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SYMHC Classics: Year Without a Summer

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Weather of the 1816s

The spring of 1816 was overall cooler and drier than normal. Then the summer had three extreme cold spells in June, July, and August. People started to talk about the real possibility of a famine. Within weeks, New England temperatures were really unseasonably hot again.

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