Items of natural history interest in the Département du Lot (46)(France) They follow on from articles which were published monthly over nine years in French News. Additions will be made each month.
Monday, 2 January 2012
Bimonthly Weather Report November December 2011
To view statistics click here
December was by far the wettest month of the year, with 91 mms.
The comparative figures for the other months from January onwards are.
23,38,45,04,19,37,22,38,33,58,29 and then 91. == 437 mms (17.2 inches)
In 2010 the rainfall was 648 mms (157 mms in June!) == 25.5 inches
In 2009 the rainfall was 671 mms = 26.4 inches
December was also quite mild
The average temperatures for December (degrees C) over the past three years being.
2009 3.65 min/ 7.42 max
2010 1.61 min/ 6.52 max
2011 6.65 min/ 9.97max
Night frosts were 2009 - 8 2010 -14 2011 -2
Flowers open over Christmas included Mexican orange blossom in plenty, winter jasmine. Rose bushes are growing their buds.
The damned moles are having a whale of a time, as I write this on January 3rd 2012
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment