It seems quite a while ago now since we had what I would call a proper wet day. The forecast for the last week or so has been correct in predicting showers. The trouble is by their nature they're hit and miss and I think in general we've been pretty good at doing the missing.
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| Temperature & Rainfall Records 30 April - 30 May 2019 |
I've set the rainfall axis to 50mm or about 2in as this is around average for May so we should have a full column of blue adding up the month's rainfall. Currently the total stands at 35.0mm (1.4in), which doesn't sound too bad but most of that has fallen in amounts that do nothing but wet the top of the ground before evaporating away.
The table below shows the amount of rainfall we've had in the previous 12 months at the end of each month from January 2011 to May 2019. We'd expect around 600mm (24 in) over the year but at the moment it stands at just over 400mm (16in) and we're experiencing one of the drier periods of the last 10 years.
At the plot on Tuesday afternoon what looked like a heavy shower passed close by the allotment.
Of course close by isn't good enough and the allotment is dry and would benefit greatly from either a good downpour or a steady day's rain. Whilst a sprinkling from a shower doesn't do much in the way of watering the allotment it does keep the surface moist enough for slugs and snails to go on marauding night time raids. They'd managed to find our newly planted brassicas.
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| Savoy cabbage - Sabrosa |
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| Cabbage - Red Lodero |
The forecast is for more showers and some rather cool days up to the weekend before the weather turns briefly warmer. The forecast for the first couple of weeks of June is for the weather to be unsettled and who knows maybe we will even get some "proper" rain.
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