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State Of Our Environment
State Of Our Environment -
June
2016
June 2016
We’ve been stuck in - or embracing, depending on your perspective - a pattern of warmer and drier weather than usual, but the cracks are starting to appear… maybe.
June rainfall was below normal for the fifth month running but at least northern parts of the region fell in or above the normal range, and the half-decent dump of rain at the end of the month helped matters elsewhere.
River levels finished the month still
well down on normal levels and likewise our groundwater
stocks.
Soil moisture in the north looks fairly spot on
for June while in the south more rain wouldn’t go amiss.
And yes, it was warm again for the sixth month on the
trot but by crikey we had some sharp and frequent frosts.
Which helps to explain the elephant in the room – our AIR
QUALITY. To be blunt, this was quite dismal. The health
standard for PM10 was exceeded four times in Hastings,
that’s compared to just one for all of last winter.
Heavy, fog-blanketed sigh.
ENDS
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