A Gardeners Weather Diary

October’s monthly rainfall total was once more below average making it the seventh month in a row to be drier than average. Only February was

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

We’re heading towards the middle of the month and we’ve actually had some rain. We haven’t had a really wet day, just a few days

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

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

I was going through my weather records and updating them to take into account the heatwave which has just ended when I noticed this from

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

I saw that the BBC and the Met Office were saying that this year was the driest start to any year since 1976. My immediate

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

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