Monday, 1 July 2024

June was not hot



Met Eireann has reported the figures for June and, yes, it was cold. It averaged 12.9C which is almost 1C cooler than the long-term average and almost 5C cooler than last year. Pshaw! And 10 mm less rain than the LTA confirms why I was watering almost every day. We have not watered in the vineyard and I wonder if that's affecting the fruit. 

Meanwhile, the first Cat 4 hurricane, Beryl, is barreling through the Caribbean, dumping rain on Tobago this morning and pushing storm surge into Barbados. I am afraid the Grenadines will bear the brunt. It is the first-ever Cat 4 storm to form in June. Climate weirdness. 

Total rainfall in millimetres for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual
2024125.7197.5152.5119.448.879.9723.8
2023183.291.6188.4121.148.577.9206.8139.8142.4144.7209.6293.81847.8
202298.8260.467.884.0107.0148.059.2104.197.3233.9187.5154.61602.6
2021225.6147.6141.145.6113.564.159.7155.6137.0265.7183.3186.61725.4
LTA166.7126.5141.296.894.789.7100.9132.5131.5176.0170.4180.21607.1

Mean temperature in degrees Celsius for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual
20246.17.97.99.913.112.99.6
20236.68.07.69.913.317.414.915.815.211.98.77.911.4
20227.27.18.09.912.613.815.916.2n/a12.29.45.210.7
20215.06.77.99.010.413.317.516.415.211.99.37.610.9
LTA6.16.17.39.011.513.815.415.413.510.88.36.510.3

Mean 10cm soil temperature for NEWPORT at 0900 UTC

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual
20244.26.56.59.513.614.49.1
20235.26.86.69.113.718.616.316.314.711.17.66.711.1
20226.26.26.39.313.214.816.816.6n/a11.58.44.410.4
20213.65.06.88.210.914.317.916.315.211.38.66.610.4
LTAn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a

Global Solar Radiation in Joules/cm2 for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual
202472481240123032396854733349115178814
2023624510639214293727755732584734179736857293381622583264411326749
2022631110756333994055551569472464843951169n/a1598878696167319468
2021662013347203704569455690454884945540490224131635872353780326940
LTAn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a

Potential Evapotranspiration (mm) for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual
202415.418.236.056.974.774.5275.7
202314.320.933.056.483.3100.670.164.450.126.114.214.7548.1
202213.723.047.260.677.776.080.482.0n/a27.217.29.2514.2
20217.622.930.762.976.370.787.867.538.325.114.114.6518.5
LTAn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a

Evaporation (mm) for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAnnual
202420.225.451.983.7104.9106.8392.9
202318.828.247.681.6118.2137.199.589.167.835.518.419.0760.8
202217.932.466.586.8114.5109.2111.1113.2n/a37.022.011.4722.0
202110.932.145.489.9111.2102.0117.293.552.134.718.619.1726.7
LTAn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a

Degree Days Below 15.5 Degree Celsius for NEWPORT

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
202429322123416991N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
202327521024617185183926531182032371681
202225623423517197633028N/A103185320N/A
2021325247236200167792023401141872451883

Notes on the Data

Evaporation and PE data are calculated using Penman/Monteith formulae.
The ‘LTA’ (referred to within a table) is average for the climatological long-term-average (LTA) reference period 1981-2010.
Data updated daily at Mid-day.
To view the Weather Events for Public Works Contracts data, select a station first, then click the link just below the map.