Rainfall in the TopVeg garden in 2009 was 518.75
- January 32 ml
- February 45.5 ml
- March 17 ml
- April 7 ml
- May 41.5 ml
- June 13 ml
- July 111 ml
- August 40ml
- Sept 11.5ml
- Oct 63.75ml
- Nov 69.5ml
- Dec 67ml
The annual rainfall in the TopVeg Garden:
- 2006 631
- 2007 795
- 2008 571
- 2009 519
We use a rain gauge like the one below to catch and measure the rain.
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The annual rainfall in 2009 was the lowest we have had in the TopVeg garden in 4 years, what was yours?
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According to some conversions I did, that is not much rainfall. 519 ml comes up to about 31 square inches (I live in the US so everything is inches), where I live in Virginia, we had almost 61 square inches – so we had almost double the rainfall in 2009. Most of the rain has come from big storms that we had in October, November, and December. I did not have to water much in the summer months either. It was the fifth wteest year on record for us.
Hopefully, 2010 will not be as dry for you! Maybe I will send some rain clouds your way this year.
Tee
Comment by Tee Riddle — January 6, 2010 @ 1:54 am
Hi Veggie Gardener -
We are on the east of the UK – and are quite dry! We try to save our roof water for the summer.
But the pattern seems to be changing & we are getting some heavy downpours.
I wonder what crops you can grow that we can’t, because of your rainfall.
Thanks for your interesting comment
TopVeg
Comment by TopVeg — January 6, 2010 @ 4:18 pm
Even with the higher than normal rainfall, it did not affect my garden too much. Really, I think it helped it in some areas. The rain did cause more issues with powdery mildew with my cucumbers and summer squash. I also had more issues with pest insects. Not sure if the rain had anything to do with the pests, but surely had more than usual. As far as what I could grow here compared to your drier season, I’m not sure. I think melons do better with more water – they tend to grow faster. Wetter weather is good for corn as well since they need high amounts of water as long as it’s not too much.In a drier season it seems that okra and eggplant do well – so do some peppers (such as jalapeno peppers and poblano peppers).
Catching your rain water is a great idea if you are prone to drier seasons, plus it helps on the water bill
Comment by Tee Riddle — January 7, 2010 @ 2:25 am
Hello again Tee Riddle
That is very interesting. It is difficult to look at rainfall in isolation – temperature plays an important part. Rainfall does usually affect our yields – but we are hardly warm enough for sweetcorn, melons, egg plants etc.. More into cabbages and brussel sprouts!
Thanks for letting us know how it works on your side of the world!
TopVeg
Comment by TopVeg — January 8, 2010 @ 9:22 am