Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Last of Our Autumn Colours
After a cold, dry sunny and calm weekend the weather has turned very mild even for November. The downside is that it's turned wetter and windier. The rain and wind have just about brought an end to the autumn colours as the last of the leaves are blown from the trees.
It's suddenly very noticeable that our acer has undergone a rather dramatic change over the last few days.
Nearly all it superb autumn colour has disappeared. There are just a few raggedy leaves hanging on. The forecast is for some stronger winds through Wednesday into Thursday morning so that will more than likely clear away the remaining leaves.
It's not all bad news though as in the tubs covered in fallen magnolia leaves have the first bulbs for spring just starting to push their noses through the soil.
With the weather set to turn colder by the time we get to the weekend these early shoots might regret popping up so soon.
Saturday, 25 November 2017
Mild One Day, Cold the Next
After a couple of mild and windy days the weather has turned colder again. On Wednesday much of the north had lots of rain but luckily we missed most of it..
Temperature, Wind Chill and Rainfall Records 22-24 November 2017
The forecast for the rest of November is for the weather to continue cold and to be mostly dry. So despite some flooding, not that far away from us, we could finish up having a dry November. We have had 22.0mm (0.87in) of rainfall up to the 24th of the month set against an average of 66.0mm or 2.6in.
The milder weather was accompanied by strong winds which I expected would clear the last of the remaining leaves from the trees. It did its best but a few leaves have survived to be blown off another day.
We made the most of a sunny spell on Thursday to catch the first steam hauled Christmas charter train of the year heading to York. No sooner had 46100 Royal Scot passed by than the heavens opened.
Our next gardening task is to lift our dahlia tubers and store them somewhere dry and frost free over winter. It looks like it might be a cold job.
Sunday, 26 November 2017
Coldest Average This Autumn
Based on average daily temperature Saturday turned out to be our coldest day of autumn. It wasn’t that we had a particularly cold night as the temperature fell to -0.2°C (31.6°F), it was more to do with the daytime high only reaching 5.7°C (42.3°F) that resulted in an average of 2.9°C or 37.2°F.
Temperature & Rainfall Records for 25 November 2017
It’s possible that it might be turning even colder as we progress through the rest of the week so it’s probably time for our agapanthus to be moved into the greenhouse for a little bit of protection.
The greenhouse won’t give it much protection from the cold but it will keep it out of any rain and it’s often a combination of the two that some plants don’t survive.
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Cold Weather Forecast
After a couple of days of fairly average November temperatures it appears that we're in for a couple of weeks of below average temperature but sprinkled in will be the odd milder day. Monday felt cold though as it was windy which took the edge off the milder temperatures.
Temperature with Wind Chill Effects for Monday 27 November 2017
Of course, there's a chance that everything could change with the next run of the weather models and the colder weather might disappear from the forecast.
This campanula is still looking good despite some cold days and nights.