According to John Relf from the Bureau of Meteorology a “cold night” is when the temperature drops below five degrees and for five days in a row (June 9-13) Busselton did just that. We recorded 4.1, 2 (our second coldest June night ever), 2.3, 3.9 and 4.3 over the five-day period.

“The previous record for consecutive cold nights in Busselton in June was three in 2006, while the record for all months is six days in July 2005,” he said.

And with Busselton predicted to have reached around five degrees last night, three degrees tonight and three degrees again on Thursday there looks to be no respite from the cold.

But, cold doesn’t necessarily mean wet with the total rainfall for Busselton in June is less than half our monthly average of 171.2mm. Saturday’s downpour did provide a late boost and the 23.6mm that fell made it the wettest day of the month, however it still only lifted Busselton to a total of 83.8mm of rain in June.

“This brings Busselton’s six-month total rainfall to 242mm, which is significantly behind the long-term average of 368.5,” Relf said.

The warmest day of the month was June 22 with 20.3, although Busselton did manage four warm days (temperature 20 and above). The coldest maximum temperature was a chilly 13.1 on June 15, which was a record, and the average temperatures at night were particularly freezing.

“Busselton’s mean temperature during the day was 17.8 which is only slightly below the average of 18.5, however the mean temperature at night was two degrees below the average of 8.9,” Mr Relf said.

“This makes it Busselton’s second coldest June ever, after the 6.5 you had in 2006.”