Friday, January 11, 2013

December in Seattle

Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) on Capitol Hill December 2012

Rosa rugosa in Columbia City December 2012

 
Sequoia sempervirens (Coast Redwood) at Franklin High School December 2012

South Seattle Community College Arboretum December 2012

Viburnum x bodnantense at York Park December 2012

December 2012 in Seattle was warmer & wetter than normal.  The mean temperature was 41.5F/5.27C.  The normal mean temperature is 40.6F/4.77C.  The highest temperature was 56F/13.33C, the lowest 29F/-1.66C.  Total precipitation was 6.85 inches.  Normal precipitation is 5.35 inches.  Snowfall was 0.6 inches.  Normal snowfall is 1.7 inches.  There was 1 day with heavy rain, 11 days with rain, 27 days with light rain, 2 days with snow, 2 days with light snow, 25 days with fog, 2 days with haze, 27 cloudy days, 4 partly cloudy days & no fair days.  I did very little work in the garden because of the continuous wetness.

3 comments:

Mark and Gaz said...

It's been a very wet winter here so far, not entirely unusual just that extra rainy. Great photos as usual, especially the rose hips!

Patty said...

Work in the garden in December? Not something I'd ever do. The winter is for reading about gardening, dreaming about gardening, not gardening. Love that hammelis!

Jordan Jackson said...

In Seattle, fall is for planting, winter is for pruning, spring is for weeding & summer is for watering.