The weather TODAY in... (Part 2)

[johhnyco15]

well im just off to the plot and its a fantastic morning here on the sunshine coast no rain apart from odd light shower for 3 weeks and no sign of any for a while so i have arms like popeye pumping water by hand  around 30 watering cans a day and at 15 pumps  to the can well you do the maths (note the english its not math) so fellow a4a members have a great weekend on your plot and spare a thought for me its like its a knockout around the pumps cans wheelbarrows buckets water water everywhere and not a drop to drink have a great day

[johhnyco15]

[cornykev]

Hot, hot, hot all weekend.          

[Borlotti]

Hot and windy in sunny enfield.

[galina]

Same here in Northants.  That hot wind was quite moythersome.  Felt shattered mid-afternoon.  Well maybe carrying  40 plus watering cans down the garden had something to do with it as well. 

[Jayb]

Predictable weather here, cool, wet and windy - again.

[galina]

Well we had our first glancing blow with frost.  The min/max thermometer said 3.7C a couple of nights ago, but 2 courgette plants have turned to mush.  Nothing else so far.  Fingers crossed I have some late beans flowering and the runner beans have developed another flush of flowers too, would be nice to get a late harvest there.  The Achocha have only just started this year and I am looking at several squashes that are still only half sized.  Anybody else had any damage? 

[Crystalmoon]

Hi Galina a week ago I had to pull up all my squash plants as a very cold snap had killed them off. I have quite a few butternuts that have hard skins but they are small...still at least they are edible & do have decent seeds in them but it would have been nice for them to get a bit bigger. The cold grey start to the Summer here really delayed the growth of my squash plants as they only grew in 3 months what they would have done in weeks had there been any proper daylight. Sunshine only really started here in mid July.

[johhnyco15]

its been sunny dry and around 18 degrees today nightime temps around 12

[johhnyco15]

68 degrees here on the sunshine coast today fantastic sunny day no wind just wonderful autumn sunshine long may it continue

[johhnyco15]

another lovely autumn day here on the sunshine coast 68 degrees again and no wind  a perfect day for allotmenteering

[Pescador]

Are you taking the temperature inside the oven, or just the greenhouse?

[cudsey]

It has been a beautiful warm sunny day here in South Yorkshire hope it continues

[Crystalmoon]

Bright crisp start to the day with hard frost forecast for tonight so quite a bit of fleece to put out at my plot today

[squeezyjohn]

Bloomin' freezing!  Two hours on the plot pruning back the grape vines and weeding and my (admittedly bare) hands couldn't take any more - it's definitely not summer any more!

[johhnyco15]

Bloomin' freezing!  Two hours on the plot pruning back the grape vines and weeding and my (admittedly bare) hands couldn't take any more - it's definitely not summer any more!

well today was a little chilli here on the sunshine coast spent all day at the plot and had a jumper on first time this year so yes winter is on the way

[galina]

so yes winter is on the way

You can say that!  -2.8C according to the min/max thermometer, all the roofs very white, need to scrape the car.  Now still below zero, but sunshine and blue skies with only a few fluffy clouds.  Winter has arrived with a bang! 

[johhnyco15]

we had our second frost in two days here on the sunshine coast  so far we have had  3 frosts in total so far compared to last year its been a harsh winter so far

[caroline7758]

Frost has stayed all day here in Yorkshire. A nice walk around Nunnington and when we got to the pub we had frost in our hair!

[Pescador]

-5 at East Midlands Airport at 06.00 and everything still white at 14.00.

[Poppy Mole]

Freezing fog for most of yesterday & thick fog today - I've gone into hibernation!!!