The very warm year of 1733

[Weather-history]

CETs for the months of 1733

Jan 6.9

Feb 6.0

Mar 5.9

Apr 10.0

May 11.2

Jun 15.2

Jul  18.3

Aug 16.1

Sep 12.8

Oct 9.1

Nov 6.5

Dec 7.6

Annual 10.5

 

Oundle, Northants rainfall totals

March: 2.2"

May: 0.02"

June: 2.0"

July: 2.2"

Aug: 3.6"

Oct: 0.6"

Nov: 0.5"

Whole year: 17.5"

 

Edinburgh

Feb: 2.5"

March: 2.6"

Apr: 0.8"

May: 0.08"

Jun: 2.1"

Jul: 0.6"

Aug: 2.7"

Nov: 0.3"

Dec: 3.6"

Whole year: 19.7"

 

Weather at Ripon, N Yorks

January: warm with rain, on 17th, a hard frost suddenly set in. On 22nd a sudden warm fog. On 25th, sultry  On 27th, sultry with gross fog

February: the 1st cold , the first week very cold

March: very cold, much rain on 15th 

April: cold

May: cold with scarcely any rain

June: mostly hot and dry

July: at the beginning of the month great thudnerstorms

September: but little rain

October: dry and cold

November: warm and cloudy

December: very cloudy, from 9th to 23rd terrible storms with great rains  sometimes thunder

The summer was unusually dry, many springs were dry and the rivers very low but the heat was moderate except two hot weeks in July. December was uncommonly warm like April and the birds began to build

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Jan 24th: A terrible north gale which tore trees up by the roots

Jan 26th: a furious SW gale

May 27th: great rain

Jun 23rd-25th: very hot at Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Jun 24th: a terrible thunderstorm

Jun 27th: a very great thunderstorm at Ashby-de-la-Zouch doing much damage

In June and beginning of July, the weather exceedingly hot at Newport, Isle of Wight

In July, the weather was so exceedingly hot in London for most parts of the months, that it was scarcely tolerable, horses dying on the roads 

In July much mischief by lightning

Jul 29th: a great thunderstorm at Ashby-de-la-Zouch

18th Oct: barometer: 30.2"

25th Oct: barometer: 28.8"

5th Nov: barometer:: 30.2"

Dec: very wet

 

Jan 6

 

 

Feb 3 St Petersburg

Jun 23

Jul 2

 

Jul 16

Jul 27

Sep 22

Dec 18 Germany

 

Dec 25

[LetItSnow!]

The biggest difference between very warm years of the past was that even then there was usually at least one cool/cold month in the mix. You wouldn't get a autumn that chilly now. Nowadays it would probably pan out more like:

Jan 6.9

Feb 6.0

Mar 6.9

Apr 10.0

May 11.7

Jun 15.2

Jul  18.3

Aug 16.1

Sep 13.8

Oct 10.6

Nov 7.0

Dec 7.6

Annual: 10.8

[Metwatch]

Part of the warm 1730s decade

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226043410_Unusual_Climate_in_Northwest_Europe_During_the_Period_1730_to_1745_Based_on_Instrumental_and_Documentary_Data

 

[Summer8906]

 Weather-historyInteresting also how the writing from this era is very different to what prevailed even in the late 19th century.

The lower-case "s" is a completely different character and there is German-style capitalisation of nouns.

Edited May 7 by Summer8906