{"id":10726,"date":"2022-12-06T18:22:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T18:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=10726"},"modified":"2022-12-06T18:22:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T18:22:58","slug":"mild-autumn-but-a-cold-start-to-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/uncategorized\/mild-autumn-but-a-cold-start-to-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Mild autumn but a cold start to winter\u00a0<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10726\" class=\"elementor elementor-10726\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e7d106 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e7d106\" 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-a651bf0\" data-id=\"a651bf0\" 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-2ab128c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ab128c\" 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<p>November finished up as the third mildest November I\u2019ve recorded.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10642\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-11-temp-and-rain.png?resize=640%2C542&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-11-temp-and-rain.png?w=1166&amp;ssl=1 1166w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-11-temp-and-rain.png?resize=300%2C254&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-11-temp-and-rain.png?resize=1024%2C867&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-11-temp-and-rain.png?resize=768%2C650&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p><p>It didn\u2019t manage to beat November 2011\u00a0 or 2015 which are the mildest I\u2019ve recorded. With September and October being on the mild side autumn in general turned out to be mild finishing in second place to the autumn of 2011. The average values for autumn temperatures are shown in the table below.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10646 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-autumn-temp-and-rain.png?resize=640%2C535&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-autumn-temp-and-rain.png?w=1173&amp;ssl=1 1173w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-autumn-temp-and-rain.png?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-autumn-temp-and-rain.png?resize=1024%2C856&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-autumn-temp-and-rain.png?resize=768%2C642&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Of course just because the temperature is on the mild side it doesn\u2019t mean that the weather has been great. In general, it\u2019s been damp and dull, not the sort of weather for visiting the allotment. As you can see from the table above this autumn has been wetter than normal making up for the dry summer. The plots are now very wet so there\u2019s no point attempting to do any more winter digging. The ground will need to be left to dry out as digging it over when it\u2019s too wet will do more harm than good.<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10748\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-12-06-plot.jpg?resize=1000%2C562&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-12-06-plot.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-12-06-plot.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-12-06-plot.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The beginning of December brings the start of meteorological winter and right on cue the weather is forecast to turn much colder over the next week or so. As always there\u2019s some doubt about exactly how cold it will get and whether we will have any snow.<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10725\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E16A1685-330C-4763-8597-FE8183970840.jpeg?resize=1000%2C477&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E16A1685-330C-4763-8597-FE8183970840.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E16A1685-330C-4763-8597-FE8183970840.jpeg?resize=300%2C143&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/E16A1685-330C-4763-8597-FE8183970840.jpeg?resize=768%2C366&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The weather charts for the next week don\u2019t look very good for the central heating bill. If this forecast turns out to be correct we&#8217;ll have several days during the next week when the temperature won&#8217;t get above 0\u00b0C or 32\u00b0F all day.<\/span><\/p>\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>November finished up as the third mildest November I\u2019ve recorded. It didn\u2019t manage to beat November 2011&nbsp; or 2015 which are the mildest I\u2019ve recorded. With September and October being on the mild side autumn in general turned out to be mild finishing in second place to the autumn of 2011. The average values for 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