The weather at the start of the new year had been on the miserable side. Rather than any nice, cold, crisp, sunny days, all we get is showers or longer…

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…

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…

A few months ago I took advantage of a special offer from Sutton’s Seeds to buy some Autumn Bliss raspberry canes. At the time of ordering, it said the new…

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…

I've noticed that the Met Office has posted temperature charts for the UK showing exceptionally high temperatures for mid-November. I must say giving the image a casual glance, it looks…

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…

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…

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…