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Where I plant forage crops for goats and chickens.

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This year is a little warmer than usual

The average air temperature since 1 January is 15.8 °C, which is 0.7 °C above the usual 15.1 °C for this date.

Air temperature each month, this year and usually

  • Usual for the month
  • This year

Soil temperature each month, this year and usually

  • Usual for the month
  • This year
Warmest month
July
25.3 °C on average
Coldest month
January
1.5 °C on average
Soil this month
12.8 °C
mean this month, top 7 cm

Records in the last 30 years

Hottest day
39.4 °C
27 Jul 2023. This year: 37.4 °C
Coldest night
-21.2 °C
27 Jan 2026. This year: -21.2 °C
Warmest soil
31.5 °C
24 Jul 2010. This year: 30.9 °C
Coldest soil
-5.6 °C
7 Jan 2018. This year: -4.3 °C
Show the monthly figures
Month Air, usual Air, this year Soil, usual Soil, this year
Jan 1.5 °C -0.4 °C 2.4 °C 1.7 °C
Feb 3.1 °C 1.2 °C 3.4 °C 1.3 °C
Mar 7.4 °C 11.2 °C 7.5 °C 11.1 °C
Apr 13.2 °C 16.8 °C 13.0 °C 17.6 °C
May 18.0 °C 17.8 °C 17.7 °C 18.8 °C
Jun 22.9 °C 23.6 °C 22.5 °C 24.2 °C
Jul 25.3 °C 25.9 °C 25.1 °C 27.2 °C
Aug 24.2 °C 24.6 °C 24.3 °C 25.3 °C
Sep 20.6 °C 21.9 °C 20.9 °C 23.0 °C
Oct 14.3 °C 15.1 °C 14.9 °C 15.4 °C
Nov 8.1 °C 12.6 °C 8.9 °C 12.8 °C
Dec 3.5 °C – 4.3 °C –

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These figures are from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so your own rain and temperatures can differ. Check your national weather service before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

In the usual frost danger

The usual last frost is 10 Apr, in 147 days. It has come as late as 28 Apr.

The frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
Usual last frost
10 Apr
has come as late as 28 Apr
Next frost danger starts
1 Nov
as early as 22 Oct, 352 days from now
Frost-free season
202 days
in a typical year

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Suggested companions

dill lentils squash squash

Previously planted in this garden

2013

buckwheat

About this garden

Owner GoatLady
Location
Culpeper County, Virginia, US

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