There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it - Oscar Wilde
This month's garden photo was taken on the 26th of the month and was a typical day for February 2025: i.e. devoid of sunshine!
Photo 1: View from the Rear Window (26th February 2025)
The daily garden photos for February 2025 are collated in Video 1 ...
Video 1: Daily Photos of the Rear Garden (February 2025)
The overall impression for February 2025 was dry, dull with periods of cold and warmth. Weather stats from our Davis Weather Station are summarised in the table below.
The final week of February was warm, wet and reasonably sunny in contrast to the cold dull & dry conditions in the middle of the month (Figure 1 and Figure 2).
Figure 1: Min/Max Daily Temperatures for February 2025
The 23rd day of February was the wettest (10.6 mm) and also the windiest (56 km/h) day in Hereford (Table & Figure 2). This caused some local flooding though, surprisingly, it was not a named storm.
Figure 2: Daily Rainfall & Sunshine Data for February 2025
General weather parameters for the last six Februarys (2020 - 2026) are summarised in Figure 3 & Figure 4. This February was cold when compared to the last six Februarys. Average monthly temperatures (Figure 1) alternate between warm and cold, driven largely by the same trend in minimum temperatures and the number of air frosts. Meanwhile, warm days in February appear to be getting warmer.
Figure 3: February Temperature Data (2020 - 2025)
Precipitation in February is highly variable with February 2025 drier than normal. There is a slight downward trend in sunshine levels (Figure 4) and a small upward trend in the number of dry days (i.e. days with no rain) which suggests the days of February are becoming duller and drier overall.
Figure 4: February Rain, Wind & Sunshine Data (2020 - 2025)
The following three figures are taken from the Met Office's monthly report for February 2025. The mean (average) temperature anomaly map for the UK (Figure 5) agrees with my Davis Weather Station that this February's average temperature was colder than usual.
Figure 5: UK Mean Temperature Anomalies for February 2025
Meanwhile, this February's rainfall was also lower then normal (Figure 4 & Figure 6) in Hereford and Herefordshire.
Figure 6: UK Rainfall (relative) for February 2025
And sunshine levels were also down compared to the long-term (1991 - 2020) average (Figure 4 & Figure 7).
Figure 7: UK Sunshine Hours for February 2025
Jobs in the Garden
General tidying up including hedge cutting
Hot composting
Chit potatoes in preparation for planting out in late March
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