The 12th Century : Famine and Flood. Worcestershire.

[ANYWEATHER]

1105 ,flooding rains brought freak floods to many parts of England in January and late frosts in May damaged much of the fruit harvest.Early snow arrived in October. 

1110 ,sudden cold came in from the East and lasted the whole Spring.

1111, A long Bitter cold Winter which lasted from November to March.

1125, Stormy winds heavy snowfall and heavy rain brought frequent flooding.

1126, Extreme high temperatures over 100 f in Worcestershire resulting in the ground opening up as much as 3ft in mid summer.

1137, An extremely wet year with frequent flooding and landslides throughout the year. 

1178, Hard winter conditions and a lack of food.North winds were were prominent that winter.

1190, Another very wet year so much so that disease spread among birds and animals and crops failed along with the harvest.

1196,Famine again with long periods of heat and drought and then flooding rains. Many grassland fires happen on this year.

[matty40s]

I remember it well....

[damianslaw]

5 hours ago, ANYWEATHER said:

1105 ,flooding rains brought freak floods to many parts of England in January and late frosts in May damaged much of the fruit harvest.Early snow arrived in October. 

1110 ,sudden cold came in from the East and lasted the whole Spring.

1111, A long Bitter cold Winter which lasted from November to March.

1125, Stormy winds heavy snowfall and heavy rain brought frequent flooding.

1126, Extreme high temperatures over 100 f in Worcestershire resulting in the ground opening up as much as 3ft in mid summer.

1137, An extremely wet year with frequent flooding and landslides throughout the year. 

1178, Hard winter conditions and a lack of food.North winds were were prominent that winter.

1190, Another very wet year so much so that disease spread among birds and animals and crops failed along with the harvest.

1196,Famine again with long periods of heat and drought and then flooding rains. Many grassland fires happen on this year.

Interesting to note we were achieving temps over 100 f back in the 12th century! So much for this new climate change stuff!

[hillbilly]

On 01/08/2021 at 23:09, damianslaw said:

Interesting to note we were achieving temps over 100 f back in the 12th century! So much for this new climate change stuff!

The climate in Roman times was much milder than today

[Methuselah]

12 minutes ago, hillbilly said:

The climate in Roman times was much milder than today

Or so some would want us to believe: 

Data shows the Earth is currently warmer globally than at any time in the past 2,000 years

CLIMATEFEEDBACK.ORG

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It's not true that the world has been warmer at other times during the last 2,000 years. But even if that were the case, it would not change the fact that human emissions of greenhouse gases are causing Earth's...

 

[hillbilly]

19 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Or so some would want us to believe: 

Data shows the Earth is currently warmer globally than at any time in the past 2,000 years

CLIMATEFEEDBACK.ORG

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It's not true that the world has been warmer at other times during the last 2,000 years. But even if that were the case, it would not change the fact that human emissions of greenhouse gases are causing Earth's...

 

Confusing Greenland warming vs global warming (skepticalscience.com)

The problem with statistics is we can bend them all over the place!

[hillbilly]

Not sure why that link hasnt worked!

 

[Relativistic]

Amazing to me that nobody has yet disputed the authenticity of the 100F claim given that the Fahrenheit scale was invented six centuries later.

[Methuselah]

Maybe some Greco-Roman genius discovered a way of measuring temperature using a sundial? They were a clever bunch, those 'Ancients'! 

[matty40s]

Have you never heard of Pythagoras Theoremometer?