The coldest winter for 50 years followed by the driest ever March and then the warmest ever April are strong indicators that it's not just the weather but the very climate which is changing. I've lived near to a specimen of Hawthorn tree for over 30 years and its the first time I've ever seen one flower in April, invariably it flowers later in May.
While cucumber and strawberry growers are reporting an early bumper crop, due to the warm weather, by far the most concerning weather feature at present is the fact that in the East of England it's not rained for almost 3 months. Without water life on Earth is unsustainable. The present-day weather extremes are ominous indicators of climate change.
it rained a little bit in london the other day. nothing in east anglia though eh?
ReplyDeleteNorfolk's a notoriously dry region of the England with low rainfall annually, so I shouldn't be so panicky, some forecast next few days. The Aquarium doesn't like the threat of being drained !
ReplyDeleteAtypical seasonal patterns seem to be international. Louisiana, for example, worried by flood threats (and more that just threats: the water is coming, we can only control, to some extent, where it will come—a whole continent of drainage from the Rockies to the Appalachians, some of it from north of the Canadian border, but statistics register that Louisiana is experiencing drought. Our usual rain fell to the north of us; NOW we get 'our' water. And we are getting summer temperatures a month in advance, too. Not that these facts, per se, prove anything; evidence to onsets and ends of ice ages is more profound.
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