June in Rochester: One of the soggiest ever

This soggy month is now among the top 10 wettest Junes in Rochester history.

As of 10 p.m. on the month's final day, the rainfall total stood at 6.23 inches, more than double our normal June ration. That makes this June the 10th rainiest on record in Rochester, beating out the previous record of 6.06 inches in June 1905.

July is forecast to start out soggy, too, with showers and thunderstorms Wednesday and some rain possible Thursday — but conditions are expected to clear up nicely on Friday for the long Fourth of July weekend. Other than the possibility of a few thunderstorms Saturday, skies should be sunny and temperatures in the upper 70s.

That will be welcome relief from this month, which has had a few nice stretches but also 16 days of measurable rainfall in Rochester. Twice, Rochester recorded more than an inch of rain in a single day.

But communities just south of the city, beset by a persistent storm track, fared even worse. On Tuesday, Canandaigua and Avon were approaching 8 inches of rain for the month. Warsaw, Honeoye and Geneva were in the neighborhood of 8.4 inches. Macedon reported a whopping 10.5 inches this month.

Not surprising, June brought flooding to a number of those communities, most notably the Ontario County hamlet of Honeoye.

The wettest June in Rochester as measured at the official weather stations — a figure that, strictly speaking, shouldn't be compared to rainfall in other places nearby — was in 1922, when 8.14 inches fell.

SORR@DemocratandChronicle.com