Our plots · Weather and pond water

Rain, heat and the pond

Computer weather estimates for the village area, and how much water the fishing pond held through the dry season.

Last 13 months · all estimates

One wet season, then a long dry one

NASA's weather estimates (NASA POWER) put June–October 2026 rain at about 1,402 mm. The wettest month was Sep 2026, with 496 mm. 6 months had less than 25 mm of rain. The hottest month was Apr 2026, when the day high averaged 38.7 °C.

A second free weather service, Open-Meteo, gives 1,708 mm of rain over the same period. It also estimates that the sun and wind pull about 1,599 mm of water a year out of wet ground (what this means). Estimate

Month	Rain, mm (NASA)	Average day high, °C	Average night low, °C	Rain, mm (Open-Meteo)	Water pulled out by sun and wind, mm (Open-Meteo)
Oct 2025	256	26.4	20.3	238	102
Nov 2025	3	23.8	13.2	3	113
Dec 2025	1	21.9	10.1	10	107
Jan 2026	0	24.8	11.7	1	121
Feb 2026	4	29.7	15.1	7	130
Mar 2026	19	34.7	18.9	14	157
Apr 2026	18	38.7	23.6	24	161
May 2026	73	38.0	24.3	57	157
Jun 2026	140	33.3	24.3	154	130
Jul 2026	324	28.2	22.6	296	96
Aug 2026	246	27.9	22.4	300	106
Sep 2026	496	27.8	21.6	387	106
Oct 2026	196	28.1	20.3	218	113

The last month may be incomplete. NASA's figures cover a square about 50 km wide. Open-Meteo's figures are weather rebuilt by computer on a grid about 9–11 km wide. Use them for trends, not exact amounts. There is no rain gauge on the farm yet.

Chart of daily rain and temperature — **How to read this:** blue bars are rain each day. The red line is the day high and the orange line the night low, in °C. Daily rain and temperature (computer estimates).

Chart of soil wetness and drying — **How to read this:** the blue line is wetness in the top 7 cm of soil, the orange line at 28–100 cm deep. The grey line is how much water the sun and wind pull out each day. When grey is high and blue falls, the soil is drying. Soil wetness and water pulled out by sun and wind (computer estimates). Technical name: soil moisture and ET0

Water · seen by satellite

How much water the fishing pond held

The pond held between 0.9 and 1.6 ha of open water (within 150 m of its centre, by the water score) on every cloud-free photo from Nov 2025 to Jun 2026. A second version of the score suggests it shrank by about 33% from Dec–Jan to Mar–May. Seen by satellite

6 months had under 25 mm of rain. So the pond's water in the dry months is what matters for any winter crop.

Pond water area over time — **How to read this:** the blue line and the orange dashed line are two versions of the water score. Both show about 1–1.5 ha most of the time. Short spikes are usually haze or a wet field nearby. Water area within 150 m of the pond centre.