{"id":6407,"date":"2022-07-22T09:38:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T08:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=6407"},"modified":"2022-07-25T14:30:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:30:19","slug":"how-did-our-allotment-fair-in-the-red-alert-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/martyn\/how-did-our-allotment-fair-in-the-red-alert-heatwave\/","title":{"rendered":"How did our allotment fare in the red alert heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I thought I\u2019d do a bit of a blog about our hottest ever weather. After a very hot Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday the temperature on Wednesday returned to normal.<\/p>

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Temperature & rainfall records 16-22 July 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>

The weather models did a good job of picking up this unusually hot spell of weather a week or more in advance. It meant we could at least make some plans to try to deal with the anticipated hot spell.<\/span><\/p>

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We changed our allotment routine over the hot weather. Instead of visiting in the afternoon, usually the hottest part of the day we made morning visits.
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We didn\u2019t fancy lugging cans of water about in temperatures of 30\u00b0C or more. Our watering plan was to get our priority crops through this hot spell of weather. Our potatoes have already given up and the haulms have died back mainly due to the dry weather rather than any hot weather. Before the hot spell, we had already decided to stop watering our potatoes and just accept whatever crop they manage to produce. All other allotment jobs apart from watering and a little bit of harvesting went <\/span>on hold for a few days.<\/p>

\"\" <\/span><\/span>It\u2019s true to say that for us the temperatures were exceptional. Sunday was the beginning of the hot spell with the temperature reaching 32.8\u00b0C (91.0\u00b0F) which is now in sixth place in my list of the top twenty days since 2010. Sunday raised the stakes considerably with a temperature of 38.4\u00b0C (101.1\u00b0F) which became the highest temperature I\u2019ve recorded. The forecast was for Tuesday to be even hotter with the temperature predicted to reach 40\u00b0C for the first time in the UK. It turned out to be true with lots of places passing the 40\u00b0C mark. My weather station recorded a high of 40.4\u00b0C (104.7\u00b0F) making it the new hottest day and relegating Monday into second place after only one day.<\/span><\/p>

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Harvested on 19 July 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Thankfully, the hot weather cleared away just as quickly as it arrived with Wednesday much cooler. We popped down to the allotment on Wednesday evening to water the greenhouse tomatoes and most of our crops appeared to have survived the “red alert heatwave warning” relatively unscathed. However, we still haven\u2019t had a decent rainfall for several months so watering at the allotment will have to continue.\u00a0 I\u2019ve added my table of the top twenty hottest days below. I expect it might be a while before Tuesday is toppled from the number one position.<\/span><\/p>

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Top Twenty Hottest Days 2010 – 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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":"

I thought I\u2019d do a bit of a blog about our hottest ever weather. After a very hot Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday the temperature on Wednesday returned to normal. The weather models did a good job of picking up this unusually hot spell of weather a week or more in advance. 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