[Rattlesnake Gal]

Originally Posted by CanisLupusArctos

"New England Year without a summer 1815"
(this came from Mt. Tambora, the most extreme climate-altering eruption of modern times.)

Also referred to "eighteen hundred and starve to death."

According to The Gunstock Parish by Adair D. Mulligan, there was frost in every month of 1816. Fierce winds were blowing from the north all summer long. People froze to death in a Lakes Region snowstorm on Jun 17th. Wood for the upcoming winter had to be burned that summer. July of was even colder than June, with ice half and inch thick over the ponds and in August they froze to over an inch thick. Heavy snow fell on August 30. One eyewitness described summer that year as being bleak and dreary as November, with nothing green to be seen anywhere.

I sure hope it doesn't happen again!

For those who would like to learn more about Lake Winnipesaukee’s interesting history and vivid accounts of life here in the early days, visit Thompson-Ames Historical Society and order The Gunstock Parish by Adair D. Mulligan. It is an amazing read!