I thought I'd wait until Friday evening came around before updating my weather records from what was not only forecast to be the hottest day ever in the UK but also it was anticipated there would be lots of thunderstorms and torrential rain around. We were particularly looking forward to some rain so that we could have a few days off watering at the allotment.
However, it got to late Friday evening and despite a thunderstorm early on Thursday evening and lots of thunder rumbling around until mid morning on Friday we avoided any torrential downpours. We did have a very short heavy shower on Thursday night during a bout of thunder which deposited 1.8mm or 0.07in of rain bringing our monthly total up to 4.6mm or 0.18in. It looked like we'd be back on watering duty at the allotment over the weekend.
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| Temperature & Rainfall Records 25-27 July 2018 |
Thursday turned out to be the hotter of the two days with the temperature making it up to 32.2°C or 90.0°F moving it into second place in my top twenty hottest days table.
As it turned out Thursday was a rather cloudy day for the most part and I can well imagine that had we had clear blue skies it might well have been a record breaking temperature.
On the plot I was giving a little bit of thought to where our over wintering onions might be planted. There aren't any obvious options at the minute.
Had it been a normal year with the usual amount of rainfall the bed in the photo above would have already been prepared for a crop of winter onions. I like to get them planted as soon as possible so they become established before any colder weather sets in. I don't fancy my chances of getting any digging done until we've had some substantial rainfall and the ground begins to resemble soil again. There's another bed that looks like this that should be planted up with some spring cabbage and spinach, together with wallflowers and sweet Williams.
Saturday morning has started off with some rain. Not a lot, 5.0mm or 0.2in but it's doubled our rainfall total for the month which now stands at 9.6mm or 0.38in. However, it's our wettest day since 25 May 2018 when we had 8.0mm or 0.31in of rainfall.
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