{"id":728,"date":"2020-04-28T18:42:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T18:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/?p=728"},"modified":"2020-04-29T13:21:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T13:21:49","slug":"lockdown-day-37-some-rain-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/lockdown-day-37-some-rain-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Day 37 &#8211; Some Rain Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"728\" class=\"elementor elementor-728\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb002b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb002b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccbb30f\" data-id=\"ccbb30f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5251e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5251e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Early on Tuesday evening, we had what seems like our first rain in ages. The drizzly rain continued into the early hours of Wednesday morning. It wasn\u2019t a great amount moving our monthly total up from 0.8 to 4.4mm or 0.17in.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a60ae07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a60ae07\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44f2729\" data-id=\"44f2729\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-643a3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"643a3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-29-rain-large-1024x332.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-731\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-29-rain-large-1024x332.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-29-rain-large-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-29-rain-large-768x249.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-29-rain-large-1536x498.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-29-rain-large.jpg 1702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Temperature &amp; Rainfall April 2020<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a239ec2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a239ec2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-027e4c5\" data-id=\"027e4c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77e166d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77e166d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>However, it was enough to ensure that April 2011 holds on to the record of the driest month with just 2.4mm (0.09in) of rainfall. The next lowest amount occurred in March 2011 with 7.2mm or 0.28in of rainfall.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-734 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1129.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1129-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>I wonder how we got on at the allotment that year.<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p><i>April 2011 turned out to be a record breaking month. It will go into the record books as the warmest April on Record since 1659. Many days in the month were like summer days as the temperatures climbed into the low twenties with clear blue skies and almost no breeze.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p><i>March was very dry and April even drier again breaking into the record books as we had just 2.4mm of rain. That gives us only 9.6mm in total for the last 2 months when we would normally expect 100mm of rainfall. The result is that the plot is very dry and young plants and seedlings need constant watering for them to survive.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ossettweather.com\/weatherdatav2\/page28.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From April 2011 post click here to read full post&nbsp;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The forecast is for more rain before the month is out, and the weather models are suggesting a cool and changeable May.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-732 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1127.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1127.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1127-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<footer>I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve had enough rain yet to make digging over the allotment any easier but it&#8217;s probably enough to keep the surface moist enough to avoid us having to make a trip to water the carrot and parsnip seeds which haven&#8217;t germinated yet.<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\">&nbsp;<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early on Tuesday evening, we had what seems like our first rain in ages. The drizzly rain continued into the early hours of Wednesday morning. It wasn\u2019t a great amount moving our monthly total up from 0.8 to 4.4mm or 0.17in. Temperature &#038; Rainfall April 2020 However, it was enough to ensure that April 2011 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