A cold start to May

A very cold start to May which is seen by some as the start of the Summer season. The Met Office though puts June, July and August as the Summer so there is no need to worry yet. 2010 has been characterised by a lot of cold weather and this looks set to continue for the first half of May with temperatures near to or below average. The temperature at night will be even less impressive with low single figures the norm on any clear night that happens to arrive. Growth is still lagging behind normal despite the fact that we are well into may some of the plants have only bloomed though a lot of the trees are at their late Spring best now.The best chance of any warm weather arriving in May will come towards the end of the month.