Rain – and plenty of it – was the big weather story in June, adding to a record-breaking 12 months of precipitation for the contiguous U.S. It's the third consecutive time in 2019 (April, May and June) the past 12-month precipitation record has hit an all-time high.
![From NOAA’s National Weather Service: Just 367 days after the last of the Great June Flood of 2018 had left its memorable mark on nearly all of the populated Rio Grande Valley, a confluence of atmospheric events came together during the late afternoon and evening of June 24, 2019. New daily rainfall records were set at most available Rio Grande Valley climate recording locations, including Harlingen, Texas, (shown) with 6.29 inches of rain -- about 3 times the monthly average.
(Image credit: NOAA NWS) From NOAA’s National Weather Service: Just 367 days after the last of the Great June Flood of 2018 had left its memorable mark on nearly all of the populated Rio Grande Valley, a confluence of atmospheric events came together during the late afternoon and evening of June 24, 2019. New daily rainfall records were set at most available Rio Grande Valley climate recording locations, including Harlingen, Texas, (shown) with 6.29 inches of rain -- about 3 times the monthly average.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jul/PHOTO%20-%20062419%20-%20Harlingen%20North%20-%20Texas%20-%20Great%20June%20Flood%20II%20-%20NWS.jpg?itok=4ox6W0jU)
From NOAA’s National Weather Service: Just 367 days after the last of the Great June Flood of 2018 had left its memorable mark on nearly all of the populated Rio Grande Valley, a confluence of atmospheric events came together during the late afternoon and evening of June 24, 2019. New daily rainfall records were set at most available Rio Grande Valley climate recording locations, including Harlingen, Texas, (shown) with 6.29 inches of rain -- about 3 times the monthly average. (Image credit: NOAA NWS)