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Friday, 22 July 2022
How did our allotment fair in the red alert heatwave
I thought I’d do a bit of a blog about our hottest ever weather. After a very hot Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday the temperature on Wednesday returned to normal.
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Hottest day of the year
Monday became the hottest day of the year with the temperature reaching 31.4°C or 88.5°F. It moves into ninth equal place in my list of top twenty hottest days since 2010.
Saturday, 18 June 2022
Hottest day but really need rain not heat
Friday became our hottest day of the year as the temperature reached 29.9°C (85.8°F) in the middle of the afternoon.
Monday, 6 June 2022
A cold start to June
It’s the first time in 10 years that the average temperature for the first 5 days of June has been colour-coded blue on my monthly chart. However, it’s not the coldest start to the month as that record is still held by 2012. The average temperature after 5 days of June in 2012 was a very chilly 10.8°C (51.4°F) compared with 12.4°C (54.3°F) this year.
Monday, 16 May 2022
Last Saturday became our warmest day of the year with the temperature reaching a very pleasant 24.9°C or 76.8°F. However, it turned out to be a one day wonder rather than the beginning of a heatwave.
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| Temperature and rainfall records May 2022 |
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Some proper rain required
It’s been quite a while since we had a proper wet day. By that, I mean enough to penetrate into the soil rather than just wet the surface. In my mind, I reckon about 10mm or a little under half an inch in a day is the amount we need. The last time that we had 10mm or more rain in one day was back on 20 February.
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Big cover up
When I last looked a couple of days ago the forecasts didn’t suggest we would be getting any frosts over the next few days. However, I noticed this morning that had changed and a frost was now forecast for Thursday morning.
Monday, 25 April 2022
An experiment at germinating tomato seeds
I usually sow our tomato seeds at the beginning of April. This year was no different as I sowed our seeds on 08 April. We don’t have any heating at all in our greenhouse so in order to get quick germination the seeds are placed under a growlight situated in a spare room indoors.
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