The average air and sea temperatures in June were over 1°C higher than the norm, according to the Meteorological Office.

The average sea temperature for June was 1.8°C higher than the climate norm of 21.5°C, while the average air temperature was 25.3°C rather than the expected 23.9°C.

Days were also brighter than expected, with an average of 11.5 hours of sunshine. While the sun shone for a maximum of 13 hours on June 15, 16 and 17, the 6th was the gloomiest day of the month with a mere 2.1 hours of sunshine registered, the Met. Office said. 

On the day, a thunderstorm produced 4.8mm of the total precipitation of 7.2mm recorded in June. This total exceeded the climatic norm by 4.0mm, but the month was nowhere near as wet as June 2007, when 76.2mm of rainfall were measured.

Last month's mean wind speed was 6.6 knots, and the maximum wind gust was recorded on the 18th of June at 30 knots.