On Jul 26, 9:10*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:
Now just seven days over 21C so far this summer. Long sunny spells today
pushed the temperature up to a very warm +22.5C. Highest temperature so far
this summer has been +23.8C which suits me just fine.
Not as hot as in Exeter though where once again it was a stifling 25C this
afternoon. It was a relief to arrive home today.
Garden is growing really well with the heat now (16-17C at 30cm depth) and
the soil is still moist with no need for watering apart from on the patio
and hanging baskets of course.

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Will (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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Up here in Cumbria have now had x10 days at 21c+ (even had x2 over
25c!!!!!!!!) - thought Devon should be warmer than Cumbria!
agree re the unpleasantness of being toooo hot (about 22c) - give me
19-20c anytime with a slight breeze.
With all the rain that we have had up here since May everything is
GREEN.
But today recorded code 0 for state of ground, the last 2 weeks being
code 1.
the previous 4 Julys have seen me record 100m+ of rain, but will fall
short of that this year, currently 69.2mm, but a few places in Cumbria
are alreday above the 100mm mark.
30cm soil now at 17.2c - was 15.8 on 23-24th.