{"id":5404,"date":"2022-06-18T09:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T08:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=5404"},"modified":"2022-06-18T09:40:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T08:40:21","slug":"hottest-day-but-really-need-rain-not-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/martyn\/hottest-day-but-really-need-rain-not-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Hottest day but really need rain not heat"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5404\" class=\"elementor elementor-5404\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ef81e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ef81e4\" 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-d3730c8\" data-id=\"d3730c8\" 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-d9fe7b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9fe7b3\" 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>Friday became our hottest day of the year as the temperature reached 29.9\u00b0C (85.8\u00b0F) in the middle of the afternoon.\u00a0<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_5402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5402\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5402\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-18-hottest-day.png?resize=1024%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-18-hottest-day.png?w=1415&amp;ssl=1 1415w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-18-hottest-day.png?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-18-hottest-day.png?resize=1024%2C426&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-18-hottest-day.png?resize=768%2C320&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Temperature records for 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>It wasn\u2019t the hottest June day I\u2019ve recorded as that now goes all the way back to 23 June 2011 when the temperature reached 31.6\u00b0C or 88.9\u00b0F. Temperatures are forecast to return to more average value for June on Saturday with a fall of around 10\u00b0C.<\/p><p>However, the hot weather won\u2019t have done much to ease the dry conditions at the allotment. We haven\u2019t had a proper wet day since February. Since then each month has had below average rainfall. with the situation gradually getting worse as the lack of rain continues.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_5403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5403\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5403\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-18-rainfall.png?resize=1024%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-18-rainfall.png?w=1427&amp;ssl=1 1427w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-18-rainfall.png?resize=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-18-rainfall.png?resize=1024%2C416&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2022-06-18-rainfall.png?resize=768%2C312&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rainfall records for 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Our long term average monthly rainfall is just a fraction over 50mm or 2in so we\u2019ve had 5 drier than average months out of 6. It\u2019s a good job February was a really wet month or things would be really bad.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4976\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4976\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CAWQE0702.jpg?resize=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CAWQE0702.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CAWQE0702.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CAWQE0702.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peas &#8211; Kent Blue &amp; Ne Plus Ultra<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>It does mean we have to spend much of our time at the allotment watering in an attempt to keep everything growing. Most of our beds are now planted up but that doesn\u2019t mean our only job is watering. Despite the dry ground weed seeds manage to continue to germinate and of course we are now hopefully entering the beginning of the main harvesting season.<\/p><p>Having had a look at the forecast there doesn\u2019t seem to be any substantial rainfall in what remains of June. Hope our watering cans don\u2019t wear out!<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/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>Friday became our hottest day of the year as the temperature reached 29.9\u00b0C (85.8\u00b0F) in the middle of the afternoon.&nbsp; It wasn\u2019t the hottest June day I\u2019ve recorded as that now goes all the way back to 23 June 2011 when the temperature reached 31.6\u00b0C or 88.9\u00b0F. Temperatures are forecast to return to more average 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