What's your weather - 2016

Siting a thermometer is always a problem if you dont have all the correct gadgets available.

My way around it is to use a north facing concrete wall, for my thermometers, I then have a sensor, a max/ min and a pretty accurate mercury one that is spaced in half degrees celsius.

I probably don't get a totally accurate result that way, but I think its pretty close.

Only time I doubt mine is on really cold nights, it usually reads a bit high, as its only 20ft from the house.
On an allotment I'd look for a shady spot under bushes or trees with a good air flow.
As basically its the air temperature that we really want, not the heat of the sun or reflected heat from buildings.

Having said all that, I had 25C today, with mostly sunny conditions.

 

00000000000000000000000000001348Pete, the thermometer showed a temp of 112.3f. I wish I`d taken a pic, now. Today we have had drizzle, cold, sunshine, heat then back to cloudy and chilly.

 

I dont doubt that fact for one minute Dai.
I just think the siting of the thermometer is wrong.
You're not getting a true, or near true air temp from it, the shed is hotting up and distorting the reading.

Its very easy to get a higher reading than a lower one on sunny days, the lowest one you get is more likely to be nearer the truth.

Ever seen that bloke from the BBC that wanders out, most years, onto centre court at Wimbledon, throws a thermometer on the ground and makes the bold statement, "Its 110F today out there".

 

Pete, as I said earlier, it is NOT on my plot.

 

Well tell him,( the blokes whose plot it is), to stop spreading propaganda

 

90% of the UK has cancelled their holidays in the Med next year and will be spending them on Dai's allotment.

 

Another cracking day, cloudy early on then the sun broke through.
Still feeling warm in the sun 24'c/76'f

 

We have beautiful blue sky a little cooler but something that struck me this morning when brought he dogs down at 5.40 that the morning's are getting darker the solar lights were still on