting on the 16th, the maximum wind gust of 204kph, brought a smile to our dial
Alas a little short of the June record of (217 kph), though we’ll keep it on the climate file
Just as we received a few blows, so we had some snow
In all 15.0mm, compared to the average (27.5mm), was just a little low
On 8 days, half that we would expect, the heavens opened and snow did we get
The greatest of which was 7.2mm, for on the 20th it was certainly wet
The final thing is that which what we could not expect a lot, and got
So it was no sunshine hours to be had, the average of 0.1 it was not
So as we come to the end, I promise I’ve told no lie
From Casey Met, we say goodbye