Oak and Ash

If the oak is out before the ash,
Then we'll only have a splash.
If the ash is out before the oak,
Then we'll surely have a soak!


Some of the weather sayings have an element of truth so it would be good if this was true as locally the oak is way ahead of the ash.  So it looks as if we will not have too wet a summer.  But since global warming there is little evidence of this being true now because with every one degree rise in temperature, oak has a four day advantage over ash and our springs have become warmer. The ash is more dependent upon the hours of daylight and in recent years oak trees have been in leaf earlier then ash.