Perrysville 4W #79 (Richland County) Katie Gerwig - June rainfall was 3/4 - 1 inch over normal with precipitation recorded on 14 days. Thunder was heard on 8 days. Temperatures were normal.

Ravenna 1E #101 (Portage County) Rich Rabatin - My station had one thunderstorm warning on the 20th and one thunderstorm watch on the 21st. The 3.56 inches of rain for the month is about 0.38 inch below normal.

Wooster 7N #16 (Wayne County) Jack Sisler - Recorded the first 90 degree reading on the 13th since August 1, 1999. Temperatues were almost one degree above normal with three 90 degree days or better for the month. After starting to recover from the precipitation deficit the previous two months, precipitation for June was 1.18 inches below normal. Most of it fell during the first half of the month. Winds were fairly light for the month.

Cincinnati 5NW #13 (Hamilton Couny) Ronald E. Rothhaas Jr. - June was essentially normal with periods of summer heat and thunderstorms but little extraordinary. The first 4 days were very cool with respective highs on the first to the fourth of only 65,69,65 and 60. 1.45 inches of rain fell over the 4 day period. Although we were 1.06 inches above normal for the month, maximum 24 hour rainfall was only 0.89 inch on the 6th. Remarkably, we have not had 1 inch of rain in 24 hours since December.

Kidron 1N #2 (Wayne County) Ronald A. Hahn - Despite the cool start to the month, June ended up 0.8 of a degree above normal in temperature with 3 days of highs at or above 90 degrees. The high of 91 degrees on the 13th was a new record for that date here. Rainfall, however, was 1.42 inches below normal. For the year thus far, rainfall at Kidron stands at 14.86 inches, minus 3.87 inches below normal.

Toledo 5NE #66 (Lucas County) Mike Bielski - The month was slightly above average. Months average was 69.2 which was + 1.3 degrees above normal. The were 3 days 90 degrees or higher. There were 9 days with measurable precipitation. Precipitation was short for the month by - 1.36. Year to date thru June we have a shortage of 4.46 inches. We had 2 thunderstorms days, and on 6/19 a thunderstorm with pea size hail and a wind gust to 45 mph, with heavy rain of 0.62 in 25 minutes.

Kent 2W #53 (Portage County) Eric Wertz - June 2001 saw normal precipitation and normal temperatures. Despite the fact that there were 8 thunderstorm days at Kent 2W, no unusually heavy rainfall or high winds were noted. The only notable strong thunderstorm activity in the region occurred on the 20th and 21st as a strong cold front moved slowly across the Buckeye State. Only one severe thunderstorm warning (on the 20th) and one severe thunderstorm watch (on the 21st) were issued. Heaviest 24-hour rainfall was 0.72 inch on the 30th. A record low temperature of 41 degrees was observed on the 5th. Very warm conditions, with temperatures of 85 degrees and higher, were recorded on the 12th through 15th. Fog occurred on the 12th and 21st. The highest wind was 21 mph on the 1st and 16th.

Larry Huff

June 2001

Significant Weather Events Reported by Ohio Weather Observer Network Observers and displayed on ohioweather.net

6/2 - Wooster 7N (Wayne County) ... Recorded .50" yesterday and .58" of rainfall today. This makes 16 out of the last 19 days with a trace or more of precipitation.

6/4 - Newcomerstown 1S (Tuscarawas County) ... This morning at 6:20 a.m. Newcomerstown 1S established a record low temperature of 42 degrees. This broke the previous record low of 43 degrees established in 2000.    Measurable rain has fallen on 17 of the last 21 days.

6/13 - Wooster 7N (Wayne County) ... First 90 degree temperature of the season and highest temperature since August 1, 1999. No 90-degree temperatures were recorded during 2000.

6/19 - Newcomerstown 1S (Tuscarawas County) ... At 4:04 p.m. , Newcomerstown 1S established a record high temperature of 90 degrees, breaking the previous record high of 89 degrees set in 1997.

6/19 - Toledo 5NE (Lucas County) ... Thunderstorm moved in at 8:45 pm with winds of 45 mph that lasted about 15 minutes. Then at 9 pm, pea size hail fell for only about 1 minute. Rainfall was very heavy. I recorded 0.62 in 25 minutes. The worst of the storm where the larger hail was, passed to my west. Hail 1-2 inches in diameter moved thru parts of west toledo. About 12,000 people lost power. Llightning was intense.

6/21 - Ravenna 1E (Portage County) ... I ended up with 1.09" of rain. The storm hit Ravenna around 7:20pm and exited the Ravenna area almost an hour later. The storm approached Ravenna from the Southwest with vivid lightning and a high wind gust of 28mph at 7:40pm.

6/24 - Aurora 3S (Portage County) ... During this past episode of storms, we received only 0.19 inches of rain. In fact, we are very dry. We have had 1.48 inches of rain for June so far.