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| Showers passing through |
I never thought I'd be happy that it was raining in Ireland.
If you look at the stats below, you'll see that in February we had more than twice the mean normal rainfall whereas in April we had a quarter of the mean total of only 25.5 mm. May for Newport shows 54.7, roughly half the normal, but we certainly didn't have that much in Kilmeena. Only 5.3 mm through yesterday in June so far and today we'll have much more. It's a fairly steady procession of gentle showers so it's being absorbed very nicely.
You can feel the sigh of relief from the trees, plantings and crops. The lawn was crunchy and we haven't had to mow in more than a week. Tomorrow, the grass will have grown. What's interesting is that things are growing much taller this year than usual -- irises, lupins, daisies, poppies -- really reaching up to the sun.
Finally getting some indoor stuff done today.
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| Was a mite windy overnight, NW |
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| More showers |
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| Rondo cluster |
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| Solaris cluster |
MONTHLY VALUES FOR NEWPORT UP TO 05-JUN-2020
Total rainfall in millimetres for NEWPORT
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual |
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| 2020 | 139.5 | 342.8 | 178.2 | 25.5 | 54.7 | 5.3 | | | | | | | 746.0 |
| 2019 | 146.8 | 115.0 | 228.5 | 100.7 | 112.5 | 76.6 | 82.7 | 228.9 | 175.5 | 160.7 | 148.1 | 220.6 | 1796.6 |
| 2018 | 274.6 | 155.6 | 86.2 | 94.3 | 70.4 | 65.9 | 58.6 | 179.1 | 148.3 | 140.9 | 172.6 | 201.0 | 1647.5 |
| 2017 | 94.3 | 151.0 | 216.2 | 31.1 | 64.2 | 108.3 | 164.0 | 197.6 | 153.3 | 190.1 | 203.0 | 179.7 | 1752.8 |
| mean | 166.7 | 126.5 | 141.2 | 96.8 | 94.7 | 89.7 | 100.9 | 132.5 | 131.5 | 176.0 | 170.4 | 180.2 | 1607.1 |
Mean temperature in degrees Celsius for NEWPORT
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual |
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| 2020 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 11.0 | 12.8 | 14.0 | | | | | | | 8.9 |
| 2019 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 13.7 | 10.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 10.7 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 10.5 |
| 2017 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 10.8 |
| mean | 6.1 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 11.5 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 6.5 | 10.3 |
Mean 10cm soil temperature for NEWPORT at 0900 UTC
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual |
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| 2020 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 9.7 | 13.0 | n/a | | | | | | | 7.7 |
| 2019 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 16.7 | 15.7 | 13.5 | 9.4 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 10.1 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 13.1 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 15.1 | 12.1 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 9.9 |
| 2017 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 9.6 | 13.7 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 10.3 |
| mean | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Global Solar Radiation in Joules/cm2 for NEWPORT
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual |
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| 2020 | 6263 | 10808 | 24545 | 46192 | 58476 | 9951 | | | | | | | 156235 |
| 2019 | 5378 | 10595 | 21306 | 37648 | 49884 | 49607 | 45395 | 37116 | 26460 | 17406 | 8167 | 4766 | 313728 |
| 2018 | 5976 | 13390 | 25269 | 34709 | 58446 | 59849 | 51448 | 34923 | 22619 | 17123 | 7842 | 4068 | 335662 |
| 2017 | 6968 | 9849 | 26218 | 30764 | 61302 | 41046 | 44472 | 37677 | 26833 | 13741 | 7192 | 4601 | 310663 |
| mean | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Potential Evapotranspiration (mm) for NEWPORT
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual |
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| 2020 | 17.6 | 21.9 | 35.0 | 70.2 | 91.6 | 15.5 | | | | | | | 251.8 |
| 2019 | 13.4 | 21.5 | 35.4 | 60.4 | 79.0 | 78.2 | 79.5 | 62.9 | 42.8 | 29.2 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 531.4 |
| 2018 | 16.3 | 21.8 | 35.7 | 52.0 | 88.2 | 102.4 | 87.2 | 58.7 | 37.9 | 30.2 | 18.0 | 11.5 | 559.9 |
| 2017 | 15.6 | 18.1 | 39.5 | 52.4 | 95.8 | 68.2 | 72.1 | 60.6 | 43.7 | 26.1 | 16.5 | 12.6 | 521.2 |
| mean | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Evaporation (mm) for NEWPORT
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual |
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| 2020 | 22.4 | 31.9 | 51.8 | 98.9 | 130.8 | 22.6 | | | | | | | 358.4 |
| 2019 | 17.7 | 29.5 | 52.0 | 87.3 | 111.6 | 112.8 | 109.6 | 88.8 | 59.9 | 39.6 | 18.9 | 17.9 | 745.6 |
| 2018 | 21.9 | 30.2 | 51.7 | 76.4 | 127.4 | 140.4 | 120.7 | 82.2 | 53.1 | 40.6 | 22.8 | 14.9 | 782.3 |
| 2017 | 20.7 | 25.9 | 56.2 | 73.6 | 136.2 | 99.6 | 102.4 | 85.7 | 62.2 | 35.9 | 21.0 | 16.1 | 735.5 |
| mean | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
DEGREE DAYS BELOW 15.5 DEGREE CELSIUS FOR NEWPORT
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| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
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| 2020 | 257 | 276 | 275 | 143 | 111 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2019 | 266 | 200 | 235 | 165 | 130 | 89 | 27 | 36 | 67 | 164 | 251 | 262 | 1892 |
| 2018 | 298 | 306 | 309 | 194 | 104 | 50 | 31 | 44 | 100 | 147 | 215 | 230 | 2027 |
| 2017 | 260 | 247 | 212 | 166 | 89 | 60 | 49 | 49 | 86 | 118 | 222 | 277 | 1834 |
Notes on the Data
Evaporation and PE data are calculated using Penman/Monteith formulae.
All means are for the period 1981-2010. Data updated daily at Mid-day.
