April has been another one of those crazy months that we have experienced this year. Who would have thought that we would be 2c above the longtime average. The month started cold and then got hot in the middle of the month and cold at the end. What has made it a warm month is…
Couple of weeks ago we had our first food photography workshop. Below are some of the photographs, look out for some more food photography workshops later in the year. Thanks to Nessy Samuel for her training and everyone who came. Also thanks to Cassiobury Park for the use of the hub. Look out for other…
Its been a memorable cold month for the first month of spring. The month started with Beast from the east then the mini beast with milder interludes. We have been stuck on the north side of the jet stream with only a few days of southerly winds bringing temperatures up to average. Over the month…
An amazing turn out for the 50th anniversary event for the South West Herts Astronomical Societies star gazing in Cassiobury Park, Watford. When I arrived at around 7.30 there was a queue to get in, I wasn’t expecting that and the hub was full. More than 500 people turned up! Unfortunately the weather didn’t play…
The Beast is no more at least in this part of the country. It was finally slain by Emma in the early hours of the 3rd March in Watford. At the beginning of this cold spell of weather I thought it would last longer into next week. But a potent low pressure which came across…
Brrrr its been a cold month in Watford, it started off cold had a milder interlude and then very bitter at the end with the Beast from the East. The Central England Temperature (CET) coming out at 2.8c which is -0.8c below the long term average. In Watford there was 16 air frosts, we haven’t…
The beast from the east is about to strike! Its been over 30 years since we have had a continuous winds this cold from the east in winter, originating all the way from Siberia. We are lucky that this is happening at the end of winter, when the sun is starting to get higher in…
It was bird spotting morning in Cassiobury Park a couple of weeks ago, over 30 people met up with avid bird watcher Mark Sutton. We did a tour of the park from near the hub, down towards the nature reserve, along the canal and back round to the hub. We managed to spot 27 different…
If you just looked at the statistics this month you would have thought it has been a warm month. But it has felt much colder with a few snow events. The temperatures at night haven’t been that low which is why the statistics have come out as milder than average. The final CET for England…
Its been the snowiest December weather since 2010, here in Watford. After not having any snow for the last 5 years we have had 5 days of snow cover, and 8 days of falling snow. Which is also more than the last 5 winters put together. The remarkable thing is that it hasn’t been that…
