Why is it so cold in June? Apparently we can blame it on the jet stream. The month has been unseasonably cold, with some wags calling it Junuary.
After the warmest May on record, many want to know if this will be named the coldest June.
Forecasters have said that temperatures in the UK have been consistently three to five degrees below the seasonal average in the past month. This is due to the mid-Atlantic jet stream, a fast-moving atmospheric wind, directing cold air from the north to the south across the UK and keeping temperatures lower.
The meteorologists foresee no reprieve from this chilly spell until the end of June. It’s no warmer in Ireland either. Roll on July!
Sure enough abona fide heatwave landed for the UK and Ireland in the last weeek of June with temperatures reaching the high twenties all over.
