Since you love historical accounts (as do I), I thought you’d enjoy this from 1677.
About the change in the climate of Dublin, Ireland:
“But the contrary is observable here, and every one almost begins to take notice, that this country becomes every year more and more temperate… Within less than the time newly mentioned twas not unusual to have frost and deep snowes of a fortnight or three weeks continuance; and that twice or thrice, sometimes oftener in a winter; nay, we have had great rivers and lakes frozen all over, whereas of late especially those two or three years last past, we have had scarce any frost or snow at all… As for the last year, I can only tell you in generall, that all the winter was very mild, and warmer than could well be expected from such a season, and but very little rain… This last winter newly ended… it hath been fair and warm, or rather no winter at all, that we have not had above five or six frosty mornings this winter, and none that lasted longer than till noon; that we had snow but thrice… this last, which was the longest snow we had this winter, continued not 48 hours, but thawed.”
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol 11, 1666-1667, pages 649-650. http://bit.ly/A8u9oQ
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There’s an article about a Typhoon in Korea, right next to it. Killed at least 80 people.
That’s pre-weird!
Since you love historical accounts (as do I), I thought you’d enjoy this from 1677.
About the change in the climate of Dublin, Ireland:
“But the contrary is observable here, and every one almost begins to take notice, that this country becomes every year more and more temperate… Within less than the time newly mentioned twas not unusual to have frost and deep snowes of a fortnight or three weeks continuance; and that twice or thrice, sometimes oftener in a winter; nay, we have had great rivers and lakes frozen all over, whereas of late especially those two or three years last past, we have had scarce any frost or snow at all… As for the last year, I can only tell you in generall, that all the winter was very mild, and warmer than could well be expected from such a season, and but very little rain… This last winter newly ended… it hath been fair and warm, or rather no winter at all, that we have not had above five or six frosty mornings this winter, and none that lasted longer than till noon; that we had snow but thrice… this last, which was the longest snow we had this winter, continued not 48 hours, but thawed.”
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol 11, 1666-1667, pages 649-650.
http://bit.ly/A8u9oQ
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