June 2021 was warmer, cloudier and had higher rainfall totals but marginally more dry days when compared to the 1981 to 2010 average.

Low pressure moved North over SW England early in the month bringing a little rain on the 2nd.

From the 3rd, higher pressure developed across SW England and despite a series of weak weather systems that moved across the district, the weather was mostly dry up to the 18th.

Low pressure from the Atlantic combined with a thundery plume from France to give three days of rain from the 19th.

This was followed by a temporary ridge of higher pressure before low pressure moved from the North Sea across southern England and into the Bay of Biscay.

The low then brought another thundery plume of moist rain bearing air across SW England leading to an unusually wet 48 hours on the 27th and 28th when around 50mm of rain fell.

In terms of statistics:

Rainfall for the month totalled around 100mm in the Dawlish and Teignmouth area, that's about twice the long term average (LTA) of around 50mm.

There were around 20 dry days (LTA 19), 7 days with rainfall of 1mm or more (LTA 8), but as many as 4 days with at least 10mm of rain (LTA 2) and in places there were 2 or 3 days when 20mm or more of rain was recorded.

The temperature for the month averaged out between 15 and 16 Celsius, which was slightly above normal. Lowest values were on the 4th when coastal temperatures dipped to around 7 or 8 Celsius and inland areas to between 3 and 6 Celsius.

The highest temperature, between 24 and 27 Celsius, was recorded on the 14th in most places, but a few locations had their highest temperature on the 30th.

The sea temperature at the Dawlish Wave Buoy warmed to 16 Celsius from mid-month.

Long term average sunshine is around 220 hours but the estimated value for June 2021 was below normal at around 170 hours.