This June Was Second Driest On Record In Twin Cities, NWS Confirms

By Jeff Wagner, CBS Minnesota:

MINNEAPOLIS — The National Weather Service has confirmed that the month we're wrapping up Friday was officially the second driest June on record in the Twin Cities.

With no rain expected to fall Friday, the NWS said the overall tally for June 2023 stood at 0.93 inches of rain. That puts this year just behind 1988 for aridity; that year only saw 0.22 inches of precipitation. Before that, you'd have to go all the way back to 1912 to find a year with comparably dry conditions -- that year saw only 0.94 inches fall.

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