The Yellowstone River flood on June 13 is now the record-holding flood for the river at 14 feet. The swollen rivers washed away roads, caused rockslides and mudslides and took away banks where homes were located. Rain combined with speedy snowmelt led to record flooding in and around the Yellowstone National Park area. Other century-old daily rainfall records that were broken in June happened in Pullman, Washington Macon, Georgia Mobridge, South Dakota Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania and Roswell, New Mexico. That beat the old daily rainfall record of 2.15 inches in 1900 by nearly 5 inches. Tampa, Florida Fort Smith, Arkansas Birmingham, Alabama and Albany, Georgia, all broke daily rainfall records that had stood for more than 120 years.īirmingham’s record-breaking rain happened on June 8, when 6.97 inches of rain was recorded. Just a little more than 2 inches of rain fell in Moline, Illinois, on June 25, shattering the old daily rainfall record of 1.74 inches set in 1877 – 145 years ago. APĪccording to the National Weather Service, 12 of those days happened in a row. Wildfires affected more than a million acres of land in Alaska during this month alone. The high temperature in Austin, Texas, hit 100 degrees or higher 21 times during the month, setting a record for the number of triple-digit days in Texas’ capital city in June. That record was originally established in 1881 – 141 years ago.Īthens, Georgia, tied a 111-year-old record on June 16 when its high temperature reached 100 degrees. Memphis, Tennessee, tied its record high for June 17 of 100 degrees. Just inland from Galveston, a high temperature of 102 degrees recorded in Houston on June 20 beat the old record high for the day of 101 degrees set in 1902. In Galveston, Texas, a high temperature of 97 degrees recorded June 19 broke the old record high for the day of 95 degrees set in 1875. Triple-digit temperatures, or readings close to that, became commonplace. The wild weather eclipsed records that had stood for more than a century in some places.įor nearly two weeks, a relentless heat wave cooked a large swath of the nation from the Plains to the Southeast and Midwest. Rhode Island: 1st state to require all electricity offset by renewable energyįrom scorching heat to flooding rain, extreme weather during June seemed like a daily occurrence in the U.S.Ī heat wave baked much of the eastern two-thirds of the country during the month, while storms dumped flooding rains in other places. What to know about asteroids and when we should be worried 7 facts you should know about flash floods
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