The only boss of the garden.

Since the garden began

• Rain days1072 mm in total
• Sunny days21217 hours of sunshine
• Frost and snow00 of them with snow
• Storm days0gusts up to 54 km/h
• Warmest30.0 °C28 Sep 2026
• Coldest0.1 °C2 Nov 2026

A reference year · 28 Sep 2025 – 26 Sep 2026

The 364 days before the garden, from the Open-Meteo archive (ERA5). The simulated year on the home page grew under exactly this weather.

• Rain days89681 mm in total
• Sunny days1623199 hours of sunshine
• Frost and snow6916 of them with snow
• Storm days12gusts up to 72 km/h
• Warmest38.7 °C27 Jun 2026
• Coldest−8.4 °C7 Jan 2026

How a day becomes one condition

Checked in this order – the first match is the day's weather.

1. Storm gusts ≥ 62 km/h or wind ≥ 40 km/h

   Gusts of 62 km/h or more blow away blossoms and fruit. A grown tree may fall (at most one every 60 days) – otherwise a paper boat strands on the sand bank.

2. Snow ≥ 0.5 cm fresh snow

   From 0.5 cm of fresh snow the garden turns white. Snowmen become possible; they melt with the snow.

3. Frost night below 0 °C

   A night below 0 °C stops all growth, freezes the stream and makes the annual flowers wilt. Nothing can be planted in frozen ground.

4. Rain ≥ 1 mm

   From 1 mm every plant in its growing season grows one stage – two from 10 mm – and the stream rises.

5. Sun ≥ 6 h sunshine

   6 hours of sunshine on a dry day open blossoms and ripen fruit. The stream sinks and the sand bank grows.

6. Grey anything else

   A grey day without enough rain or sun: nothing grows, nothing breaks. A good day to water.