Has it rained enough in The Hague?
Rain soaked in today, and the ground has taken it.
The Hague has had 166.3mm of rain in the last 30 days. That is well above the 81.8mm a normal August brings here, and closer to the wettest on record (182.6mm).
Rain in The Hague through a normal year
Across a normal year The Hague gets about 832mm of rain, most of it in October (83.4mm) and least in April (46.4mm).
That makes The Hague one of the wetter places this site covers in the Netherlands in August — 3rd of 8, against Groningen at the wet end (86.6mm) and Eindhoven at the dry end (76.9mm).
What that means for what you grow
- Pots and hanging basketsWorth checking by hand even so — a pot in the sun can dry out in a wet week, because there is so little soil to hold anything.
- Beds and bordersNothing needed. Watering soil that is already wet does more harm than good.
- New plantingsAnything planted within the last month is the exception; its roots have not spread far enough to find water on their own.
Your own garden, not the town average
This page is worked out for The Hague as a whole. Your garden has its own soil, its own shade and its own planting, and the front page will use your exact location instead.
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