View from the Rear Window - September 2022 ~ Crafty Cabbage

September is the first month of Autumn - at least in the meteorological sense. A time for harvesting and tidying so a busy month for composting too. Just a couple or 'rear window' photos this month from the beginning and end of the month. Roses at the start with fuschias and dahlias at the end and just a hint of autumn colours -see Acer (middle foreground).

Jobs in the Kitchen Garden

Harvesting Cucumbers, Celery, Bell Peppers, Jalopeno Chillies, Tomatoes, Aubergines, Red Cabbage, Marrows, Courgettes, Red Windsor & Golden Delicious Apples, Blue Danube Potatoes, Beetroot, Sweetcorn, Raspberries, Butternut Squash
Concorde Pears (115) picked underripe and stored at 4 ℃ in fridges. Comice pears (30) were picked late August
Late sowings of lettuce and radish
Sow more broad beans for autumn harvesting

September 2022 Weather

Weather parameters for September are summarised in the table below. September continues run of warm months reported the UK Met Office. Also noteworthy was that the first nine months of 2022 were the warmest on record (records go back as far as 1884). Most of the extra warmth was in the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland; Wales and Southern England (including Herefordshire) were around the long-term average (1991-2020). Rainfall in Herefordshire was about average while sunshine was a little below average.

September 2022
Weather Parameter	Value	Dates
Average Monthly Temperature	15 oC
Maximum Monthly Temperature	27 oC	12th
Minimum Monthly Temperature	4 oC	25th
Number of Air Frost Days	0
Number of Hot Days (> 25 oC)	2
Monthly Precipitation	37.8 mm
Greatest 24 h Precipitation	15.2 mm	4th - 5th
Number of Dry Days	19
Monthly Sunshine Hours (estimated)	121
Average Wind Speed	3 km/h
Highest Wind Speed	34 km/h	25th
Maximum Barometric Pressure (Sea Level)	1027.1 hPa	20th
Minimum Barometric Pressure (Sea Level)	995.3 hPa	30th

Daily min/max temperatures for the whole month are presented below [click for larger image]. Consistently warm day-time temperatures though noticeably cooler towards the end of the month. Night-time temperatures falling steadily as the month progressed.