Tuesday, 02 July 2019
Poor June for Weather
I've had chance to put June's temperature and rainfall data together and, if you're a gardener, it doesn't make for that good viewing.
Average Temperature & Rainfall - June 2010 to 2019
After a relatively dry April and May, to be near the top of the table for rainfall wasn't too bad and we didn't have to do much watering at the allotment.
Not everything appreciated the wet weather, but on the allotment brassicas and potatoes in particular enjoyed the wet cool conditions.
Looking at the chart below of temperatures for June, it's clear that both daytime high temperatures and night time low temperatures remained stubbornly below average.
June 2019 High & Low Temperatures with 10 year Highs and Lows
After the first few days of the month, it remained on the cool side with only the 29th of the month providing some real summer warmth with a very odd one day heatwave.
At least now we are into the beginning of July that hungry gap on the allotment when we wait for our new season produce to come on stream is over and on each visit to the allotment we can do a little bit of harvesting.
What we want from July are some warmer days and nights to give more tender plants like runner beans, sweetcorn and squash a boost after a disappointingly cool June. The first day of the month has started off cool and breezy not exactly providing that boost of summer warmth.