Blatch on Bordeaux 2017 – the stats

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Bordeaux commentator Bill Blatch provides this compendium of statistics on weather and picking dates to complement Blatch on Bordeaux 2017 – the vines and Blatch on Bordeaux 2017 – the wines



The year’s monthly rainfall and temperatures

Rainfall (mm) Cumul min temp (ºC) Cumul max temp (ºC) Sun hours
Winter 11/16 86 -9% 7.1 +2 13.8 +0.7
12/16 13 -77% 4.2 +1.3 12.1 +2.2
01/17 28 -72% 0.7 -1.6 8.6 -0.8
02/17 75 -12% 5.5 +2.4 4.1 +2.9
03/17 65 -15% 7.8 +3.9 16.6 +2.9
Total 267 -21% +1.6 +1.6
Spring 04/17 22 -70% 6.8 +0.3 19.5 +3.2 281...