The Irish famine of 1740–1741 claimed the lives of at least 300,000 people. 1816 was the Year Without a Summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
In February 1784, the North Carolina was frozen in Chesapeake Bay. 1794–1795, severe winter, with the coldest January in the UK and lowest temperature ever recorded in London: on 25 January.
There were secondary effects from an unknown eruption or eruptions around 1810, and several smaller eruptions around the world between 1812 and 1814.
There were secondary effects from an unknown eruption or eruptions around 1810, and several smaller eruptions around the world between 1812 and 1814.
There were secondary effects from an unknown eruption or eruptions around 1810, and several smaller eruptions around the world between 1812 and 1814.
The unusual coolness of the winter of 1815–1816 and of the following summer was primarily due to the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, in April 1815.
(Removal of old London Bridge and changes to river's banks made freeze-overs less likely.) 1883–1888, colder temperatures worldwide, including an unbroken string of abnormally cold and brutal winters in the Upper Midwest, related to the explosion of Krakatoa in August 1883.
However, the winter of 2014–2015 did have a balmy December and a normal January. ==Other historically significant winters== 1310–1330, many severe winters and cold, wet summers in Europe – the first clear manifestation of the unpredictable weather of the Little Ice Age that lasted for several centuries (from about 1300 to 1900).
As a result, the coldest January on record in Stockholm, in 1987, was also the sunniest. Accumulations of snow and ice are commonly associated with winter in the Northern Hemisphere, due to the large land masses there.
However, the winter of 2014–2015 did have a balmy December and a normal January. ==Other historically significant winters== 1310–1330, many severe winters and cold, wet summers in Europe – the first clear manifestation of the unpredictable weather of the Little Ice Age that lasted for several centuries (from about 1300 to 1900).
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