It's gone on long enough now, we need some warmer days to get things growing even in the greenhouse. Another record breaking cold day for May saw a new record low daytime high for May as the temperature struggled to 8.1°C or 46.6°F. That's only just above what we can expect as an average night time value. Gardening is on hold until better weather arrives.
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| Temperature & Rainfall Records 08-10 May 2018 |
Not only has it been cold, but we've seen next to no sunshine so greenhouse temperatures have been cold throughout the day only managing to make it into the low teens Celsius or low fifties Fahrenheit.
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| Greenhouse Temperature on 10 May 2019 at 10:00am |
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| Sunshine Records May 2011 - May 2019 |
The table above is representative of the sunshine we've had and while it's not a measure of sunshine hours but of energy measured from the sunshine, it's a useful indicator of how much sunshine we've had. It's colour coded in my usual fashion from the highest values in red and the lowest in blue. Blue indicates cloudy days through to deep red representing the sunniest days. As you can see this May has started off with a row of blue, the first time that's happened over the last nine years.
If the forecast is correct, we should see a change in the weather next week with high pressure settling in over the country bringing with it more settled conditions and something a little bit warmer.
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Just as you say "a new record low daytime high"! I can't abide any more night time lows either, having used up my paraffin supply. From the forecast Monday sees the night time temperature jump up.
ReplyDeleteI’m hoping we have now finished with the really cold nights. Whilst the overnight temperatures aren’t that good they’re at least forecast to be around the 5C mark so no frosts. Maybe things will start to grow a little bit quicker with a change in the weather.
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