Time goes by very fast sometimes, to the point that you can spend six months almost without realizing it. Thus, as if it were the blink of an eye, we are already in June, in the sixth month of the year. It seems incredible that just nothing ago we protected ourselves from the cold, and now we are about to start the summer, the warmest season.
There are many sayings of June, and all of them really interesting and curious. If you want to know them, don't miss this special in which, in addition, I will tell you what this month has in store for us in terms of temperatures and rainfall.
June, first month of summer heat
June is a month in which both minimum and maximum temperatures they start to rise considerably, especially in the center and in the Mediterranean region of the country, where the values are already between 20 and 30º (or more in some parts of the south of the Iberian Peninsula). In the rest, the mercury in the thermometer stays around 15 and 25ºC.
This month is quite calm in much of the country, but very hot in some places, as we have seen. To give us an idea, in June 2015 we had an average temperature of 22,5ºC (having as a reference period: 1981-2010), which was 1,4º more than usual. In many areas the thermal anomalies exceeded 2ºC, for example in some points of the center and the western part of the peninsula, as you can see in this image:
Image - AEMET
As for rainfall, we usually think that it is a very dry month, but the truth is that depending on where you are it can rain more, or less. For example, and continuing with the example of June 2015, the communities where it rained the most are those located in the center and northeast of the peninsula, while in the rest the rainfall was lower, to the point that there were some communities in which it did not rain, as in the Canary Islands. Here you can see the image of the AEMET:
Image - AEMET
Although it is a more or less stable month, you know what they say »until May 40 do not take off your coat», And it is that there may still be the occasional spring precipitation, which could be accompanied by a slight (and brief) drop in temperatures. But what other sayings are there for the month of June?
Sayings month of June and their meaning
- Good weather in June, summer for sure: During this month, summer begins, the hottest season of the year.
- What gets wet in June dries up in June: refers to the few rains that usually fall.
- If it rained well in May, dry to June it brought out: normally, if it rains in May, June is a particularly dry month.
- Early June water, great evils remedies: The rains at the beginning of the month are very beneficial, as they will help the crops grow and bear fruit correctly.
- June at first rainy, announces hot summer: the precipitations that fall this month are the announcement of a summer whose temperatures will be very high.
- Capricious June, or drought, or flood: this month can be either very dry or very humid, there is no middle ground.
- June storm hits like a fist: there may be occasional storms, accompanied by rain and hail.
- Sunny and bright June, puts you in a good mood: As the days get longer, people's mood improves, as we can enjoy almost 15 hours of light.
- By June the very hot weather never scares the farmer: For doing farm work, no month is better than June, sunny and warm.
- Waters in June neither fruits nor grasses in July: The problem with the rains this month is that they can spoil the crops.
- May dry, June watery, everything will come upset: if it does not rain in May but does rain in June, the crops will not grow properly.
- June 21 is as long as none: the 21st is the longest day of the year, it is the Summer Solstice.
- Water for Saint John removes wine, oil and bread: Throughout the last week of the month it can rain, and these are rains that could spoil the crops, especially if the mercury in the thermometer is around 28ºC.
- For San Julieta, the rain more than give takes away: Santa is on the 16th, and at that time many horticultural plants are about to mature. If it rains, they can be spoiled.
- Swallow in low flight, announces rain in the sky: insects have hygroscopic wings that, when loaded with moisture, swallows go in search of them.
And so far the meteorological proverb for the month of June. Do you know any other sayings for this month?