UK: Derbyshire plant nurseries covering up against frost, the earliest for 35 years
About 80mm of rain is expected to have fallen by today, so August could end up beating the 95.2mm in May, according to forecaster Paul Carfoot. January has been the wettest month of the year so far with 133.6mm.
And the Met Office is predicting the unsettled weather to continue at the weekend.
Robert Walker, a partner at Meynell Langley Gardens in Kirk Langley, said it was the first time in the 35 years he had been at the nursery that he had covered up plants in August because of frost – normally he waits until October.
The 52-year-old said: “We were down to 3C."
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