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Anyone who spent June 2009 in Boston can attest to how shitty the weather was.

Normally New England weather is a crapshoot and in my opinion it’s the worst part about living in the Northeast…but this past month was traumatizingly bad.

According to the pyroheliometer at Blue Hill, June 2009 had the lowest percentage of sunshine since 1903, and it was only 2% sunnier than the worst June ever recorded.

Lowest June Bright Sunshine (1886-2009), percent:

1) 25% in 1903
2) 27% in 2009
3) 36% in 1998
4) 37% in 1959
5) 39% in 1948

That translates to to only 118 total hours of sunshine (out of 437 possible hours).  Historically this is almost a an entire work-week less than the 3rd lowest total in 1998.  25% of that time in the sun was spent talking with people about how nice it is to see the sun.

Lowest June Bright Sunshine (1886-2009), hours:

1) 108.7 in 1903
2) 118.1 in 2009
3) 157.9 in 1998
4) 161.2 in 1959
5) 171.8 in 1948

It wasn’t only cloudy it was cold and rainy too.

Coldest June Average Maximum Temp (1885-2009), deg F:

1) 66.1 in 1903
2) 66.7 in 1916
3) 68.4 in 2009
4) 69.3 in 1982
5) 69.4 in 1897

Lowest June Monthly Maximum Temp (1885-2009), deg F:

1) 78 in 1916
2) 79 in 2009
3) 81 in 1886
4) 82 in 1936

So far July isn’t looking much better.

These stats were compiled by Mike Iacono, and Robert Skilling at the Blue Hill Observatory.

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