Looking back at January 2013, were my local climatic conditions much different to that of 2012?
Firstly, in the United Kingdom, 2012 began as “the year of the drought” * with recorded precipitation totalling 32.8mm in my neck of the woods. By comparison, January this time around looked like this.
In total, we received 61.6mm, which is still below the revised 1981 to 2010 mean by approximately 25% or so. What about the Air Temperatures?
January 2012 was mild in comparison with some 11 double-digit Fahrenheit Maximums being achieved back then and unsurprisingly a mean of 0.8cabove the long-term average, mentioned previously. This time around, January2013 saw the following daily Air temperature trend.
Due to almost two-thirds of January 2013 being in the cold to very cold category, it is unsurprising that the mean return of 4.0c was below the long-term average by 0.6c. As a result…
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Old School Garden 
Wow, thanks for this, I must say I feel like an Old School naturalist at times, given the observational work required, all of which is undertaken voluntarily. Learning from the Natural World keeps me sane though, I suspect the same can be said of you.
Thanks again, Tony.
Hi Tony
Thanks- your blog is very interesting and I will explore it further. I’m in the process of doing some articles on climate change and gardening, so your focus is very relevant. Cheers, Nigel
Good to hear, no problem.