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Readings
Everything written up from the notebook, newest at the top. The first entry posted here dates from23 April 2023, though the daily figures behind it start in the spring of 2019 and are still only in pencil and a spreadsheet.
04
A wet June measured against five years of my own figures
June 2026 delivered more than twice my six year average rainfall on this plot. Here is what the daily figures show, and what changed about my sowing dates as a result.
03
What four water butts actually catch off a shed roof
Measured roof area, six years of rainfall figures and the gap between the litres that should arrive in the butts and the litres that really do.
02
Five seasons of last frost dates on one allotment
Air frost and ground frost dates from 2020 to 2024 on a single Norwich plot, the cold corner by the hedge, and why the county average was three weeks out for me.
01
Why the reading hour matters more than the gauge does
Six years of morning readings on one allotment, what siting a rain gauge badly cost me, and the second gauge four metres away that disagreed by a fifth of the total.
An entry is amended when a later season changes what the figures mean, and the original numbers are never overwritten. What counts as an amendment rather than a rewrite is set out underinstruments and method.