Early spring at Lincoln
It Was an early spring £4'this year, according to the compilers of the monthly weather summary at Lincoin College. C Warm north-westerly winds for most of August dried the soil and increased its • temperature, bringing fruit trees into blossom earlier, and also.
having an effect on bulb plants. The average monthly temperature was 7.7 deg., contrasting with the normal figure of 6.6 deg. Rainfall recorded was 47.8 mm, under the average for August, but the year’s total to date of 517.Smm is well above the mean of 403.5 mm.
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