Tuesday, 05 June 2018
Still Waiting For Rain
The immediate threat of any thunderstorms seems to have passed and we missed them all. The weather's not as good as it was in May with lots of cloud coming in off the North Sea and stubbornly refusing to clear through the day.
Temperature & Rainfall Records 06 May - 06 June 2018
We've had no rainfall to speak of now for over four weeks. However, the cloud is thick enough to produce very light drizzle at times, especially overnight, and this seems to be just enough to allow the slugs and snails to munch their way through our seedlings each night.
We've had a couple of days away leaving the plot and garden to fend for themselves. We visited Kenilworth Castle and the Severn Valley Railway. Judging by the flow in the river Severn somebody's been getting more than their fair share of rain.
River Severn at Arley (02 June 2018)
Back at home it was a case of getting some more ground dug over so that some tomatoes, winter squashes and brassicas could be planted out.
This bed had been soaked the evening before but was still looking very dry after it was dug over and broken down with the tiller ready for planting. At least we're now managing to harvest something other than rhubarb.
No amount of watering seems to be able to do the same as a decent drop of rain. There doesn't appear to be any forecast over the next few days but the thoughts are that this pattern of weather will break up as we head towards the middle of June with a more Atlantic pattern of weather bringing more unsettled conditions and hopefully some proper rainfall.
Finally, and a little bit later than normal due to our trip to the West Midlands a summary of May's weather.
As you might have guessed May turned out to be the warmest I've recorded. I've seen some reports that May 2018 was the hottest on record but from the Central England Temperature Records I'm sure that record still belongs to May 1833 with an average temperature of 15.1°C or 59.2°F.