June So Far Relatively Cool, But A Rather Hot Weekend Is Upon Us, For A Change

The yellow wheelbarrow signals more garden work for
me this weekend in my St. Albans, Vermont yard. But
expected hot weather means I'll need to take frequent
breaks, and probably retreat to a cool room 
for a good part of Sunday afternoon. 

 After a cool, springlike or autumnal week, whatever your perspective, Friday was actually a re-entry into summer in all respects.   

The sun was out most of the late morning and afternoon, many of us reached 80 degrees and there was a bit of humidity in the air. Not much, but the crispness of the previous week was gone. 

Now, we're set up for a hot summer weekend. Today will be quite a contrast from the chill of last Saturday. It will be a good 30 degrees warmer this afternoon than last Saturday.  Which means it will be in the mid 80s. There will be a decent amount of sunshine, too, and a moderate amount of humidity. 

Sunday gets even hotter. Depending upon the amount of sun we get, Burlington might finally see its first 90 degree reading of the year (Montpelier and St. Johnsbury managed 90 degrees during a period of record heat in mid-May).

For what it's worth, forecast trends have turned up the heat a bit on Sunday, which would improve chances of it hitting 90 degrees. On the other hand, if an approaching cold front is a little faster, that could throw extra clouds in to limit temperatures. Another round of somewhat gusty south winds could limit the chances of 90 degrees.

I'd say the chances of a 90 degree reading Sunday in Burlington are better than 50/50.  Whether it's 90 degrees or not where you live won't matter much. It will feel hot. 

It'll be more humid on Sunday, too. Which means you won't want to overexert yourself. Take frequent breaks, and if possible, get your butt into an air conditioned room whenever you can. It hasn't really been super hot in over a month, so we're not used to it. 

 Last weekend was probably too cold for hiking safely. This weekend might be too hot to do the same. 

That cold front coming in from the west will likely spread a good swath of showers and thunderstorms through Sunday evening through Monday morning, west to east.  Some showers and storms will produce locally torrential rain.  That could raise a few local flash flood issues in northern New York, where it was so wet last week.

In Vermont, it's been drier, so I don't think Sunday night's rain will do much other than give gardens another nice drink. 

This heat won't last long, because we're still in a weather pattern that doesn't promote a lot of hot weather in New England.  It'll be dramatically cooler Monday. Nothing out of the ordinary like last weekend, just seasonable. 

It'll get on the warm side again by the end of the week, but that warming trend will get cut off at the pass by another cold front. I still don't see signs of any long lasting heat waves through the first week of July and probably beyond.