Sunday was darkest June day in Seattle in 15 years

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Source: Seattle Times

The day before the summer solstice — when the sun's rays should shine strongest over the Northern Hemisphere — might instead have been "the darkest June day anyone's ever experienced" in Seattle, said Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington.

Sunday was the darkest June day on record for the area in at least 15 years, but Mass said it's likely been much longer.

... The darkness, measured as solar radiation from the roof of the UW atmospheric-sciences building, was more fitting for an early February day, he said.

... Seattle is on a stretch of 271 days and counting without reaching 75 degrees, said Dennis D'Amico, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The previous record was 254 days.

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1. Is this an apocalyptic way of saying it was cloudy and rainy in Seattle last Sunday?

No . . . couldn't be.:sarcasm:

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2. One of the coldest wettest Junes on record

I'm beginning to wonder if REAL summer is ever going to come..

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3. It's been a cool June in the SF Bay Area

It still feels like Spring with one or two Summer days thrown in. Inland it's warmer though. It always is just over the hills that run parallel to the Bay.