New Zealand: Wet May heralds long, boggy winter | Otago Daily Times Online

Most farmers were comfortable but it was natural to want a late start to winter.

"You always like it to arrive a month later," he said.

California: June has brought rare rain and subfreezing temps to higher elevations

RIVERSIDE - The strange winter-like low pressure system that brought unusual June rain to Southern California brought subfreezing cold temperatures to higher parts of Southern California today, a rarity in June.

An overnight low of 32 degrees at Idyllwild, in the Riverside County mountains, was one of several extremely-cold June temperatures observed today.

And it was even colder at campgrounds not far away.

The National Weather Service says it was 28 degrees at Baldwin Lake, an often-dry depression east of Big Bear Lake, said meteorologist Noel Isla at the National Weather Service office in San Diego. The NWS does not keep historical records for Baldwin Lake, but the record low for this date at nearby Big Bear Lake is 26, set in 1982, Isla said.

Daytime temperatures were 30 degrees below normal today in the nearby desert resorts.

Climate [fraud] bill [allegedly] to cut US deficit

US climate legislation approved by a House committee would raise more revenue than it would cost in federal spending through 2019, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report.

The budget estimate says the legislation, to cap greenhouse-gas emissions and create a system to trade pollution permits, would raise $845.6 billion, while adding $821.2 billion to federal spending, a $24.4 billion net gain.