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Frank · 14-05-2012, 10:01 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

wrote:
In article6YudnUvW_uxkzizSnZ2dnUVZ7oOdnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk,
wrote:

have expected to see temperatures near 60\xb0F by now in the south.

I wouldn't, but you may have been fooled by the fact that we have
had a decade or two of early springs. Many decades ago, long before
I wrote the Climate FAQ and even before Usenet, I used to ask a
trick question: if you are in the UK, and it is 50 Fahrenheit and
overcast, what time of year is it? The answer is that it can be
any time, in any location, though it is relatively unlikely in the
south in summer and fairly rare in the north in winter.

Not fooled at all. With one or two exceptionally cold springs I've
habitually put my toms out by mid May, and they have been fine. This is
one of those years where we've had a prolonged cold period where
temperatures are well below average for this time of year and for May so
far.

http://www.climate-uk.com/graphs/201205.htm