chris.watson Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 If anyone can see where the sun has left its hat, please get it to put it back on. 40mm here in Essex since Saturday. Really feel for you guys further north that have a later harvest. We have finished, but then we have 18 foot header on 450 acres. Contractor next door that farms 7000 acres has 2400 still to cut, and to make it worse, he runs a Claas and a case, both 35 foot headers, and on the second last dry day we had, the case went up in flames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 The Harvest is barely even started around here Chris,I don't think we've had more than ten dry day's since the middle of April,a local weather station http://www.fifeweather.co.uk/ has it all charted, Regards Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 That's a bit wet Joe. I once new a man who worked in Scotland somewhere for a while as a combine mechanic, and he said the first thing you checked when servicing a Scottish combine was that the window wipers were working!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Also clad that I have finished with weather like this its chucking it down again now to wet for ploughing and cant go hedge cutting till next week because of some stupid rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 We have had similar if not more rainfall to chris, usally at night , sometimes so hard its woken me up. Can honestly say i have never seen it rain that hard before, we have a bucket out the back, just because i cant be bothered to put it away, and its been emptied once this week already, todays the first sun i have seen in close to a week, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAINH1973 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 We had nearly 3 inches of rain on just saturday night and sunday night. Not seen a combine move for 2 weeks! Bit of whole crop being lifted and a lot of soil being dragged on to the roads. Maize crops all poor and looking like late october for cutting ( depending on frost). Did manage to help bale some first cut hay 10 days ago, 7 weeks later than last year! So dont visit Dumfries if you are looking for the sun. The other month when the hottest day on record was recorded in the south east of England we had rain and it got upto 13 degrees here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Just checked my rain gauge we have had 14mm today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 53 mil here since Sunday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Yes its raining here as well that's why im still sat at this machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 I think I will build an Ark. Poxy weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 we had had 10mm by 9am this morning and its still coming down now at 1-50pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Actually dry here, infact the suns now starting to pop out, did rain last night again mind, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 16 mil here in Essex today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Saturday 12th September and we have had light rain overnight and still raining at this moment combines in the area have been working the last few days I could here some in the distance late last night but I how of one that still wont be finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 99% of the harvest has been done in my area, we've had a very good summer, not too much rain to stop anything really, August was recorded locally as one of the wettest in recent years but this was pretty isolated thundery rain and not everyone had a soaking, we certainly didn't. It did rain last night, 12mm recorded on my rain gauge but now at this time it's broken cloud and warm sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 There was a lot more still stood than i expected out the north of exeter way tim, and a good few arroundthe south hams, kind of weird as inbetween them theres also a good few that have been planted already to. Fleet estates outside plymouth have a fair bit to do, saw their jd s695i parked in a very black looking wheat crop this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Seems like the lower ground has been getting the most rain Sean, up on the higher ground it's been missing us, I spent Wednesday and Thursday turning my garden and the soil is bone dry, we get the breeze and wind up on the hills as well which dries everything out, farmer two miles out the road from me combined a field of oats last Monday and baled the straw Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 We got a right washing out on Friday over here. 75 mm of rain came down in 12 hours.. Big rush on the days before between grain & silage trying to get it all cut & in.. Combines ,foragers & balers were all out in force.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Started raining here in the early hours of the morning now at appox 9-30am it slowing up looks like it may stop not looked at rain gauge yet but tramlines in fields lay full and other little lakes have appeared on some headlands .Now of out to get wet for 2 time this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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