2 days ago
Tuesday 20 December 2022
Coldest spell since 2010
Our cold spell has come to a very abrupt end. It’s been the coldest spell of weather since December 2010. That spell in December 2010 was the beginning of the coldest winter in 100 years. To be honest the cold temperatures back in that December were colder than we’ve experienced so far this month.
Monday 12 December 2022
Coldest day of the year
Sunday, 11 December 2022 became our coldest day of the year as the temperature dropped to -4.8°C or 23.4°F. Rather strangely this temperature occurred just before midnight on Sunday after which the temperature lifted slightly.
However, as daylight broke the temperature remained below -3.0°C (26.6°F) and it’s struggling to get much warmer.
However, as daylight broke the temperature remained below -3.0°C (26.6°F) and it’s struggling to get much warmer.
Monday 21 November 2022
Cold and Frosty
It’s been a mild start to November so far but it looks like we’re in for a few colder days starting today. Overnight and into the early hours of this morning the temperature fell to -0.5°C (31.1°F) giving us our first frost of autumn. It’s not warmed up at all and, as I’m writing this blog at 13:00, the temperature has only managed to reach 3.9°C (39.0°F) and it’s just beginning to rain.
Tuesday 15 November 2022
We missed out on this!
I’ve noticed that the Met Office has posted temperature charts for the UK showing exceptionally high temperatures for mid-November.
Monday 7 November 2022
Chilly mornings
We’ve had our first chilly mornings of the autumn this week. Early on Friday morning, the temperature got down to 2.9°C (37.2°F), and then on Sunday morning, even lower, falling to 1.7°C (35.1°F). That’s our lowest temperature since 08 April this year when the temperature fell to -0.3°C (31.5°F). I’m guessing a few places will have had a keen frost. We’ll have to see if our dahlias survived the cold mornings but in any case, I think it’s about time we lifted the tubers and put them somewhere frost-free for over winter.
Sunday 6 November 2022
A wet October
It had to happen eventually as we couldn’t continue the spell of months with below-average rainfall. I suppose the rather wet end to September set the ball rolling and now the pattern has set in it doesn’t know when to stop. Of course, being a gardener I’m never happy about the weather conditions, and whilst I’ve complained about the lack of rain, the recent wet weather means all the prunings at the allotment due to be burnt on bonfire night will be well and truly soaked.
Saturday 22 October 2022
A proper wet day at last
I had been in the process of writing a blog post saying how October was following a pattern similar to the rest of the year with temperatures a little above average and rainfall a little below average. Then everything changed. This was the forecast for Thursday.
Monday 19 September 2022
Autumn’s here – it’s turned chilly
The weather had to eventually turn cooler. After above average temperatures throughout July and August and a mild start to September, it was a bit of a shock to the system when a bit of chilly weather arrived this week. The breeze moved into a cold northerly to make it feel even cooler.
Monday 5 September 2022
A very dry summer as we still wait for rain
After a very dry summer, we have now moved into Meteorological autumn and we are still awaiting some proper rain. We haven’t had a good wet day since February. At home, two photos taken from the same spot show the difference between watering and not watering.
Monday 29 August 2022
A hot and dry August
It has been a couple of weeks since my last blog post and, during that time some parts of the country have had some wet weather, albeit in the form of heavy showers rather than prolonged spells of heavy rain. That’s not the case here where we’ve missed any heavy showers.
Monday 15 August 2022
A proper heatwave
We’re just coming to the end of a proper heatwave unlike the one in July that lasted just a couple of days. This one has been a proper heat wave with six days in a row having a temperature above 30° C or 86.0°F. It’s the first time I’ve recorded such a heatwave in August since I installed my weather station in 2010. On the 10th and 11th of August, the temperature reached 33° C or 91.4° F which is my record for August. I’ve added my weather station summary for August below.
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.
Read more....
 |
| 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.
Monday 4 April 2022
Winter returns - gardening dilemma
We had some lovely mild sunny days towards the end of March giving us the warmest day of the year so far as the temperature reached 19.7°C or 67.5°F. However, it was just to fool us into thinking that spring had arrived as this week winter has certainly returned with cold frosty nights and snow showers by day.
Sunday 20 March 2022
Any Day Now
I saw reports on social media that Saturday was the warmest day of the year in the UK. That wasn’t the case for us as the temperature refused to reach 15.0°C or 59.0°F.
 |
| Temperature & Rainfall Records 2022 |
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Drying out
February was a wet and windy month, but as we approach the middle of March the weather is much improved. So far no more storms and far less rain. You can see on the chart below that we’ve had a number of rain free days this month and the temperature is beginning to lift up a little bit too. All making it feel a bit more spring like.
Sunday 27 February 2022
Monday 21 February 2022
After Eunice
As forecast storm Eunice followed close on the heels of Dudley. For us there was no doubting that Eunice was the worst of the two storms.
I think it’s worth pointing out here that my weather station is set up to monitor the wind speeds in our garden rather than compete with professionally set up weather stations. Hence the wind speeds I record bear no comparison to wind speeds mentioned in the mainstream media. I usually make a note when wind gusts exceed 20 mph. In summer gusts around such a speed will cause damage to plants in the garden. Fortunately, through the summer months, such wind gusts don’t occur regularly but through autumn and winter they are much more common.
Thursday 17 February 2022
Wednesday 9 February 2022
New for this year
Over the last few weeks, we’ve gathered together most of our seed stock for the coming season. It’s mostly our tried and tested varieties that we’ve grown before and which give us a decent crop providing the weather plays fair. However, every year we try a few new varieties to see if we can find something better than our normal varieties. This year we have decided to try the following:
Friday 4 February 2022
Storms Malik and Corrie
Last weekend turned out to be a windy weekend with the arrival of storm Malik on Sunday morning. It brought with it the windiest weather for some considerable time. It certainly blew away the murky cloudy weather that had been hanging around for a few days. The highest wind gust that my weather station recorded was 40mph the highest since 11 January 2017 when a speed of 41mph was recorded. That puts it into 4th place in my highest wind gust speeds.
Wednesday 19 January 2022
January so far – Tonga wave two
At the midpoint of the month we’re not doing too badly as far as the weather is concerned. It could certainly have been much worse. After that mildest January day on the first of the month we’ve had enough cold nights to bring the average temperature down to almost the average for this time in January. As it stands we are still a little bit above average.
Sunday 16 January 2022
Pacific volcano effects recorded in Wakefield
You are probably aware of the huge underwater volcano that erupted in the Pacific Ocean close to Tonga on Saturday Morning (UK time). As far as I am concerned Tonga is on the other side of the world and I didn’t think it would result in any measurable effects by my weather station in the UK.
Read more...
 |
| Temperature and Barometric Records for Saturday, 15 January 2022 |
Read more...
Sunday 9 January 2022
2021 Weather Summary
I don’t think 2021 will go down in our records as a particularly good gardening year. It certainly finished better than it started. As you can see from the table on the right it finished in eighth place equal with 2019 with a slightly below average temperature based on the last 12 years.
Thursday 6 January 2022
Coldest day of the year
That mild spell of weather over the first few days of the new year is behind us now. The temperature in the early hours of Thursday morning fell down to -4.4°C (21.0°F) which could easily be the coldest we will have this year.
Monday 3 January 2022
Warmest January day
Hot on the heels of the mildest December day I’ve recorded comes the mildest January day. New Year’s Day became the warmest January day of the last 10 years.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
