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). This number of air frosts is more typical for December, January or February, whereas the average number of air frosts in April is five days. For gardeners and growers there were also a record high number of ground frosts with 22 days this month compared to an average of 12 days.  Despite the low minimum

careers. Read off the following careers which are also illustrated on the slides: Sailor; farmer; lorry driver; pilot; meteorologist (weather forecaster); construction worker (builder); head teacher; tennis club manager; hospital administrator; gardener; beach lifeguard and architect Ask pupils

Exceptional warmth February 2019 The UK experienced some exceptionally high temperatures for the time of year in a spell of fine, settled weather during the second half of February. On 26 February a maximum temperature of 21.2 °C was recorded at Kew Gardens (London), the UK’s highest temperature

Molesworth of Cobham, an avid gardener, gives a wonderfully detailed account of the flowers in bloom each day, when specific fruits and vegetables were ready to harvest and sightings of various birds and animals such as the first swallow. Leading gardeners have been very impressed to see how early

are the prospects for early warning and what long-term observing systems need to be maintained? It is important to estimate how much permafrost carbon would be released for a given level of global warming. This would require estimates of the amount and distribution of organic carbon stored in permafrost

to estimate how much permafrost carbon would be released for a given level of global warming. This would require estimates of the amount and distribution of organic carbon stored in permafrost, and long-term monitoring of soil temperatures and carbon emissions. Currently, permafrost properties

.” It looks like the good weather this weekend will also be good for gardening. Guy Barter, is the RHS chief horticulturalist. He said: “So far this spring, weather conditions will have delayed some tasks in the garden. "With a fine forecast for the three-day weekend across most of the UK, gardeners

for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is a collaboration between the Met Office’s Vegetation-Climate Interactions team, Defra’s Plant Health Risk and Horizon Scanning team, the University of Exeter, Fera Science, the University of Warwick, Forest Research and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

in from the south on Monday morning, which could bring further snow to northern hills as it heads north during the day. With such a variety of weather over the next few days Guy Barter, Chief Horticulturist at the RHS, provides some advice on how to keep your garden in the best shape: "Gardeners dread

February in a series since 1910 (behind 1998), and included a new UK winter maximum temperature record (21.2 °C at Kew Gardens). March, April, July and December were all a degree or more warmer than average overall – and a new UK record of 38.7 °C was recorded at Cambridge Botanical Garden on July 25th