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=== Climate === [[File:A classic summer thunderstorm in Silang, Cavite.jpg|thumb|Summer thunderstorm in the Philippines during [[monsoon]] season, 3 June 2023]] [[File:Farmers harvesting rice.jpg|thumb|Rice being harvested in [[Igunga]], [[Tabora Region]], Tanzania on 10 June 2016{{efn|In Tanzania, rice is harvested between May and July.<ref name="harvest"/>}}]] June is one of the hottest months in the Northern Hemisphere, alongside July and August, with July being the hottest;<ref name="Hund"/><ref>{{cite news|first=Marium|last=Ali|date=1 July 2024|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/1/why-is-july-the-hottest-month-of-the-year|title=Why is July the hottest month of the year?|work=[[Al Jazeera]]|access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref> in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the inverse.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thenkabail|first=Prasad S.|year=2015|title=Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies|volume=3|series=Remote Sensing Handbook|publisher=[[CRC Press]]|isbn=978-1-4822-1792-6|page=104}}</ref> For instance, the lowest temperature ever recorded in South America occurred on 1 June 1907 in the town of [[Sarmiento, Chubut|Sarmiento]] in the [[Chubut Province]] of Argentina, measuring -32.8°C (-27°F).<ref name="ClimateRec"/> June 2024 was the hottest June in recorded history at 1.22°C (2.20°F) above the 20th-century global average, beating the previous record held by June 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/global-climate-summary-june-2024|title=Global climate summary for June 2024|date=16 July 2024|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/nasa-finds-june-2023-hottest-on-record/|title=NASA Finds June 2023 Hottest on Record|date=13 July 2023|publisher=NASA|access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref> The [[Atlantic hurricane season]]—when [[tropical cyclone|tropical]] or [[subtropical cyclone]]s are most likely to form in the north Atlantic Ocean—begins on 1 June and lasts until 30 November.<ref>{{cite book|first=Tommaso|last=Caloiero|year=2018|title=Hydrological Hazard: Analysis and Prevention|publisher=[[Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute]]|isbn=978-3-03897-374-4|page=194}}</ref> In the Indian Ocean north of the [[equator]], around the [[Indian subcontinent]], year-round tropical cyclones appear frequently between May and June.<ref>{{cite book|author=[[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]|year=2006|title=South Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean|edition=4|series=Sailing Directions – Planning Guides|publisher=ProStar Publications|isbn=978-1-57785-752-5|pages=126, 132}}</ref> In contrast, [[Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone]]s are least likely to form in June because of the dry season of the [[Mediterranean]] having stable air.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=P. T.|last1=Nastos|first2=K.|last2=Karavana-Papadimou|first3=I. T.|last3=Matsangouras|date=September 2015|title=Tropical-like Cyclones in the Mediterranean: Impacts and Composite Daily Means and Anomalies of Synoptic Conditions|publisher=[[University of Athens]]|journal=Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology|url=https://cest2015.gnest.org/papers/cest2015_00407_oral_paper.pdf|pages=2–3|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> The [[East Asian monsoon|East Asian]],<ref name="EA"/> [[North American monsoon|North American]],<ref>{{cite journal|first1=David K.|last1=Adams|first2=Andrew C.|last2=Comrie|date=October 1997|url=http://geog.arizona.edu/~comrie/reprints/monsoon.pdf|title=The North American Monsoon|journal=[[Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society]]|publisher=[[American Meteorological Society]]|volume=78|number=10|pages=2200, 2205|doi=10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<2197:TNAM>2.0.CO;2 |bibcode=1997BAMS...78.2197A |access-date=8 October 2024|archive-date=7 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307022657/http://geog.arizona.edu/~comrie/reprints/monsoon.pdf|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> [[Monsoon of South Asia|South Asian]] (Indian)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/business/environment/indian-monsoon-rains-above-average-for-second-year-in-a-row-idUSKBN26L2MN/|first=Rajendra|last=Jadhav|date=30 September 2020|title=Indian monsoon rains above average for second year in a row|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref> and [[West African monsoon]]s<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Akinsanola|first1=Akintomide Afolayan|last2=Zhou|first2=Wen|date=22 March 2020|title=Understanding the Variability of West African Summer Monsoon Rainfall: Contrasting Tropospheric Features and Monsoon Index|journal=[[Atmosphere (journal)|Atmosphere]]|publisher=[[MDPI]]|volume=11|number=3|page=309|doi=10.3390/atmos11030309 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2020Atmos..11..309A }}</ref> generally begin in June, while the [[monsoon#Europe|European monsoon]] season intensifies that month.<ref>{{cite news|first=Leo|last=Hickman|date=9 July 2008|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/09/weather.europe|title=The Question: What is the European monsoon?|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=8 October 2024}}</ref> The East Asian monsoon commences the [[East Asian rainy season]].<ref name="EA">{{cite book|first=Kozo|last=Ninomiya|year=2001|title=豪雨と降水システム|trans-title=Heavy Rain and Precipitation Systems|publisher=Tokyodo Publishing|isbn=978-4-490-20435-3|pages=121–122|language=Japanese}}</ref> The highest volume of rainfall ever recorded in a one-hour period occurred on 22 June 1947 in the small city of [[Holt, Missouri]] in the United States, measuring 305 mm (12 inches) of rainfall. The greatest rainfall within a 48-hour period occurred between 15–16 June 1995 in the town of [[Cherrapunji]] in [[Meghalaya]], India, with 2.493 metres (98.15 inches) of rainfall recorded.<ref name="ClimateRec">{{cite web|url=https://wmo.asu.edu/world-meteorological-organization-global-weather-climate-extremes-archive|title=World Meteorological Organization Global Weather & Climate Extremes Archive|work=[[World Meteorological Organization]]|publisher=[[Arizona State University]]|date=n.d.|access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref>
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