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Listed Below are details of Extreme weather events in Runcorns History.

June 2017 Heatwave
The June 2017 United Kingdom heatwave was a 5 day period of hot weather in the UK and Ireland from June 17th to June 21st. On all 5 days of the heatwave, temperature rose to 30°C (86°F) somewhere in the country. The first such spell in June since 1995 and the longest heatwave since 2013. As a precursor to the heatwave, the 14th was a warm day with the temperature reaching 27.7 C. On the 17th, the highest temperature was 31.3 C. On the 18th, the highest temperature was 32.4 C, the first time that 90°F had been exceeded that year. On the 19th, the temperature reached 33.1 C which was the highest June temperature since 1986 and it was the first June since 2000 to reach 33 C. Things cooled slightly on the 20th with the high temperature being 32.0 C. However, the heatwave peaked on the 21st with some areas seeing there hottest June days on record. In Runcorn, the highest temperature was 33.3 C, the highest in June since 1976 and a temperature of 33.3 C has only been bettered in the June of 1947 and 1976 respectively. The maximum on the 22nd was 27.0 C recorded just after midnight, when the heatwave was brought to an end. Oddly there was no rainfall associated with the end of the heatwave. However, rainfall did return on the 27th after no rain having fallen between the 11th and 26th.

Overall, June 2017 was the 3rd hottest on record back to 1881 with only 1940 and 1976 being hotter. However, June 2017 was only marginally hotter than the Junes of 2006, 2003 and 1992. Here are some statistics about the month below;
 * Average Maximum: 23.0 C (+1.8°C)
 * Average Minimum: 13.3 C (+1.1°C)
 * Overall Average: 18.1 C (+1.4°C)
 * Total Rainfall: 60.5 mm (124.5%)
 * Total Sunshine: 182.3hrs (Below Avg.)
 * Highest Maximum: 33.3 C
 * Lowest Minimum:10.2 C
 * Lowest Maximum:15.0 C
 * Highest Minimum: 18.1 C