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YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER [1 record]

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Record 1 2023-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Effects of Pollution
  • Climatology
CONT

The year 1816 is known as the year without a summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1 °F). Summer temperatures in Europe were the coldest on record between the years of 1766–2000. This resulted in major food shortages across the Northern Hemisphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Effets de la pollution
  • Climatologie
CONT

L'année sans été désigne l'année 1816, pendant laquelle des perturbations sévères du climat détruisirent les récoltes en Europe septentrionale, dans l'Est du Canada et dans le Nord-Est des États-Unis. L'historien John D. Post y voit «la dernière grande crise de subsistance dans le monde occidental».

Spanish

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