Spring 2020 driest for 46 years in UK Garden
Uk driest spring for 46 years. In the UK, 2020 has been the driest spring since 1974 according to the Met Office rainfall data. May was particularly dry. My nearest Met weather station is at Heathrow Airport and the recorded rainfall for May 2020 was 2mm. I could only see two other entries for Heathrow that were anywhere near this low. The Met Office records for the UK go back to 1862 and only a handful of entries were anywhere near this low. Even though we have had a rather wet end of June and into July, with frequent heavy showers, the ground is still very dry. The type of rain shower affects the absorption into the ground because the frequent heavy rainfall tends to run across the surface and into the drainage system without properly wetting the soil underneath. The top inch or so gets wetted but under that stays bone dry and the roots of the plants don't get any of the benefit. I know this because I have been digging. July is not a particularly good month for digging it has