Evidence suggests that the anomaly was predominantly a volcanic winter event caused by the massive 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in April in modern-day Indonesia (commonly referred to as the …

Jefferson could not have known it at the time, but May was only the beginning of spring and summer during which the weather was so unusual the growing season became known as the year with no …

Mar 24, 2018 · A widespread weather disaster caused by a volcanic eruption made 1816 known as the Year Without a Summer.

Jan 16, 2024 · The likely suspect was a series of volcanic eruptions that occurred during the winter of 1815, in particular, the eruption of Mt. Tambora in Indonesia, believed to be the largest eruption of …

Jan 27, 2026 · Have you ever heard of the Year Without a Summer? The largest eruption in recorded history—of Mount Tambora, in what is now Indonesia—caused so much ash in the atmosphere that …

Jun 6, 2014 · The year 1816 was known as ‘The Year Without a Summer’ in New England because six inches of snow fell in June and every month of the year had a hard frost. Temperatures dropped to …

Apr 4, 2023 · 1816, also known as the ‘Year Without Summer,’ ‘Poverty Year,’ and ‘Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death.’ The eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815 triggered a change in the …

4 days ago · On June 5, 1816 a heat wave raised the temperature in Ipswich to 92° but that afternoon a cold front swept across New England and the temperature fell to 43° by the next morning.

Mar 27, 2025 · However, 1816 was a notorious year in the United States and the around world because of its weather. Abnormally cold temperatures and chaotic weather patterns earned it the nickname …

Aug 17, 2020 · Sunspots and volcanic eruptions led to cooler than normal temperatures in the summer of 1816.