June 16 (Bloomberg) -- New York is headed for one of its coldest and wettest Junes on record, and it looks like there will be rain along with the golf at the U.S. Open, which starts the day after tomorrow with defending champion Tiger Woods.

In Manhattan’s Central Park, 5.32 inches (13.5 centimeters) of rain have fallen this month, 3.39 inches above normal, said David Wally, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Upton, New York.

The average temperature from June 1 through yesterday was 65.2 degrees Fahrenheit (18.4 Celsius), or 4.1 degrees below normal, said Richard Castro, a student forecaster at the Upton office.

The coldest June in Central Park was in 1903, with an average temperature of 64.2 degrees, and the wettest was in 2003, with 10.27 inches of rain, Castro said.

This month is currently tied for the second-coldest, in 1881. Castro said that could change because there are still two weeks left before July.

“We stand a good chance to be in the top-10 coldest Junes,” Castro said by telephone.

After a bit of a break today, rain moves into the region tomorrow night and will continue through the weekend, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Tom Kines said. Highs are forecast to be in the 70s as the Open gets under way in Farmingdale, New York.

In all likelihood, much of the rest of the summer may end up colder and wetter than normal, Kines said.

“The odds of getting a prolonged period of dry, warm weather just doesn’t look good for the Northeast,” he said by telephone from his office in State College, Pennsylvania. “Those people who are looking for summery weather to head to the beach, well, it doesn’t look very good.”

The same weather pattern that washed out much of last summer, let loose floods and even spawned tornados and waterspouts from New Jersey into New England is set to repeat this summer, Kines said.

“Summer is not in any hurry to arrive,” Kines said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Brian K. Sullivan in Boston at bsullivan10@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: June 16, 2009 12:09 EDT