Grand Cayman had wettest June in 58 years
(CNS): Every month over the last 13-month period was the hottest on record globally, scientists have confirmed. The average global temperature was also 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era for 12 successive months, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). On Grand Cayman, the maximum temperature in June was slightly above the 10-year average maximum temperature, but the island had four times the average rainfall for the month, making it the wettest June since 1966.
In total, 21 inches of rain were recorded at Owen Roberts International Airport on Grand Cayman last month, and 10 June was the wettest day of the year.
The rain cooled Grand Cayman slightly. According to the Cayman Islands National Weather Service, the average temperature during the 30-day period was 0.1°C less than the month’s average temperatures over the last 30 years, though the maximum temperature of 92.8°F (33.8°C) was above the average maximum temperature of 91.6°F (33.1°C) recorded over the last ten years.
According to CINWS, there is a 50-60% chance that Grand Cayman will experience more rain than the climatological average in the third quarter (July through September) and a 70% chance of hotter than average temperatures, with a 40% chance of a heatwave.
It was not quite so wet on Cayman Brac in June, where the total rainfall for the month was 8.26 inches, with 8 June being the wettest day of the year so far. However, the maximum temperature of 93.2°F (34°C) was considerably hotter than the 10-year average maximum temperature of 90.8 (32.7°C) for the month.
The sea surface temperatures around the Cayman Islands remain some of the hottest on record, which helped fuel Hurricane Beryl on its record-breaking journey. Global sea surface temperatures continued a record-breaking streak in June, which was the 15th month in a row that broke previous recorded ocean temperatures for that month.
As the well-documented climate change and predicted global warming caused by human impact on the environment become a reality, June 2024 was the 12th consecutive month with temperatures at least 1.5°C above the average for 1850-1900. Scientists believe the world must not exceed the threshold of 1.5°C above the designated pre-industrial reference period 1850-1900 to prevent irreversible climate change that will cause catastrophic damage to human communities, wildlife and natural habitats on land and sea.
In a press release from the World Meteorological Organization about the latest global figures from C3S, WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo said the world will be exceeding the 1.5°C level on a temporary basis with increasing frequency. “However, it is important to stress that temporary breaches do not mean that the 1.5 °C goal is permanently lost because this refers to long-term warming over at least two decades,” he noted.
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The planet’s average global temperature from 2023-2024 was over +1.6’C continuously for over 12 months. That is already past the +1.5’C thermodynamic hardline limit set for 76 years from now. Even if we pick the rolling 5 year average, to attempt to blend the average temperature down to something cooler, the planet as a whole is at +1.3’C, Europe land temps are at +2.3’C, the Arctic north is +3.3’C, average for 50 countries in Europe and Asia is +2.5’C over 5 years. Data from Copernicus Sentinel, and in agreement across peer data sets. New weather event records with real world consequences are going to be set, so long as we ignore the data, and the long-published inconvenient mitigations.
Wasn’t May also record breaking for being the driest May?
Congrats to our National Weather Service for securing a thermometer that does not break down every 6 months.
One thing is for certain, there will be weather today and most likely tomorrow as well.
thank you for your input.
I am here to serve.
Climate Change is always the ‘est of all time.
the Hot’est, the Cold’est, the Wet’est, the Dry’est, the Windy’est, the Calm’est
Whatever the weather is, it’s always the Worst’est of the ‘ests
Exactly 🤣
Impressive that, according to CINWS (and their first slide), we had 145.8 inches of rain in one day.
Do you remember the day of reckoning where we had 12 foot of rain? I do. Climate change is scary stuff.
I suspect a simple typo is to blame here.
The 145.8 figure is obviously a mistake.
Anyone with half a brain can see they seem to have flipped the cm and inch totals. But then again, you need half a brain. Of course, wea re also all humans, we make mistakes – look in the mirror, your own parents made one. LEAVE THEM ALONE – they are giving us valuable info….
But Donald Trump says climate change is a Chinese hoax. 🤡
Guess nothing to worry about in America.
Stop being brainwashed with TDS mate. Are you even located in Cayman?
Please do us a favor and keep your hate away from here.
6:06, Not sure it is hate when Trump clearly says he is going to eliminate all the renewable energy programs in America that Biden encouraged under the infrastructure program. That includes the electric vehicle programs.
Smarten yourself up and read the Trump program Platform 2025. It makes clear that the oil and gas lobby is calling all the shots and that fossil fuels will reign supreme in a Trump administration.
That is not hate but facts. You are obviously a prisoner of Trumpian ideology.
By the way, not sure how where one lives is related to climate change but I do know that you probably have your head in the sand on Seven Mile Beach. Be careful, you might get washed out to sea in the next big storm. 🤡 But the sea will be so hot.
You are scary stuff. The slide shows 145.8mm as the maximum rainfall on the 10th. That’s millimetres. The slide also shows 5.8 inches for that date. Please read carefully.
CNS: The slide has been corrected by CINWS.
That’s millimetres, not inches
will take the wet june weather over the scorching dry may weather